GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Hamdiyyah Sharif, a critic of Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State, has been declared missing. Sharif was declared missing on Wednesday by her lawyer, Abba Hikima, via a post on his official Facebook handle. “Hamdiyya has been missing since 10:00 am yesterday (Tuesday). “She left home to buy food stuff in…
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 National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Ajibola Basiru, has called on the three senators from Osun State who endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term to do more by leaving their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the APC. Basiru, while expressing his excitement at the endorsement by the opposition party in…
A bomb struck a bus carrying children to an army-run school in south-western Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people, including three children, and injuring dozens more, officials said. The blast targeted the vehicle in the city of Khuzdar, in the restive province of Balochistan, as it took students to class, said local official Yasir Dashti….
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has alleged that some Nigerian politicians and members of the armed forces are acting as informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum made the revelation on Wednesday during an interview on News Central’s Breakfast Central, where he vowed that the state would strengthen its intelligence network and deal…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said it has launched an expansive manhunt for seven fleeing inmates following the rainfall that breached the security of its facility at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ilesa, Osun State. The spokesperson for the Service, Umar Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday night. The force majeure which occurred…
US President Donald Trump signed a bill on Monday making it a federal crime to post “revenge porn” — whether it is real or generated by artificial intelligence. The “Take It Down Act,” passed with overwhelming bipartisan congressional support, criminalises non-consensual publication of intimate images, while also mandating their removal from online platforms. “With the…
Detained Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa has reversed his earlier stance, denying any involvement in the killings reported across parts of Nigeria’s South-East. Speaking through his lawyer, Jonathan Levy, in a statement, Ekpa distanced himself and his affiliated groups from recent violence, particularly in Orsu and other communities in Imo and Anambra states. “The publication contains…
Kidnappers who seized Mr. Arimazoya Abona, in his 70s, at Ubuneke-Ivbiaro in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, after killing his wife, yesterday demanded N100 million ransom. Witnesses told our reporter that after the wife was shot in the neck, neighbours and passersby scampered to safety, with the gunmen invading through a bush…
Zamfara State Government has dismissed reports claiming that Zamfara Christian convert, Zainab is set to stand trial in Sharia Court on Friday for switching religions. A statement by the spokesperson of the Zamfara Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, revealed that the report is completely false and taken from social media sites that seek to generate traffic….