An Abuja-based disc jockey, Raymond Terver, popularly known as DJ Ice, has been arrested by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team for allegedly purchasing expensive drinks and other goods using fake alerts. According to the police, the suspect sold the drinks and other goods through intermediaries to conceal his identity. Parading the suspect in Abuja…
Nigerians have called on the Inspector-General of Police, the Police Service Commission, and human rights organisations to probe allegations of unlawful detentions, extrajudicial killings, and torture against the anti-kidnapping unit of the Imo State Police Command, popularly known as the Tiger Base Unit. The calls emerged amid demands for justice by the family of a…
Tragedy struck in Kaduna State on Thursday, as the Sarkin Yakin Zazzau, Rilwan Pate, slumped and died while attending an occasion alongside the Emir of Zazzau, Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. According to an eyewitness, Pate, who was also a Council Member of the Emirate and Councillor in charge of Health Related Matters, suddenly slumped during the…
Some fuel importers in the country have alleged that the Dangote refinery sells a litre of petrol to international traders at N65 cheaper than the amount it gives the product to marketers in Nigeria. The Depot and Petroleum Product Marketers Association of Nigeria, Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria confirmed this in separate…
Love is a beautiful thing and one of God’s greatest gifts to mankind. As sweet as love is, it is equally capable of bringing pain, agony, sorrow, and tears as a result of a relationship breakup. Getting over the immense pains of such a breakup can be very difficult and painful. Just as the popular…
Singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, is in the news again after he was reportedly attacked on his way to his Zazu Bitters office. In a video sighted online by GISTSMATE MEDIA correspondent, the controversial artiste narrated how the man pointed a gun at him. While the man denied it, Portable asked him who…
Political commentator and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has urged President Bola Tinubu to spearhead a revival of Nigeria’s local football league. He argued that the dominance of European football has drained billions from the Nigerian economy. In a statement on social media, Omokri lamented that many Nigerians are more familiar with Manchester United,…
The chieftaincy titles conferred on the wife of the President, Remi Tinubu, and his son, Seyi, by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, have sparked a fresh row over the supremacy of the two monarchs. Supporters of both the Alaafin and Ooni have reignited arguments to…
The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution announced on Thursday that it has received 31 proposals for the creation of new states across the six geopolitical zones. During the plenary, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu read a letter from the committee outlining the conditions that must be met before any state…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally issued a statement regarding the tragic death of their operative, identified as Aminu Sahabi Salisu, in Anambra State. In a statement signed by Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, the Commission announced that the deceased, an Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, was “killed in…
