The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that Nigerian-British boxing star, Anthony Joshua, was involved in a road accident on Monday in Makun, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ogun State. According to the police, Joshua and other victims have been taken to the hospital. DSP Oluseyi Babasey, the Public Relations Officer of the state police command,…
Investigators have linked a bulk of the wealth of Abubakar Malami, the former attorney-general of the federation, to a number of sources. According to The cable, at the top of the list are Paris Club refunds made to states, unpaid loans taken from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the anchor borrowers programme, and…
Dr Sulaiman Olanrewaju, Special Adviser on Media to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Sunday faulted former governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State over the allegation that Makinde received N50 billion from the Federal Government and secretly saved it to fund a presidential ambition. In the rebuttal, Olanrewaju described the allegations as “misleading and…
Don Pedro Obaseki, a cousin of former Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has narrated how he was allegedly abducted, beaten and stripped by suspected assailants in Benin City, Edo State. Obaseki spoke in a video shared by Africa Independent Television on Sunday, after GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that suspected thugs had stripped him naked and taken…
The National Judicial Council has disclosed that 34 nominees, including a Chief Superintendent of Police, failed the judges’ appointment integrity test conducted by the Federal Judicial Service Commission. The Council made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, explaining that although 62 applicants passed the Computer-Based Test conducted by the Federal High Court…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday said politicians who he described as “emergency” supporters of President Bola Tinubu must stick to existing agreements in Rivers State. He spoke while addressing stakeholders in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The minister said the Ikwerre ethnicity of the state voted massively…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, has condemned the bomb explosion in Zamfara State that claimed the lives of seven people. The incident occurred on Saturday when suspected terrorists planted an Improvised Explosive Device along the Magami–Dansadau highway in Maru Local Government Area of the state. The device exploded as a…
Suspected thugs have stripped naked the Chief Executive Officer of Hosamudia Farm, Don Pedro Obaseki, in Benin City, the Edo State capital. In a video circulating on the internet on Sunday, Obaseki was seen being attacked at Uwa Primary School, where he had gone to play football. Obaseki, a cousin of former Edo State Governor…
Akinyele Constituency 1 House of Assembly hopeful come 2027, Hon. Abiola Yahya Ajuwon has congratulated Sheik Sakariyah Agesin on his Turbaning as Mufty Diyar Tijanniyah of Oyo central Senatorial District. In the congratulations post sighted by our correspondent, Hon. Ajuwon said his turnaning is a reflection of humility and service to the will of Allah,…
Nollywood actress Doris Ogala, has reacted to the public apology tendered by Pastor Chris Okafor over their series of controversial issues. The actress on her Instagram page, on Sunday, announced that she has forgiven the pastor. She reacted to him kneeling in front of his congregation to apologise, stating that he should not have knelt…