Israel has temporarily closed all of its diplomatic missions worldwide as its military operation in Iran continues, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. As a result, consular services would not be available to Israeli citizens currently abroad, the ministry said. It urged Israelis overseas to complete an online form updating their location…
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….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a fire broke out early Friday morning at a seven-storey building on Sanni Adewale Street in the Lagos Island Local Government Area. The blaze, which affected several shops within the building, prompted a swift response from the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service. According to a statement by the Director of…
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 Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has knocked the decisions of Nigeria National Petroleum Company to fix prices of imported fuel and locally refined fuel, which are illegal, null, and void. In a statement on Thursday, Falana said the move contravenes the provisions of section 205 of the Petroleum Industry Act….
Content creator, Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi Adefolarin, popularly known as Mandy Kiss, has insisted she will go ahead with her Guinness World Records (GWR) attempt to engage in sexual activity with 100 men in 24 hours despite rejection from the GWR. Mandy Kiss, in a video sighted by Tribune Online, vowed to carry on with the attempt,…
An unconfirmed number of residents of Okija community in Anambra state have reportedly lost their lives in a stampede. This media outlet understands that the stampede occurred on Saturday morning during an event for the distribution of rice. Victims of the stampede are mostly women. Multiple social media videos seen by our correspondent show lifeless…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has called for deeper collaboration between security agencies, academic institutions, and local communities, describing citizens—not the military—as Nigeria’s primary line of defence. Egbetokun made the remark on Thursday while delivering a keynote address titled “Securing Nigeria Through the Town–Gown Partnership” at the Strategic Conference on…
The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board on Tuesday announced cut-off points for admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education for the 2024 academic year. The decision was reached during the board’s annual policy meeting on admissions, held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja. In a statement on its official X page,…
Senator Abba Moro (Benue South) has stated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could have won the 2023 presidential election if it had not picked Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate to the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. During an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday night, Moro described the decision to pick Okowa,…