The Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Dr. Sam Amadi, has expressed fears that Nigeria as it is known today may cease to exist within the next three years if the current maladministration and mismanagement of its resources continues. Amadi said this in a keynote address at a capacity building workshop organised by…
Residents of Nepa community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State have caught a suspected kidnapper who collected N1.5 million ransom from the relatives of his victims in Jos, Plateau State capital. The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Alabor Alfred, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, said the suspect was…
Over 70 associations under the aegis of Northern Youth Groups have tackled the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, over what they described as inflammatory statements on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, 22nd August 2024, the convener of the group, Alhaji Umar Farouk…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the 22nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has officially retired from service upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. Born on August 22, 1954, Justice Ariwoola’s retirement marks the end of a distinguished judicial career. Justice Ariwoola was appointed to the Supreme Court bench on November…
A former police spokesperson in Lagos State, ACP Chike Oti, who is battling with kidney disease, has appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance of N25 million to undergo a kidney transplant. Mr Oti, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, said he was recently diagnosed with fifth stage renal failure. He said, “My dear brothers…
One of the world’s largest diamonds ever unearthed—a rough 2,492-carat stone—has been found in Botswana, a Canadian mining company that discovered the gem announced Thursday. The diamond was found in the Karowe Diamond Mine in northeastern Botswana, about 430 kilometres (270 miles) from the capital Gaborone, Lucara Diamond Corp. said in a statement. Lucara did…
Nigerians and South Africans’ online debacle took a new dimension on Thursday morning after both divides engaged in another supremacy battle. Citizens from two countries went for each others’ jugulars by ordering e-hailing drivers from opposing countries in the comfort of their homes. While South Africans began the show by allegedly ordering Bolt and Uber…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a Chinese firm on a confiscation blitz of Nigerian assets has finalised repossession of a luxury jet owned by the West African country in Canada. According to Peoples Gazette, Zhongshang Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd recently received a change of custodian paperwork for the Bombardier 6000 type BD-700-1A10 aircraft from Canadian authorities…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that some bloodthirsty bandits have killed 13 persons on their farms at the Ijuwa fringes of the Alawa community of the Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The LGA Chairman, Akilu Isyaku, confirmed the killing of the 13 farmers in an interview with a local radio station in Minna on…
A 400 level student of the Department of Animal Production Oluwaseyi David Adebayo has died hiking in Minna. Oluwaseyi Adebayo was said to have gone on the hiking expedition with some of his colleagues on August 10 when the incident happened. It was gathered that the deceased slipped from a hill and landed in a…