A South African woman, Phindiswa Toshi Mpomposhe was stabbed to d3ath by her boyfriend, Mkhuseli Ludidi. Advocacy group Women For Change issued a statement on Thursday, January 9, 2025, regarding the incident in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on New Year’s Day. It was gathered that Phindiswa was murdered by Mkhuseli because she wore bum shorts at…
A mobile court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has sentenced a 27-year-old man, Chukwunyere Okechukwu Akomas, to 14 years imprisonment for def!ling two minors. The two minors are 8-year-old and 11-year-old. Akomas was sentenced on Friday, January 10, 2025. The court found Akomas guilty on both counts and sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment on…
One 38-year-old Destiny Ekhorutomuen has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly posting social media content to incite Nigerians against the force. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Ekhorutomuen allegedly created and operated multiple social media accounts to share false content aimed at tarnishing the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a woman from Harare, Zimbabwe Capital Fadzai Chimboza, has been arrested and charged with aggravated indecent assault after allegedly f0rcing herself on her lodger’s 10-year-old son. Chimboza, 24, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Tilda Mazhande and was remanded in custody until January 29. According to court documents, the abuse began in…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has given the State Security Service (SSS) the go-ahead to detain ten suspected terrorists, who had planned to launch a Boko Haram/ISWAP cell in Osun, for 60 days pending the conclusion of the investigation. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the ‘ex-parte’ motion moved by SSS lawyer, Y.I….
In its ongoing efforts to clean Nigeria of internet fraud and other acts of corruption, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested four Chinese and 104 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of Abuja. The information contained in a Statement signed by the Commission’s Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale says…
The police in Cross River State have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly killing his mother for ritual purposes. Irene Ugbo, the police spokesperson in Cross River, confirmed the suspect’s arrest and detention to reporters on Friday in Calabar. Mrs Ugbo, a superintendent of police, did not, however, provide details. The News Agency of…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a 32-year-old blogger, identified as Augustus, for cloning its official website and posting a fake recruitment notice. The suspect, from Akwa Ibom State, was apprehended on Thursday at his residence on Akpan Eno Lane in Abak. According to DSS sources, Augustus, a graduate of the University of…
AHMAD RUFAI shares the inside story of how a wedding ceremony became a tragic event after a young bride allegedly poisoned her husband’s food on their wedding night, leading to the death of one person. When a wedding ceremony is held anywhere in the country, it is usually a fun-filled and joyous event. It is,…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed nine people dead and 21 others injured in a road crash in Dankama, Kaita LGA, Katsina State. The casualties were announced in a statement on Thursday. FRSC said the incident occurred when a trailer carrying cows and humans separated from the head and fell on a pavement. According…