GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that nine persons lost their lives and 11 others injured in a lone crash on Malumfashi – Kafur Road in Katsina State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Aliyu Ma’áji, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday in Katsina. He said preliminary investigation indicated that the lone crash involved a…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a former Miss Switzerland finalist, Kristina Joksimovic, has been allegedly dismembered by her 41-year-old husband. The 38-year-old model was said to have been strangled and dismembered by her husband using a jigsaw and garden shears. After she was dismembered, her remains were allegedly pureed in a blender by her husband, according…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the removal of Umar Ajiya as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the appointment of Mr. Adedapo A. Segun as his replacement. This was disclosed in a statement released on Wednesday by the company’s spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, via NNPC’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle. In addition to…
The Pacesetter Transport Services, PTS, has commenced Ibadan to Abuja Inter-state movement, GISTSMATE MEDIA reports. In a press release sighted by our correspondent, PTS disclosed that the Abuja route will be from Ibadan (TCTC Eleyele) to Abuja (Area 1, Gwagwalada Motor Park), with daily departures at 7:00 am. The press release reads; Under the visionary…
The owner of the collapsed building in Ibadan, the Oyo State, Pa Bibire Lamidi, lost five of his children and grand children in the incident. Some of the patients of the Octogenarian as also died when the building collapsed. The one-storey building located at Jegede, Olunloyo, Ona Ara Local Government Area collapsed around 2am on…
Okorie Sunday, a businessman who was detained on March 19, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos with $578,000 in cash, collapsed in court during his trial on Wednesday. Okorie appeared before the Federal High Court in Lagos, where his trial had begun earlier in the morning at 8:30 am. Okorie suddenly collapsed shortly after…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment and development of Inland Dry Ports (IDP) in Ijebu-Ode and Moniya in Ogun State and Oyo State respectively, as part of his efforts to reduce congestion within seaports in Lagos, eliminate chronic delays and boost the nation’s economy. The Inland Dry Ports, when completed, will generate jobs…
Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, the chairman of the Plateau chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), is dead. Mr Lubo, a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, died in the early hours of Sunday at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). Two weeks ago, Mr Lubo was involved in an accident, where he…
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has suspended its planned nationwide strike following positive steps taken by the federal government to address the union’s demands. The suspension was announced on Sunday by ASUP president Shammah Kpanja in a statement. ASUP had earlier threatened to embark on an industrial action following a 21-day ultimatum issued to…
Controversial media personality Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, has opened up about the heavy financial toll his outspoken criticism of Nigerian pastors has taken on his career. Speaking on the Leadership podcast with Stephen Akintayo, Freeze revealed that his once thriving business ventures collapsed following his public attacks on prominent religious figures. He…
