GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the police in Taraba State said a lecturer at the Federal University Wukari and deputy registrar of Taraba State School of Health Technology, Takum were among the passengers killed by gunmen along Takum-Wukari road early Monday morning. The acting Police Public Relations Officer, Taraba police command, DSP Kwache Gambo, confirmed the…
Justice Peter Lifu of the Nigerian High Court has dismissed a motion aimed at restraining Nigerians from participating in #EndBadGovernance protests. The motion, filed by Danladi Goje, Buky Abayomi, Adiza, and 13 other individuals, was dismissed today. Justice Lifu ruled that the protest, which had been a focal point of public discourse, had concluded the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja has received a beaded crown. The event took place today, Monday12th of August. The development put rest into the imbroglio over the legality of beaded crown in Ibadan. Ladoja, who refused to be crown when late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi revisited the…
Philip Shaibu, the reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, has returned to office and instructed his staff to do the same. In a video broadcast on X.com on Monday, Shaibu wrote, “In adherence to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, I announce my official resumption to the office. God Bless Edo…
At least seven persons from the same family in Runjin Barmo village of Kajiji District in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State have reportedly died as a result of consumption of contaminated cassava delicacy. This is contained in a statement signed and made available by the Information Officer, State Ministry of Health, Nura Bello,…
The Presidency cleared the air yesterday on the controversy over the N573 billion received by states. It said the fund is a World Bank loan, which the Federal Government guaranteed, and not a grant. It explained that the issue of whether it was a grant or a loan should not be at the centre of…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has maintained that its directive on the suspension of biometric clearance and Community Development Services (CDS) still subsists This is against a circular making the rounds on social media purportedly signed by the NYSC Director General. The Scheme said the directory in circulation was a ruse which only existed…
A dynamite explosion rocked the secretariat of the Action People’s Party along the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Monday morning. It was gathered that the incident occurred in the wee hours of Monday precisely around 1am. The assailants allegedly threw substances believed to be dynamite into the building housing the secretariat…
Two Chinese expatriates, identified as Chen Wenguang and Liang Ding, have been abducted in the KĂ©mta/Abule-Owu area along Onigbedu Road in Ogun State. PUNCH Online learned on Monday that the two were abducted around 1:45pm on Sunday when they left the company to visit their friends. A police source, who was not authorised to speak…
The Nigeria Immigration Service has launched a probe into an incident involving the destruction of a Nigerian passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the NIS Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo. “The Nigeria Immigration Service has launched a formal investigation following the circulation of…