The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, are at loggerheads over alleged dethronement plots. Oluwo, in a statement on Friday night, alleged that Oba Ogunwusi is seeking his downfall after he played a prominent role in his emergence as Ooni of Ife. He claimed the link he…
A 34-year-old mechanic, Adewunmi Niyi Taiwo, has landed in serious trouble after allegedly stealing a customer’s Lexus GX 450 SUV worth N450 million from his employer’s workshop and crashing it into an electrical pole, causing N15 million worth of damage. Taiwo, who works with Fixi45 Technologies Company Limited, was arrested by officers from the Maroko…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the deployment of 38 Commissioners of Police to various State Commands and Police Formations across the country. This strategic move, aimed at enhancing security and intelligence-led policing, includes the posting of nine CPs to state commands and 29 CPs to various formations. Among those assigned to state…
The chairman of Ayobo-Ipaja Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, Mrs. Bolatito Shobowale, has passed away. The council area has been thrown into mourning following the announcement of her death on Friday. Shobowale, the third executive chairman of the LCDA, had reportedly been battling an undisclosed illness for a long time before she succumbed….
Members of the Ijaw Youths Council have taken the federal government to the community court of justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court) in Abuja over the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers state. The move comes days after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the oil-rich state…
A seventy-two-year-old man, Sabo Mohammed, has boldly told a Minna Chief Magistrates Court that he stabbed a Police Inspector, Nasiru Musa, to death because he was Seducing his wife. The Septuagenarian who was arraigned before the Minna Chief Magistrate Court Five, presided over by Hadiza Imam, told the court that he had been suspecting his…
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has confirmed that the withheld local government allocations have been released. Speaking at a meeting with local government administrators in Port Harcourt, Ibas assured that efforts were being made to ensure salaries are paid without delay. He acknowledged the difficulties faced by government workers, stating, “I understand…
The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, on Friday, destroyed counterfeit, substandard and fake pharmaceutical and other products worth over one trillion naira at the Anambra State Waste Management Authority Dump Site, Agu Awka, Anambra State. The Director General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, who performed the exercise at the dump site located…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the lawmaker representing Anambra Senatorial District, Victor Umeh has denied the claim that he received $10,000 to support the approval of State of Emergency in Rivers State as proclaimed by President Bola Tinubu. Umeh also stated that he was never in any meeting were funds were shared – either in naira…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Friday that its attack aircraft in relentless air operations have destroyed several identified terrorist strongholds and neutralised scores of terrorists across the North-East and North-West regions. Deputy Director, NAF Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Kabiru Ali said: “In a series of decisive and precision-guided air interdiction missions…