Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has revealed that the federal government engaged international media outlets to counter the narrative that the 2023 presidential election was rigged. Mohammed made the disclosure on Tuesday during a summit of former government spokespersons in Abuja. He recalled that after the 2023 presidential poll, there was…
Security operatives have arrested Sirajo Ahmad Dan Liman, Deputy Chief Imam of the Central Jumu’ah Mosque in Kangiye, Atakwanyo Ward, Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, over alleged collaboration with armed bandits. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, intelligence investigations linked Sirajo to the supply of motorcycles and other essential items to…
Residents of Ajebo Road Housing Estate, Kemta, Abeokuta have been thrown into mourning following the killing of a Professor of Biochemical Toxicology with the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Oladipo Ademuyiwa by a hit-and-run driver on the newly rehabilitated Kemta-Somorin road on Sunday. Prof Ademuyiwa, in his early 60s, was said to have just…
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki met with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State amid the leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Saraki’s meeting with Makinde is part of efforts to resolve the crisis in the PDP and reconcile all aggrieved members. Posting on X, Saraki expressed hope that PDP leaders may come together…
Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has approved the new minimum wage of N104,000 for civil servants, making the state one of the highest-paying in the country. The announcement was made on Tuesday night during a meeting with labour union leaders at the Government House in Owerri. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Uzodimma…
The US District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered top law enforcement agencies to make information about President Bola Tinubu public. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Beryl Howell, the judge, made the order on Tuesday. Responding to a motion by Aaron Greenspan, an American who is seeking a reconsideration of an earlier ruling, Howell…
A family member of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, has revealed that his death may have been the result of diabolical forces linked to a land dispute in their hometown of Ilobu, Osun State. According to The Nation, Madam Toyin, who spoke on behalf of the family, disclosed that the…
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, says the Federal Government plans to establish 7,000 digital hospitals in rural communities. Tijani disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while unveiling a digital hospital and school in Ibwa 2 community, located in Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The minister revealed that President Bola…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has alleged a threat to his life by Felix Morka, the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The allegation comes after Obi criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration for failing to address the worsening economic and security challenges in the country. According to Obi, Morka’s recent…
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced the State Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, to prison for failing to comply with a court order. The Court order, stemmed from an earlier ruling delivered on November 26, 2016, in suit number YHC/210/2014, which upheld a ruling from the Court of Appeal regarding…