A grandmother identified as Mrs Otabor has fled her home over illegal abortion procedure for her 15-year-old granddaughter by a ‘local nurse’. The suspected grandmother ran away from her Ogiemwenken Street, Upper Uwa quarter of Benin City, Edo State after the abortion on the stepdaughter who was allegedly raped and impregnated by a self-proclaimed Prophet….
The Labour Party (LP) has declared that its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will not be given the party’s ticket for the 2027 general elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, made this known on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics. “We are going to do our 2027 without Peter Obi;…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a Deputy Superintendent of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has accidentally shot and killed a colleague in Life Camp, Abuja, security sources confirmed. The sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter that the tragedy happened on Sunday. “At about 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, September 7, DSC Adekunle…
A Councillor representing Kinkiba Ward in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Sunusi Hashim, has appointed 18 special advisers to strengthen his grassroots administration. The aides were inaugurated on Sunday during a ceremony held at L.E.A. Primary School, Kinkiba, which was attended by APC stakeholders, party loyalists, traditional rulers, religious leaders, and community members….
The decomposed body of a 55-year-old man has been discovered in a vehicle parked outside the annex gate of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, throwing the area into shock and raising questions about how the incident went unnoticed for days. According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, who quoted multiple sources, the deceased has been…
Former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a petition before the Police Service Commission (PSC), accusing the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police and some officers of gross misconduct, abuse of office, and serial violations of the Police Act. In a letter dated September 8, El-Rufai urged the PSC to launch an immediate and…
A five-man gang of gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the wife and daughter of Alhaji Muhammad Swasun, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State. The victims of the incident, which happened at Sakpefu area of the local government, were identified as Hajiya Fatima,…
Lagos State Police Command says that the five bodies recovered along the Oreta riverbank in the Igbogbo community, Ikorodu Local Government Area, may not be unconnected with cult violence. The state Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, confirmed the incident, saying that investigations were ongoing. He also calmed the frayed nerves of the host community and…
In line with his mandate to strengthen grassroots participation and deepen the bond between government and the people, the Senior Special Assistant to the Osun State Governor on Community Engagement, Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan, has held a strategic meeting with Governor Ademola Adeleke. ‎ ‎The meeting, which took place at the Governor’s office in Osogbo,…
The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has commenced a seven-day warning strike. Announcing the action on Monday in a communiqué, the association cited systemic failures in the FCT health sector. The communiqué was signed by the association’s President, George Ebong, alongside other members of the executive. The doctors described the…