A herbalist identified as Ismail Usman has sustained a life-threatening injury while testing a self-made ‘bulletproof’ charm. The incident occurred at the Kuchibuyi village in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on November 23. Usman was said to have picked a locally fabricated gun after he had fortified himself with the charm he had prepared and…
The Lagos State Taskforce has dismissed two of its officers, Fatai Yusuf (42) and Hammed Garuba (38), for theft during a recent raid on a hotel in Gowon Estate, Ipaja of the state. It was gathered that the hotel was suspected to be a hub for drug users and traffickers. According to a statement from…
Justice T.G. Ringing of the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced two police officers alongside an immigration officer to seven years imprisonment each for employment fraud to the tune of N1,640,000 (One Million Six Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira). The officers are identified as Yusuf AbdulKarim Bature and Musa…
Four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been confirmed dead following an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents during an inspection tour of the national grid installations in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on November 18, 2024. The attack, which occurred near the boundary between Niger and Kaduna states,…
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a young man who allegedly killed his mother, grandma, sister and nephew through food poisoning in a quest for money ritual through what they called “Okeite.” Although the incident reportedly happened in September 2024, Amaeze in Nsukka town, he was picked and handed over to the police on…
The United States FBI last week arrested notorious fraudster Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata alias Bobo Chicago for allegedly scamming several companies and individuals of monies going up to $2.8 million. Bobo Chicago, also known as ‘Bola Flexx’ due to his extravagant lifestyle, was arrested on November 20 in Illinois, Chicago based on an arrest warrant issued…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested Chinedu Ernest Ngwaka and his wife, Janet Onyekachi Ngwaka, over their involvement in a fraudulent scheme amounting to N320 million. Narrating the incident, police revealed that on the 9th of September 2024, the Nigerian Police Force received a petition addressed to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, FCID Annex,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigeria Police Force, Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two individuals in connection with the murder of a policeman, Ibrahim Maizabuwa. The suspects, Ezekiel Kefas, 67, and Stephen Zabadi, 44, are from Wamsa Suwa Ward in Lamurde Local Government Area of the state. According to the Police Spokesman, SP Suleiman…
The Kano Anti-Graft Agency has discovered facility where federal government 28 trucks of rice relief supplies are re-bagging. The operation, which occurred at a warehouse in the Hotoro Western Bye-pass, was conducted under the leadership of the commission’s chairman, Barrister Muhuyi Magaji. During a press briefing regarding the recent discovery, Magaji disclosed that approximately 28…
A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 27-year-old tiler, Qudus Kazeem, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his employer’s wife. Magistrate Sanusi Adagun, remanded the defendant following his arraignment on a four-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse, threat to life, obtaining money under false pretences, and stealing. Mrs Adagun,…