The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), in collaboration with emergency response agencies, successfully rescued 18 victims from a severe vehicular accident on the Third Mainland Bridge near Ilaje, heading towards Iyana Oworonsoki. Among the rescued were a newlywed couple returning to the mainland after their wedding ceremony at the Ikoyi Marriage Registry. The collision…
Controversial Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has credited improved power supply across the country to the government of President Bola Tinubu, saying many states now enjoy 22hrs of electricity. Edochie who has not hidden his support for Tinubu has continued on that path despite attracting the ire of most netizens when he’s at it. He also…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dismissed the purported dismissal of Hon. Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu from the party by his ward executives. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said this in a statement in response to a viral letter from the Umuopia/Umukegwu Ward Chapter, of the party in…
The Indigenous People of Biafera, IPOB, yesterday described the second declaration of Biafra in Finland as the gathering of content creators, saying that IPOB has nothing to do with Biafra Republic Government in Exile, BRGIE. IPOB also said that the event in Finland was a joke and a shameless attempt to discredit the genuine agitation…
A Nigerian clinical associate professor of medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi, has been elected as the Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA) president-elect. According to a statement ofmn the Association’s website, Dr. Ogunyemi, a practicing medical dermatologist in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and a visiting specialist in Labrador City since 2018, won the election…
Anti-corruption agencies and organizations have proffered solutions on how Nigeria youths could be rescued from their present lust for illicit wealth acquisition through different corrupt practices such as internet fraud. The stakeholders who offered their submissions at the Town hall meeting in commemoration of the 2024 International anti-corruption Day at the South East zonal office…
The lawmaker representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Ede Dafinone, has expressed sorrow over the death of the President-General of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Pa James Oghoroko, who reportedly died in military detention on December 4, 2024. In a statement made available to journalists in Warri, Delta…
Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has tendered an apology to the acting National Chairman and the acting National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagun and Senator Samuel Anyanwu. Adeyanju’s apology comes after he made alleged defamatory statements against Damagun and Anyanwu during a podcast interview. In the interview, Adeyanju accused Damagun of…
Judges in the United Kingdom have explained why London-based Nigerian pastor Tobi Adegboyega’s deportation was approved. Adegboyega, the founder of Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church (SPAC Nation) arrived in the UK in 2005 and has remained there in an expired visa. Married to a Briton, the pastor sought to remain in the UK in human rights…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the former JFM building near Edewor Shopping Plaza in Delta State has been gutted by fire. Residents of the area said a mysterious fire started in the building located in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. According to the residents, many were in fear the fire could get to…