GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a veteran Nollywood actor, Columbus Irosanga has passed away. The sad news was disseminated by actress Hilda Dukobo via her Instagram page as Nollywood lost one of it finest actor. Amid rumours of his demise, veteran actress, Hilda Dukobo took to her Instagram page to confirm his death while sharing a…
The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution announced on Thursday that it has received 31 proposals for the creation of new states across the six geopolitical zones. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu read a letter from the committee during plenary, outlining the conditions that must be met before any state creation…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old America-trained Nollywood filmmaker, Mbadiwe Emeka, to five years imprisonment for trafficking in 17. 30 kilograms of Canada Loud, Cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug similar to cocaine, LSD, and heroin. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, handed down the jail term after Emeka pleaded guilty to…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that some gunmen have reportedly launched an attack in the Tsiga community in Bakori local government area of Katsina State. According to reports, the gunmen allegedly kidnapped several residents of the community including a retired Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga. General Tsiga served as the director general of the National Youths Service Corps…
Controversial singer Portable has expressed frustration after the Ogun State Government sealed his uncompleted building and hotel. According to the letter posted online, the government’s action was due to alleged illegal development without an approval permit. Portable alleged the government’s raid resulted in the arrest of over 20 people, including artists, customers, and individuals who…
A combined security team has found the decomposing body of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, at the 2nd Niger Bridge. On Tuesday, December 24, 2024, gunmen abducted Azuka, the representative of Onitsha 1 North Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly. Azuka was reportedly kidnapped while returning…
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office. “From now on women’s sports will be only for women,” Trump said before he signed the order at the White House, surrounded by dozens…
At least three people have been killed after a helicopter crashed into the home of a former Bundesliga sponsor. The helicopter crashed into the property at about 7:20pm on Wednesday near a few miles west of Parma in northern Italy. The helicopter struck a home in the Castello di Castelguelfo, a medieval manor. Lorenzo Rovagnati,…
Tragedy struck at the Ojodu Berger axis of Lagos State, on Tuesday, when an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, was crushed and maimed by a reckless truck driver when he lost control of the vehicle in motion. The driver of the fully loaded trailer driver with registration number, Bauchi Stat, KTG…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery had exported two jet fuel cargoes to Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer and a leading integrated oil and gas company globally. Saudi Aramco is majorly state-owned petroleum and is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia. President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, made this known during a visit by the…