The Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday remanded a 43-year-old man, Ifeanyi Paul, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his neighbour’s 16-year-old physically challenged daughter. The chief magistrate, L.A Owolabi, who did not take Mr Paul’s plea, ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday insisted on the withdrawal of the Tax Reform Bills forwarded by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly for passage to enable all key national stakeholders to be part of the process. Recall that the bills had drawn sharp criticisms from some parts of the country, especially the north,…
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Diran Odeyemi, has attributed the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s ambition to contest in the 2027 presidential election. Odeyemi made this assertion on Tuesday during an interactive session organised by the League of Veteran Journalists, Osun…
The House of Assembly member representing Ibadan North constituency 1, Hon. Dr. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide has felicitated with Hon. Razaq Mabaje, OYHA member, representing Ido Local government. In a birthday wishes sighted by GISTSMATE Media, Hon. Comforter described Hon. Razaq Mabaje as Indefatigable. The lawmaker said: “Happy birthday to a ranking member of the Oyo…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday appointed Binta Garba as the pro-chancellor and chairperson of the governing council of the new Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti. Ms Garba, a politician, businesswoman and administrator, represented Adamawa North Senatorial District in the Senate from 2015 to 2019 and served in the House…
Tragedy on Saturday struck as 20 members of the Kano contingent died in a fatal auto crash while returning from the just concluded National Sports Festival (NSF) in Ogun State. It was gathered that the vehicle conveying the contingents was involved in the crash in Dakatsalle town, 50 kilometres into the ancient city of Kano….
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has suspended actress Shirley Igwe indefinitely over the assault of a crew member on a film set in Lagos. AGN made this known in a letter signed by the national president, Emeka Rollas, on behalf of the filmmaking regulatory bodies. According to the letter, Shirley, who served as a…
Younger people calling on Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and prominent rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) to lead mass protests against the situation in Nigeria are driven by complete lack of any sense of history, the Nigerian Human Rights Community, (NHRC) said at the weekend. A coalition of civil society and community-based organisations in…
Former President Donald Trump headed to Montana for a Friday night rally in hopes of ousting the state’s Democratic senator, but his plane first had to divert to an airport on the other side of the Rocky Mountains because of a mechanical issue, according to airport staff. Trump’s plane was en route to Bozeman, Montana,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a woman in Kaduna State, identified as Zaliha Shuaibu of Malari Village in Soba Local Government Area, has been taken into custody by the state police command in connection with the death of her co-wife’s three-month-old son. According to the Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, the incident occurred…
