The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has cautioned members of the public against offering money or any form of inducement to its personnel while discharging their official duties. In a random check by our correspondent, on X (formerly Twitter) handle, Sunday 7th September 2025, the Command stressed that such acts remain unlawful and undermine…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that one of President Bola Tinubu’s appointees has been relieved of his duties. Fegho John Umunubo, who served as the Special Assistant to the President on Digital and Creative Economy (Office of the Vice President), has been disengaged with immediate effect. The announcement was made on Monday in a statement signed by…
Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and former presidential candidate has been invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his recent X post on President Bola Tinubu. The DSS in a letter dated September 7, described Sowore’s post as false and malicious. The letter signed by Uwem Davies on behalf of the…
A grandmother identified as Mrs Otabor has fled her home over illegal abortion procedure for her 15-year-old granddaughter by a ‘local nurse’. The suspected grandmother ran away from her Ogiemwenken Street, Upper Uwa quarter of Benin City, Edo State after the abortion on the stepdaughter who was allegedly raped and impregnated by a self-proclaimed Prophet….
The Labour Party (LP) has declared that its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will not be given the party’s ticket for the 2027 general elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, made this known on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics. “We are going to do our 2027 without Peter Obi;…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a Deputy Superintendent of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has accidentally shot and killed a colleague in Life Camp, Abuja, security sources confirmed. The sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter that the tragedy happened on Sunday. “At about 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, September 7, DSC Adekunle…
A Councillor representing Kinkiba Ward in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Sunusi Hashim, has appointed 18 special advisers to strengthen his grassroots administration. The aides were inaugurated on Sunday during a ceremony held at L.E.A. Primary School, Kinkiba, which was attended by APC stakeholders, party loyalists, traditional rulers, religious leaders, and community members….
The decomposed body of a 55-year-old man has been discovered in a vehicle parked outside the annex gate of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, throwing the area into shock and raising questions about how the incident went unnoticed for days. According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, who quoted multiple sources, the deceased has been…
Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a petition before the Police Service Commission (PSC), accusing the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police and some officers of gross misconduct, abuse of office, and serial violations of the Police Act. In a letter dated September 8, El-Rufai urged the PSC to launch an immediate and…
A five-man gang of gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the wife and daughter of Alhaji Muhammad Swasun, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State. The victims of the incident, which happened at Sakpefu area of the local government, were identified as Hajiya Fatima,…