The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday, March 17th, 2025, approved the promotion of 66 senior Police Officers. The Commission approved the promotion of 20 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. It also considered and approved the promotion of 19 Deputy Commissioners to the substantive rank of Commissioners…
Some officials of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) have resigned from their positions, citing ongoing challenges within the commission and the recent Supreme Court ruling that nullified the local government elections held on October 5, 2024. The Supreme Court had recently annulled the elections, ruling that they did not comply with electoral guidelines….
The Convener of the Ife Book and Arts Festival and Curator of the Booksfeast Collective, Ayodele Ademiluyi, has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, and several senior government officials over funds raised during Mrs Tinubu’s 65th birthday celebration for the completion of the abandoned National Library headquarters in Abuja. GISTSMATE…
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House, with polls nearly all closed across the United States early Wednesday — but results still coming in. US media have thus far projected that Trump has won in 24 states, including big prizes Texas and Ohio,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over 100 suspected political thugs were arrested in Bagwai LGA in Kano during the ongoing by-election in the state. NAN reports that Abdu Zango, the resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Kano, spoke to journalists on Saturday after inspecting polling units in Bagwai town. Zango stated that security operatives…
The Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church in Lagos, Paul Adefarasin, has denied allegations suggesting he brandished a firearm in a video that has gone viral on social media. A video clip that surfaced online earlier this week shows Pastor Adefarasin holding a metallic object while speaking to a passerby who was…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a former deputy governor of Delta State, Professor Amos Otuama, has died. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) passed on in the early hours of Saturday in Lagos. Born June 5, 1947, Utuama was deputy to former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, and both served for eight years on the platform of the…
Experts cautioned that choking is a dangerous sexual act that can result in stroke, convulsions, and even paralysis, even though pornography has successfully made it a “sexual norm” and a “safe” activity. They said that although choking during s3x has been effectively established as a “sexual norm” and a “safe” practice by pornography, it is…
Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said that Nigerians must learn to live with the Fulani herdsmen. Gumi made this statement in a video posted via X, declaring that the herdsmen were part of Nigeria and would go nowhere. The cleric stressed that no one could drive them away just as they cannot drive…
The Lagos State Police Command has said the 18-year-old boy, Alabi Quadri, who became known during the 2023 presidential election for standing in front of Labour Party candidate Peter Obi’s convoy, was arrested and remanded in a correctional facility for street fighting. This was disclosed in a statement on its X handle signed by the…
