Two US Navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea early Sunday in “an apparent case of friendly fire,” the US military said. Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels said later on Sunday they had “targeted” the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman a day earlier in an operation that led to “shooting down an F-18…
The students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, has welcomed their lecturer great funfair after he arrived from USA. The students from the department of Local Government and Development Studies trooped in their numbers with musical instruments to welcome Dr. JM Etebom. Dr Etebom, returned back to the Institution after the completion of two years Postdoctoral…
The Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, has won the 2024 edition of the Best Nigerian Patriot Award. The award is coming on the heels of the alleged defamation of the nonagenarian by a human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi in his book titled ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’….
A Kwara man has died in the custody of the Kwara State Police Command after he was arrested and detained on Friday for allegedly failing to pay back a debt to his friend. Confirming the incident to Peoples Gazette, the command’s spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, said the…
The Federal Government has lifted the ban on mining exploration activities in Zamfara State, ending over five years of restrictions imposed due to security concerns. This decision follows significant improvements in the state’s security landscape. Announcing the development at a weekend press briefing, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, highlighted the economic…
The Federal Government will on Monday arraign five suspected terrorists linked to the notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The suspects, who were arrested by the security agencies, will be arraigned by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation before Justice Emeka Nwite, a vacation judge. Although they…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Taiwo Yemitan, a 45-year-old suspected ritualist, who was found with a fresh human head and dismembered body parts of a female victim in the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta. SP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s spokesperson, announced the arrest in a statement released on Sunday, explaining that Yemitan was apprehended…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the former Minister of Defence, and also of Internal Affairs, Major General (Rtd) Godwin Osagie Abbe is dead. Abbe who also served as Governor of Akwa Ibom and Rivers States during his military career died on Saturday night in Abuja after a protracted illness. Family sources confirmed the passage. He was…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to cut the proposed budget of N9.4bn on travels, refreshment/meals, and foodstuff/catering materials for the presidency, and the proposed N344.85bn for the lawmakers, and to use the savings to address the budget…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have reportedly arrested a popular Nigerian TikToker, Seaking, for criticizing President Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. Seaking was arrested on Saturday shortly after he made a video where he criticized President Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, and Egbetokun. The TikToker had made…