GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Justice G. O. Imadegbelo of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, has sentenced 24 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The fraudsters were prosecuted by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Benin Zone. This was made known in a post via the EFCC’s X handle on…
The Police Special Fraud Unit has arraigned students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, and Resign Regal Academy, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, for allegedly hacking MTN Nigeria Communication Plc’s computers and stealing airtime and data valued at N1.9bn. Oluwabukola and Odemerho who were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday are facing…
A 23-year-old woman, Rahimat Salaum, has allegedly killed her husband, Shehu, during a fight in the Federal Capital Territory. PUNCH Online reports that Ramatu was planning to run away with her husband’s belongings when operatives of the Nigeria Police Force arrested her. A statement on Tuesday by the FCT Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Borno Police Command said an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), explosion resulted in the death of one male victim while eleven others sustained various degrees of injuries in another attack in Maiduguri. The Police Commissioner (CP), Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this on Friday while providing a situation report on the state capital….
Headquarters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State is currently on fire. The secretariat was torched during the violence that broke out in the protest against hunger. Aggrieved youths had stormed the facility in Dutse, the state capital, where they destroyed bill boards and other publicity materials before burning down the building….
The nationwide hardship protest in Kano has escalated into violence, with hoodlums taking advantage of the situation to loot shops and offices. What began as a demonstration against economic difficulties quickly devolved into chaos as mobs attacked businesses across the city. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, also confirmed…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the police in Borno on Thursday said nine people were killed while 20 others were injured when Boko Haram detonated an Improvised Explosive Device(IED), in Kawuri in Konduga Local Government Area. The Commissioner Police, Yusuf Lawan who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Maiduguri, said…
Operatives of the Kano State Police Command have dispersed some youths who tried to break into a store along Zoo road in the state capital. The suspects had attempted to force their way into the two storey building housing Sadaraki Stores. But the police quickly moved in to stall their action. However, before the arrival…
In a shocking tale of dating app deception, Mr. Obinna Ezenwa has come forward to share his h@rrowing experience of being sc@mmed by an American woman he met online. This revelation follows the alleged efforts of the woman to intimidate and t@rnish Obinna’s name and reputation. He met Kymberly Stalvey Ann Shepard on a dating…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, have killed two policemen and abducted Ada Anioma Joan Onyemaechi, a former female commissioner, during a church service in Asaba, Delta State. The assailants targeted The King Jesus and I Church, located off DBS Road, on the evening of Tuesday, July 30, 2024. They opened fire on the two policemen…