A joint security operation coordinated by the Kaduna State Government, the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has rescued scores of worshippers kidnapped during a church service at Kurmin Wali village in Kajuru Local Government Area on January 18. Governor Uba Sani confirmed on Wednesday that 82…
A United States Congressman, Chris Smith, has suggested that the US Government may impose sanctions and other economic penalties on the Nigerian government following the escalation of attacks and killings of mostly Christian communities in Nigeria and the seeming inability of the Nigerian authorities to curb the killings. Smith, the Committee chair, stated this in…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that nollywood actress Ajara Lasisi, popularly known as Aunty Ajara, is dead. Her death was announced on Thursday by Nollywood director, Tobi Oladele Teemony, also known as Tee Mony, in a statement shared on Instagram. “With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved actress, Aunty Ajara. She passed on overnight…
The grieving people of the Woro community in the Kaiama local government area of Kwara State have recovered the bodies of 78 victims of the attack launched on the rural community by armed bandits on Tuesday. They performed the funeral prayer (janazah) on the corpses at about 6:30pm yesterday, shortly before the evening ( magrib)…
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has clarified why it called for the removal and prosecution of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, insisting that its position has nothing to do with religion. Recall that SCSN last week had demanded the immediate dismissal and prosecution of…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the deployment of an army battalion in Kaiama LGA of Kwara state following the deadly attack by suspected terrorists on the Nuku and Woro communities on Tuesday. Rauf Ajakaye, the chief press secretary to AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara State, told TheCable that 75 residents were killed by the suspected…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole has denied the authenticity of a widely circulated video appearing to show him massaging a woman’s feet aboard a private jet, describing it as a fabricated clip created using artificial intelligence (AI). The video, which surfaced on social media on Tuesday, shows a man resembling the former Edo State governor engaged in…
Police authorities in Ondo State have confirmed the death of two students of the Ondo State-owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, after they drowned inside a swimming pool at a hotel in the town. The victims were said to be among the new students who matriculated at the university. The spokesperson of the state police command,…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a notice of appeal challenging his conviction and multiple sentences imposed by the Federal High Court in Abuja, insisting that the trial was riddled with fundamental legal errors and amounted to a miscarriage of justice. In the notice of appeal dated February…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the senate on Wednesday passed the Electoral Act amendment bill after a five-hour clause-by-clause deliberation. The bill was the only item listed on the order paper after a valedictory session for the late Okey Ezea and was approved by the committee of the whole following consideration and adoption of its 155…
