A heavily pregnant widow accused of shoplifting has been banished from Ugbema community in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that community elders reportedly ordered the expulsion of the woman who recently lost her husband. According to eyewitnesses, the woman had allegedly been stealing small items from shops to feed herself,…
The Federation Account Allocation Committee has shared a total of N2.103tn in revenue among the Federal, state and local governments for September 2025, reflecting one of the highest monthly disbursements so far this year. The figure was disclosed in a communiqué issued at the end of FAAC’s October meeting held in Abuja and contained in…
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has declared that he would rather support former Vice President Atiku Abubakar than Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to become the country’s leader. Speaking during a current affairs programme, Politics Today, on Channels Television, on Friday, Tambuwal, who also served as Governor…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, announced on Wednesday that the Federal Government has cleared the outstanding $7bn foreign exchange backlog to various firms following a successful verification exercise by forensic auditors. Cardoso disclosed this at the launch of Nigeria’s Regulatory Policy Framework organised by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council. The…
In a dramatic escalation of the dispute between Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and the Dangote Group, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed all its affiliates and members nationwide to immediately mobilise for what it described as a “full-scale, decisive engagement” against the conglomerate’s alleged anti-worker practices. The directive, contained in…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has discharged and acquitted no fewer than 50 persons alleged to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of allegations bordering on terrorism. Delivering judgment, Omotosho held that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) failed, in its entirety, to establish a case against the…
The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Michael Waltz, has reported what he described as the slaughter of thousands of Christians in Nigeria to the UN Security Council. In a video released on Thursday by the US Mission to the UN on X, the ambassador outlined rising concerns over killings, razed communities and the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Rivers State Police Command has arrested a cleric, identified as Elijah, over alleged homosexuality. Elijah, the General Overseer of a new-generation church in Port Harcourt, was reportedly apprehended after a leaked video surfaced showing him in a compromising situation. Sources told PUNCH Metro that the pastor’s troubles began when a…
Nollywood actress, Uche Montana, has denied allegations linking her to the alleged drug abuse crisis in the household of actress Regina Daniels and her husband, Senator Ned Nwoko. The actress made this known in a statement on her Instagram page on Monday, days after Nwoko, in a detailed post on Facebook, accused Regina’s siblings and…
The Federal Government on Friday issued a ‘Licence to Construct’ to UTM Offshore Limited for the development of a 2.8 million tonnes per annum Floating Liquefied Natural Gas facility. This historic project, the first of its kind in Nigeria, aligns with the government’s ongoing efforts to boost gas production, distribution, and utilisation under the Decade…