The Rivers State Police Command has made another significant breakthrough, apprehending five suspects allegedly involved in a “One Chance” syndicate. On the 28th of January, 2025, at about 0900 hours, the Surveillance Patrol Team attached to the Hyper City Unit of the Rivers State Police Command, while on patrol along NLNG Road, Eastern Bypass, Port…
An officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Dogara Akolo-Moses, has shot and killed himself in Nasarawa State. Akolo-Moses, a constable attached to Mada Station Division of Nasarawa command was said to have shot himself in a private room while he was on duty. It was gathered that the deceased officer had gone about his normal…
Tragedy struck in the Ukubie community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Monday when a woman, identified as Madam Stella, drowned her six-year-old daughter, Rachael, in a fit of rage. The incident, which has left residents in shock, reportedly occurred after Rachael defied her mother’s repeated warnings against bathing in the river….
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has slammed the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, accusing him of “serious amnesia” over his denial of past comments allegedly made against President Bola Tinubu. Ribadu had, through his lawyer, Dr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), demanded a public apology and retraction from a Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftain, Naja’atu Muhammad, who…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a popular nollywood actress, Pat Ugwu, has passed away at the age of 35. Her colleague, Emeka Okoye, announced the development in an Instagram post on Wednesday along with a funeral poster detailing her funeral arrangements. “Rest in peace sis. Pat Ugwu. @patpat_ugwu so we no get to work again?…
A man has narrated how a Nigerian living in Italy was arrested after purchasing a house worth €400,000 despite having no stable job. In a video shared on TikTok, the man detailed the circumstances surrounding the arrest. He revealed that the Nigerian man moved to Italy in 2016 but had only worked for eight months…
A pregnant woman has lost her life after a doctor reportedly performed a Cesarean Section, CS, on her with the help of a YouTube video in Imo State. CS is the surgical delivery of a baby through a cut made in the birth parent’s abdomen and uterus. The deceased’s husband, Onyekachi Eze, in a video…
A State High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, sentenced a Nigerian professor to three years in prison for perjury and publishing false election results. Mr Uduk, a professor of Human Kinetics at the University of Uyo, was prosecuted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on charges of perjury and announcing and…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has raised the country’s proposed 2025 annual budget to N54.2 trillion from N49.7 trillion. The increase in the proposed budget size is through separate letters forwarded to both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The president in the letter read during plenary in the Senate by Senator…
The suspended traditional ruler of Orile Ifo, Oba Abdulsemiu Ogunjobi, has been remanded at the Ilaro Correctional Centre in Ogun State after failing to meet his bail conditions. The spokesperson for the correctional facility, Yinka Odukoya, confirmed this to Media on Wednesday, stating that the monarch remained in custody as he had yet to perfect…