The Police Command in Lagos State has detained a 22-year-old suspected blackmailer for allegedly posing as a woman online to deceive unsuspecting men. The Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He said that detectives of the Area F Command apprehended the suspect on Friday. “The suspect lures…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Wednesday, October 9, informed marketers of its upward review of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) ex-depot prices. Its NNPCL Retail Limited sent a price list informing them that the ex-depot price at Calabar is N1,050 per litre. The National Oil Company said the depot price in Lagos…
A protest has erupted in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, following the reported killing of Emmanuella Ahenjir, a 23-year-old final-year student of the Federal University, Wukari, by police personnel. Emmanuella was allegedly shot dead last Friday morning by unidentified police officers at the Wurukum roundabout while riding in a vehicle coming from the Gyado Villa…
A woman in South Korea is facing criminal charges after she allegedly set fire to her apartment building while trying to kill a cockroach with an improvised flamethrower, a blaze that led to the death of her neighbour, according to reports by PEOPLE and the BBC. According to PEOPLE, which reported the incident on Wednesday,…
Controversial social media influencer Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi popularly known as Mandy Kiss, has alleged there were plans to drag her to a psychiatric hospital. She claimed that some individuals plan to take her to a psychiatric hospital, which she doesn’t think is justified. Mandy Kiss insisted she’s mentally stable and only creates content to earn a…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Monday Sinclair, former Super Eagles head coach, has died at the age of 88. According to family sources, the legendary football coach was pronounced dead around 3:15 pm on Wednesday. Sinclair had been in and out of the hospital for complications of diabetes in recent years. Before his much-celebrated coaching career,…
The United Kingdom has donated non-lethal military equipment valued at approximately N1 billion (£450,000) to the Nigerian Armed Forces. The support is aimed at enhancing Nigeria’s fight against violent extremist organizations in the North East and signifies a strengthened partnership between the British Military and the Nigerian Armed Forces. At a formal handover ceremony in…
Liberia’s Vice President, Jeremiah Kpan Koung, has praised Nigerian banks for their significant contributions to Liberia’s economic growth. Speaking at the 17th Annual Banking & Finance Conference in Abuja, Koung noted that Nigerian investors own four out of eight commercial banks in Liberia, increasing market competition and efficiency. The four Nigerian-owned banks in Liberia are…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the Nigerian constitution does not expressly confer power on the President to assume or temporarily displace executive or legislative institutions of a state. Falana made this known on Tuesday in an interview on Arise Television. He was reacting to the Supreme Court judgment, which reaffirmed that the President holds…
A lion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, has killed its handler, Babaji Daule. The library is one of the legacies of global statesman, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a one-time Nigerian Head of State and twice elected President. A report by YOUNEWS online newspaper this Sunday morning, September 29, 2024, said…
