The lifeless body of a young lady identified as Goodness Israel has been discovered abandoned in a gutter along Udok Street, off Barracks Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Our correspondent reports that the corpse was discovered in the early hours of Wednesday by residents of the area. The cause of her death has not been…
President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Amendment Bill, 2025, recently passed by the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill proposes granting the NDLEA the power to retain a portion of the proceeds from drug related crimes in variance to the current…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has named the Polytechnic Ibadan after a former governor of the state, Dr Victor Olunloyo. Makinde announced the new Institution’s new name on Thursday. Dr Olunloyo was the governor of old Oyo State between October and December, 1983. He was the first indigene of Ibadan to serve as the…
Five months after gospel singer Timilehin Ajayi allegedly murdered and dismembered his girlfriend, Salome Adaidu, he has been sentenced to death. In January, GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that Mr Ajayi was arrested in Agwan Sarki Orozo, Nasarawa State, while attempting to dispose of the severed head of Ms Adaidu, a 24-year-old Youth Corps Member serving in…
Authorities in Libya have arrested five Nigerian nationals — one male and four females, including a woman with a child — on allegations of involvement in prostitution. According to a statement released on Wednesday by Migrant Rescue Watch, the arrests were made during a police operation in the Salmani area of Benghazi, carried out by…
The traditional ceremony of replacing the Kiswa (cover) of the Holy Kaabah at the Grand Mosque in Mecca commenced on Wednesday evening. The King Abdulaziz Complex for the Holy Kaabah Kiswa, under the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, is overseeing the ceremony. The ceremony started on Wednesday…
In recent weeks, several students of Kwara State University (KWASU) have taken to social media and private conversations to share their traumatic experiences at the hands of thieves, rapists, and suspected cultists terrorising Malete, the host community of the institution. This outpouring of distress signals a growing urgency for the university’s leadership, local authorities, and…
Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, says he will do whatever President Bola Tinubu asks of him in 2027. Barau spoke on Wednesday at a press briefing ahead of the zonal public hearings of the senate committee on constitution review. Responding to questions on growing calls for him to be Tinubu’s running mate in the next…
Marches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent on Wednesday, with eight killed and at least 400 injured as protesters held running battles with police, who flooded Nairobi’s streets with tear gas and sealed off government buildings with barbed wire. Initially peaceful commemorations descended into chaos as scattered groups ripped…
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger has ordered the immediate closure of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBUL), Lapai, due to security concerns. This is contained in a statement by Abubakar Usman, secretary to the state government (SSG), on Wednesday in Minna. Mr Usman said the decision followed recent security breaches and the tragic loss of lives…