GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal Government has declared Friday, June 6, and Monday, June 9, 2025, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Monday in a statement by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary Magdalene Ajani. Tunji-Ojo congratulated…
At the time of this report, a new controversy has arisen regarding the establishment of Sharia courts in the Southwestern region of Nigeria. The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, attributes this development to intolerance. In a statement on Wednesday titled, “Live and Let…
Popular Nigerian TikToker Iya Ogba has weighed in on the ongoing controversy surrounding content creator Ijoba Lande and his estranged wife, Dara, alleging that multiple married actors were involved with her. Her statement follows recent accusations against veteran actor Baba Tee, who was accused of having an intimate relationship with Lande’s wife. Addressing the matter,…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, during a routine patrol along the Kaduna-Zaria expressway, on Saturday, intercepted a commercial vehicle conveying 942 explosives hidden in a sack from Nasarawa heading to Zamfara State. A statement by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday also disclosed the arrest of a 30-year-old suspect over the…
The National President of National Female Students Association of Nigeria, NFSAN, Comrade Enebeli Choice Uchenna has passed away. In a press release sighted by GISTSMATE MEDIA, the National Executive Council of NFSAN announced the death of the beloved comrade on 28th of June. The association described Comrade Choice Uchena as a remarkable leader, a passionate…
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has sacked his Special Assistant on Forestry (Central Senatorial District), Adeboye Taofiq Ewenla, over a N30m bribery allegation levelled against him. Ewenla dismissal was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, who said the governor has also ordered a probe into…
The national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended the Samuel Anyanwu, the national secretary; and Kamaldeen Ajibade; the national legal adviser. The party also suspended Okechukwu Osuoha, deputy legal adviser; and Umaru Bature, national organising secretary. Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, announced the suspension during a press conference on Saturday. He…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the killing of a 14-year-old boy, Kehinde Alade, in Oyo State. Alade was on his way to an examination centre to sit for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination, organised by the West African Examinations Council, in Ibadan, the Oyo State…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said the Peoples Democratic Party is dead in the country. Speaking on Saturday during the inauguration of a renovated party office in Katsina State, Kwankwaso said he and his followers left the PDP because “it is dead”. “I wish to remind you…
The Russian energy giant Gazprom said early Wednesday that it had suspended the flow of natural gas to Europe through a pipeline that had carried Soviet and Russian gas through Ukraine for nearly six decades. The move came after Ukraine had said it would not renew an agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian…