An Air India passenger plane bound for London with 244 people onboard crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline and local media reported. Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the crash site near the airport in Ahmedabad, a city with a population of more than 5 million. Faiz Ahmed…
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…
Five worshippers have been confirmed dead, while others are on admission at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, after they took part in a feast known in Yoruba parlance as ipese organised by an Ibadan-based white-garment church. However, as of the time of filing this report on Saturday, about 50 of…
The Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) says plans are underway to establish mini tanneries or factories in all states of the country to process hides and skin into leather. Mohammed Yakubu, NILEST director-general (DG), spoke in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Abuja. Yakubu, who is also the chairman of the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi State over the abduction of 24 schoolgirls in the state. Matawalle, who was formerly governor of Zamfara State, was asked to remain in the state to monitor security efforts to secure the release of the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the senate has confirmed the appointment of all seven ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu, submitted to the upper chamber last week for accelerated consideration. The nominees confirmed during the screening include Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole,…
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has accused Dangote Petroleum Refinery of disguising an anti-union and monopolistic agenda under the cover of a planned free petrol distribution scheme. In a statement on Friday signed by National Executive President, Comrade Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Comrade Afolabi Olawale, NUPENG alleged that the…
A major security operation at the Kaduna International Airport has resulted in the arrest of 6 suspected bandits, including 3 women, moments after their return from the holy pilgrimage to Mecca. ait. live source who begged to remain anonymous said operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and other sister agencies moved swiftly in…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that there is growing discontent among Nigerian youths against the country’s prolonged maladministration. He said that unless leaders adjusted, a revolution powered by hungry and angry youths was inevitable. According to Obasanjo, though the country is blessed with talented and hardworking youths, the young population is disenchanted with the…
BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump’s “indiscriminate” trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy. Emerging nations, which represent about half the world’s population and 40 per cent of global economic output, have united over “serious concerns” about US import…
