Fire has gutted the Great Nigeria Insurance House, Martins Street, Lagos Island, on Christmas Eve, and destroyed property worth millions of naira. No life was reportedly lost at press time as occupants and neighbours scampered for safety. According to reports, the unfortunate incident occurred at about 5pm on Wednesday, Officials of the Lagos State Fire…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that two members of the Kano state house of assembly– Aminu Ungogo and Sarki Aliyu Daneji– have died. Ungogo, who represented the Ungogo constituency and chaired the house committee on appropriation, died on Wednesday after collapsing at the assembly complex following a brief illness. He was rushed to a hospital but was…
No fewer than five worshippers were killed, while 35 others sustained injuries on Wednesday following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack by a suicide bomber at a mosque in Gamborun area of Maiduguri, Borno State. The incident occurred at about 6:15 p.m. during Magrib prayers when the attacker detonated the IED inside the mosque, which…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced 41 properties to Abubakar Malami, the former attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice. GISTSMATE MEDIA understands that the properties — hotels, residential buildings, lands, schools, and a printing press — are scattered across Kebbi, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The properties in…
Ghanaian security agencies have arrested 48 suspected cyber criminals in a coordinated, intelligence-led operation in the Greater Accra Region. The arrests were carried out by the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) in collaboration with the National Security and the Ghana Police Service during a nighttime operation at the Dawhenya part of Ghana. CSA said the operation…
PRESIDENT TINUBU’S 2025 CHRISTMAS GOODWILL MESSAGE My Fellow Nigerians, As we mark this year’s Christmas, may the love of Christ and his message of grace, hope, peace, and goodwill to humanity abide with us all. Beyond the celebration and festivities of this season, Christmas reminds us to reflect on the significance of Jesus Christ’s birth…
Two teenagers, identified as a fifteen-year-old Abdullahi Sheriff and Adekitan Rasheed, 13, have lost their lives after drowning in a river flowing through the Morubo-Apete area, Ibadan, Oyo State. The victims, who were said to be relatives, lived in adjoining houses with their parents in the Apete area of the city before the unfortunate incident….
Private detectives from the Central Crime Branch in India have arrested a 29-year-old Nigerian national for trafficking cocaine, concealing 121 grams of the drug inside bread loaves to evade detection. As reported by The Times of India on Tuesday, police seized 121 grams of cocaine, valued at roughly ₹1.2 crore, from the accused, highlighting a…
The Federal Government has filed fresh money laundering charges against former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami. The case was lodged before the Federal High Court in Abuja and involves alleged illegal financial transactions running into over ₦1 billion. Court filings show that the…
Libya’s highest-ranking army officer, Mohamed Ali al-Haddad, and four other senior military officials were killed in a plane crash in Turkey on Tuesday night, the Libyan Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeiba, has confirmed. “This followed a tragic and painful incident while they were returning from an official trip from the Turkish city of Ankara. This…