GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a popular American rapper and music producer, Justin Riley, popularly known as BeatKing is dead. The singer was reported to have died on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at the age of 39. The singer’s manager, Tasha Felder made the announcement in an Instagram post on Thursday. He wrote, “Today, Aug. 15,…
A retired senior police officer says a real-time tracking platform, once instrumental in helping to solve criminal cases by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was misused by politicians. According to Vanguard, the unnamed former officer said the tracking system, meant to combat kidnapping, ended up being used to monitor “enemies and mistresses” of politicians. In…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Court of Appeal has directed former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to present himself for arraignment. The court’s ruling effectively overrides the earlier judgment delivered by the Kogi State High Court. The Appeal Court’s decision restrains Bello from taking any further actions regarding the charges against him until he has…
Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, says it has deleted another 1,600 groups linked to ‘Yahoo Boy’ from its platform. The development comes three months after the company removed 63,000 accounts in Nigeria linked to sextortion scams. In a statement on Thursday, Meta also announced that Instagram is taking measures to further…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a minor fire outbreak occurred on Friday morning at the Federal Ministry of Works headquarters in Mabushi, Abuja. The fire, triggered by a faulty circuit breaker in the electrical control room, was swiftly brought under control with no significant damage or casualties reported. Mohammed A. Ahmed, Director of Press and Public…
The Lagos State Government on Thursday stated plans to ban the circulation of single-use plastics, and sachet water, among others from January 2025. Confirming the ban, at a stakeholders’ workshop and awareness on the implementation of the ban on the usage of Styrofoam and SUPs for packaging in Lagos, the Commissioner for the Environment and…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2024 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination internal results. The NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this on Thursday, September 19. He said 1,376,423 registered for the examination, out of which 1,367,736 eventually sat for it. Professor Wushishi, who officially released the results at…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has approved the construction of a private airstrip at Canaanland, the headquarters of Living Faith Church in Ota, Ogun State. This approval was confirmed by the minister’s media aide, Tunde Moshood, who stated, “Yes, the minister approved the airstrip. It is a private airstrip, and that…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the leadership of the National Assembly members for fixing what it described as the running cost of lawmakers. Joined in the suit were the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. The group claimed the duo failed to end “the…
The federal government says its dollar-denominated domestic bond will be issued on Monday. Gbadebo Adenrele, managing director of investment banking, at United Capital Group, spoke on Thursday during a hybrid roadshow with investors organised by the Debt Management Office (DMO). On July 25, the federal government said it would issue $500 million in domestic foreign…