Several students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) have been trapped following the collapse of a building in Benin City, Edo State, on Saturday morning. The incident happened on Ekhator Street, Ekosodin, an area popular with students, during a heavy downpour. According to eyewitnesses, a university rescue team swiftly responded to the scene, managing to…
Ahead of the Edo State Governorship election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, have stormed Benin City, the state capital. The duo is in the state for the PDP Grand Finale Rally in the Oredo Local Government Area of…
In another major victory against terrorism, Sani Wala Burki, a notorious terrorist leader responsible for terrorizing the Safana and Batsari Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Katsina State, has been barbecued. According to Zagazola Makanaki, a counterinsurgency reporter, Burki and several of his men were neutralized by security forces in a joint operation by local vigilantes…
Five people have reportedly died in an accident that involved the campaign convoy of Monday Okpebholo, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo. TheCable understands that the accident occurred on Thursday at Warrake road in Uzebba of Owan west LGA, Edo state. It was learnt that one of the vehicles in Okpebholo’s…
An Abuja-based human rights activist, Maxwell Opara has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja with a request to declare as invalid and illegal the recent tenure elongation for the incumbent Inspector General of Police IGP, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun by relevant authorities. Specifically, Maxwell, in the suit, is contending that the age for compulsory retirement…
The personal assistant to President Bola Tinubu on constituency affairs, Hon. Kareem Khadijat Omotayo has send her heartfelt condolence to people of Maiduguri over the flood that ravage Borno state capital. Recall that GISTSMATE MEDIA has earlier reported that the overflow of Alau Dam has led to flood in Maiduguri, with many causalities and destruction…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dared any governor of leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to come on national television and call him a mole. He said this in an interview on a Channels Television Political Programme, Politics Today, in Abuja, late on Friday. The FCT minister…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says he will not again support Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers. Wike spoke on Friday during an interview on Channels Television. “I will never support Fubara again in my political life. I won’t do that. Everyone knows me,” he said. Wike said he laboured and sacrificed…
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 16th September, 2024 as Public Holiday to mark the celebration of the Eid-ul-Mawlid, the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Friday, in a statement by Dr. Magdalene Ajani,…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of four substantive Commissioners of Police for Abia, Lagos, Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom state Commands respectfully This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani. According to the statement, “The appointments followed…
