A report published by Oxfam ‘Takers Not Makers’, yesterday, revealed that four Nigerian billionaires’ wealth hit $23.7 billion, as over 133 million people face hunger. The report also indicated that the wealth of these four billionaires could easily cover the whole of Lagos city in N500 notes. According to the report, Nigeria’s wealth gap has…
Just 10 days after receiving a pardon from the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, a 27-year-old man, Adebayo Sunday, is facing fresh charges. Mr Sunday, whose name appeared on the governor’s 24th December pardon list, was arraigned in an Osun State Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing a plasma television valued at N600,000. The alleged theft…
The family of Inspector Tunde Olagbaju, a police officer who was allegedly killed in a road accident involving a road safety official in Osogbo, Osun State, has cried out for justice. According to the brother of the deceased, Olagbaju Abraham Ayodele, Inspector Olagbaju was attached to Zone 11 and had worked for AIG Okafor in…
Tiwa Savage, the Queen of Afrobeats, has set the internet on fire again, bringing back memories of that October 2021 leaked video, which controversial OAP Daddy Freeze famously described as “10 powerful seconds.” She has posted a risqué video that has gone viral, inspired conversations, and triggered content creators to feast on and make a…
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has announced the approval of a licence for the construction of a new refinery. The approval was given to MRO Energy Limited, an energy company for the construction of a 10,000 Barrels Per Stream Day Refinery at Imode In Ughelli, Delta State, This…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Singer Darlington Achakpo, popularly known as Speed Darlington, Akpi, has finally been released from Kuje Prison in Abuja. This was announced on Tuesday evening by his lawyer, Stan Alieke via social media. It was learned that the singer was released after he met all the bail conditions granted to him by…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) has apprehended a ‘one-chance’ driver operating with a commercial bus in Lagos. ‘One-chance’ is commonly used in Nigeria to refer to fraud or scam and also when a group of criminals picks up passengers waiting for a taxi or bus, to rob or defraud them. According to Adebayo…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has called for calm over tariff threats by United States (US) President Donald Trump. On Monday, after his presidential inauguration, Trump threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada for failing to meet US immigration standards by February 1. At the 2025 World Economic…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a suit before the High Court of Enugu State against Bashir Ahmad, the former Special Assistant on Digital Communication to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, for terrorism defamation. Kanu, who filed the suit through his legal team led by his Special Counsel, Barrister…
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday hosted a closed-door meeting with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, alongside a delegation of Ogoni leaders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which brought together key stakeholders, appeared cordial, as photos shared by the Special Assistant to…