Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Engagement, has extended warm Christmas greetings to His Excellency, Governor Ademola Adeleke, and the entire people of Osun State. In his Christmas message, Hon. Sulaimon described the season as a profound reminder of love, peace, sacrifice, and renewed hope, values which,…
Fire has gutted the Great Nigeria Insurance House, Martins Street, Lagos Island, on Christmas Eve, and destroyed property worth millions of naira. No life was reportedly lost at press time as occupants and neighbours scampered for safety. According to reports, the unfortunate incident occurred at about 5pm on Wednesday, Officials of the Lagos State Fire…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that two members of the Kano state house of assembly– Aminu Ungogo and Sarki Aliyu Daneji– have died. Ungogo, who represented the Ungogo constituency and chaired the house committee on appropriation, died on Wednesday after collapsing at the assembly complex following a brief illness. He was rushed to a hospital but was…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced 41 properties to Abubakar Malami, the former attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice. GISTSMATE MEDIA understands that the properties — hotels, residential buildings, lands, schools, and a printing press — are scattered across Kebbi, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The properties in…
PRESIDENT TINUBU’S 2025 CHRISTMAS GOODWILL MESSAGE My Fellow Nigerians, As we mark this year’s Christmas, may the love of Christ and his message of grace, hope, peace, and goodwill to humanity abide with us all. Beyond the celebration and festivities of this season, Christmas reminds us to reflect on the significance of Jesus Christ’s birth…
Two teenagers, identified as a fifteen-year-old Abdullahi Sheriff and Adekitan Rasheed, 13, have lost their lives after drowning in a river flowing through the Morubo-Apete area, Ibadan, Oyo State. The victims, who were said to be relatives, lived in adjoining houses with their parents in the Apete area of the city before the unfortunate incident….
The Federal Government has filed fresh money laundering charges against former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami. The case was lodged before the Federal High Court in Abuja and involves alleged illegal financial transactions running into over ₦1 billion. Court filings show that the…
Libya’s highest-ranking army officer, Mohamed Ali al-Haddad, and four other senior military officials were killed in a plane crash in Turkey on Tuesday night, the Libyan Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeiba, has confirmed. “This followed a tragic and painful incident while they were returning from an official trip from the Turkish city of Ankara. This…
Terrorists have killed a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer, Ibrahim Dalhatu Tafoki, along the Funtua–Tafoki road in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, in an attack that has cast fresh doubt on ongoing peace and reconciliation efforts with armed groups in the area. Ibrahim Tafoki, who was on a motorcycle at the time…
The lawmaker representing Ibadan North Constituency I in the Oyo State House of Assembly and Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs, Hon. Comforter Adeniyi Olajide, has felicitated with the Chairman of Oluyole Local Government, Engr. Akeem Olatunji, on the occasion of his 53rd birthday. In a congratulatory message issued on Wednesday and made available to…