A 20-year-old final-year Computer Science student of Babcock University has died after he was suspended for one academic session by the school. The student, identified as Joshua Lawson, faced a disciplinary panel for alleged examination malpractice before his death. Babcock University’s Director of Communication and Marketing, Joshua Suleiman, told The Guardian that the disciplinary committee…
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi has been elected as the Chairperson of the World Customs Organisation, the highest decision-making body in global customs administration. This was contained in a statement on Saturday by the National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada. Maiwada added that Adeniyi was elected during…
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has made startling revelations about the constitutional crisis that engulfed Nigeria during the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s prolonged illness, alleging that a top presidential aide deliberately withheld a crucial handover letter from the National Assembly. In an interview with Rainbow Book Club, trending on Saturday, Jonathan disclosed that Yar’Adua had written…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigerian Senate has confirmed the recruitment of additional 30,000 youth into Nigeria Police Force. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Ahmad Abdulhamid Malam Madori, representing Jigawa North East, confirmed this to newsmen in his office. He said the Police Service Commission was given approval to recruit…
The prominent Kano businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, has been laid to rest in Madina, Saudi Arabia, in accordance with his final wish to be buried beside his late wife. Although his burial took place in Saudi Arabia, a funeral prayer was held in absentia at the Umar Bin Khattab Mosque in Kano….
Iran began a state funeral service Saturday for around 60 people, including its military commanders, killed in its war with Israel, after Tehran’s top diplomat condemned Donald Trump’s comments on supreme leader Ali Khamenei as “unacceptable”. The proceedings started at 8:00 am local time (0430 GMT) in the capital Tehran as government offices and many…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a popular Nigerian film and stage producer, Kayode Peters, has passed away in Canada. His death was confirmed to Peoples Gazette on Friday by his colleague, comedian Steve Onu, popularly known as Yaw, who said he was still trying to reach Mr Peters’ brother for further details. “Yes, he is,” Yaw…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday attended the burial of his uncle in Rumuepirikom, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Wike was joined at the ceremony by the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and the suspended Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, among…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has commended the resignation of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as a timely and honourable decision. Obi, in a statement titled ‘Ganduje’s Timely Challenge to Leaders’, said he had read reports of Ganduje’s resignation and noted…
Three male masqueraders who were arrested by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have been arraigned and reprimanded in the Nigerian Correctional Custodial Centre in the state. The three masquerades were arrested for their involvement in the assault and infliction of bodily harm on members of the public under the guise of celebrating the…