GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has been thrown into mourning following the death of his eldest brother, Engr. Sunday Makinde. Engr. Makinde, aged 65, reportedly passed away in the early hours of Friday, January 24, 2025, at his residence in Ibadan. The news was confirmed by Chief Olumuyiwa Makinde,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. The President has also appointed a new managing director for the Nigerian Railway Corporation and a director-general for the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI). President Tinubu directs the…
The death toll in the Wednesday accident in Ebonyi State involving some prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has risen to four. The corps members were heading to the NYSC orientation camp for their three-week orientation course when the 14-seater bus they were in rammed into a parked truck. They are part…
The Federal Government has announced plans to build 10,000 housing units under the Renewed Hope Medic Cities initiative. The project, which is being led by the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in collaboration with the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Health, and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria,…
Super Eagles star Victor Boniface has refuted claims of breaking up with his Norwegian girlfriend Rikke Hermine, describing the reports as “fake”. The alleged breakup between the Bayer Leverkusen forward and the influencer has made headlines on social media in the past few days. It claimed that Hermine demanded a legal marriage without prenup, a…
US President Donald Trump ordered the declassification Thursday of the last secret files on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, a case that still fuels conspiracy theories more than 60 years after his death. Trump signed an executive order that will also release documents on the 1960s assassinations of JFK’s younger brother Robert F….
Jeremiah Useni, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has passed away at the age of 82. The retired army officer died on Thursday following a prolonged illness. The news of his death was announced on Thursday night by Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang, through a statement issued by his Director of Press and…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, made an order proscribing the Lakurawa sect. The court also proscribed other similar groups in parts of Nigeria, especially in the North West and North Central regions of the country. Justice James Omotosho made the declaration while delivering a ruling in a motion…
The decomposed remains of a 45-year-old pastor, Esere Okilo, have been discovered in his residence on Jacob Beredugo Street, Ekeki, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State after 15 months of being reported missing. Okilo hailed from Nembe-Bassambiri and had been missing for about 15 months before his remains were discovered on Wednesday. The discovery was made by one…
The Kwara state Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA) says 18 people have died in a road accident involving a trailer and a mini truck in the Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin west LGA. Olawuyi Gani, spokesperson of KWARTMA, confirmed the incident in a statement sent to TheCable on Thursday. Gani said the accident happened on Wednesday…