GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that four female Israeli hostages held in Gaza have been handed to the Red Cross by Hamas. Hamas gunmen and crowds gathered in Palestine Square in Gaza City ahead of the release. All four hostages are Israeli soldiers. This is the second group of hostages freed by Hamas since a ceasefire…
The Lagos State Government has released the operational dates for seven newly signed laws, following their passage by the State House of Assembly and assent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The laws, aimed at strengthening institutional reforms and improving governance, are set to address key areas such as emergency response, consumer protection, justice, and local government…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has clarified why its officers visited the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project’s Abuja office on Monday. The secret police, in a statement on its website on Tuesday, explained that contrary to reports that its officers raided SERAP’s office, the agents were detailed for routine investigation. The DSS insisted that…
Recent documents have revealed that Sayyu Dantata, the half-brother of billionaire Aliko Dangote, is among the marketers importing fuel into Nigeria from Malta. Dantata, who owns MRS Oil & Gas Co. Limited, has been implicated in the ongoing controversy surrounding fuel imports from the European country. The revelations come after similar findings about Matrix Energy…
Kabiru Turaki, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for intervention of Donald Trump, the U.S. President and other developed countries over Nigeria’s democracy. Turaki also shifted the party inaugural national working committee (NWC) meeting earlier slated for Tuesday in Abuja. Speaking to journalists after gaining access to the PDP headquarters at…
The Nigeria Immigration Service on Thursday announced an upward review of the cost of obtaining the Nigerian Standard Passport, effective September 1, 2025. According to a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, ACI AS Akinlabi, the new fees will apply only to applications made within Nigeria. “The review which only affects Passport Application…
The Kano State Police Command has opened an intense investigation after two women — who are senior and junior wives — were gruesomely killed. This was after some unknown attackers set them ablaze inside their matrimonial rooms in broad daylight. The chilling incident happened on Thursday afternoon in Tudun Yola, Gwale Local Government Area, at…
Residents of Esa-Oke in the Obokun local government area of Osun State were on Monday thrown into anxiety as gunmen invaded the town in buses shooting sporadically in the town. This is as police and the community traded blame over the alleged shooting which reportedly led to the death of four persons in the town….
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday did not rule out plans to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying it would “end the conflict” between the two arch-foes. In a 20-minute interview with US network ABC News, the Israeli leader insisted his country’s deadly aggression to “defang” Iran was justified, and equated Khamenei…
Ruth Otabor, the sister of Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Phyna, has died weeks after sustaining severe injuries in a truck accident in Edo State. Her death was announced on Sunday in a statement issued by Eko Solicitors & Advocates on behalf of the family. According to the statement, Ruth passed away in the…