The Nigerian Troops has killed Alhaji Shaudo Alku, a notorious bandit leader and an ally of wanted terrorist, Bello Turji. According to a press statement by Nigerian Army on its X page, the bandit leader, Aiku was eliminated alongside many terrorists in Sokoto by the Air Component of Operation Fasan Yama. The press release reads:…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that some yet-to-be-identified revenue collectors of Ahor Community Development Association, Edo State, have reportedly hacked a truck driver, Suleiman Bala over ₦1000 revenue ticket. The incident reportedly occurred on February 23, 2025, at Ahor Community, along Benin/Auchi Bye Pass, in suburbs of Benin City. It was gathered that on day of the…
Two persons have been confirmed dead and 22 others rescued after a three-storey building collapsed in Lagos on Saturday morning. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Moshood Jimoh gave the figures when he visited the scene of the collapsed building at 10, Oremeta Street, Ojodu Berger. The Nation gathered that the building caved in…
The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, on Friday, destroyed counterfeit, substandard and fake pharmaceutical and other products worth over one trillion naira at the Anambra State Waste Management Authority Dump Site, Agu Awka, Anambra State. The Director General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, who performed the exercise at the dump site located…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Temitola Adekunle-Johnson as Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Job Creation and MSME Office of the Vice President and Mrs Uju Anwuka as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Health, Office of the Vice President. In a Statement by the Senior Special Assistant…
Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, says more than 500,000 students are currently benefitting from the National Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Idris spoke on Monday at a press conference in Abuja to mark Nigeria’s 65th independence anniversary. He said the initiative, launched under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, covers tuition and upkeep fees…
The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed that the explosion that claimed the lives of Mr and Mrs George Onuabuchi in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, was caused by a gas cylinder and not an inverter battery. Deputy Superintendent of Police and spokesperson for the Command, Joshua Ukandu, informed the News Agency of Nigeria on…
A former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been summoned to appear before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over allegations of criminal breach of trust and possession of unlawfully acquired property. The summons, issued by Justice Maryann E. Anenih, alleged that Bello committed the offences between 2016 and 2023. The summons,…
Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, has been laid to rest at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, also known as St. Mary Major, one of the four major Catholic churches in Rome. The pope, who is the first Latin American leader of the church and has heralded many firsts, has drifted from a…
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has stressed the importance of maintaining romance in marriage, even amid spiritual obligations. In a message on his Facebook page, Adeboye revealed that he and his wife, Foluke, still use affectionate pet names when they are alone, highlighting that “anointing does not reduce…