Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, breaking the Kremlin’s silence as speculation mounted Russia may have accidentally shot the plane. The Russian leader called his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, apologising the incident took place in Russian airspace, while stopping short…
Actress and entrepreneur Bose Alao opened up about her marital struggles and how she ended up as a ‘side chick’ to husband. Alao, in an interview with co-actress Biola Bayo, revealed that she and her husband were separated for three years during which she became his “side chick.” Bose recounted a painful incident where a…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Google Internship Program is in line with Google’s aim to start with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and…
The Ogun State Government has dispatched a second delegation to express condolences to the family of Monday Arijo, a pupil who passed away on Friday after reportedly facing corporal punishment from a teacher at Obada Grammar School in Idi-Emi, Imeko/Afon Local Government Area. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), on Monday hosted suspended Rivers assembly lawmakers in the United Kingdom. In a video shared on X, Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on public communications and social media to the minister, said the lawmakers, “who are in the UK for legislative capacity building”, were hosted to…
President Bola Tinubu’s tax czar, Taiwo Oyedele, says all Nigerians, including ladies engaging in prostitution popularly called “runs,” and people engaging in illegal transactions are mandated to pay tax per the new tax reforms set to be enforced in January 2026. In the eyes of the new tax law, Mr Oyedele explained, there are no…
The quiet morning calm of Unity Road in Trans Ekulu, Enugu, was shattered on Monday when neighbours made a harrowing discovery. Two children, a four-year-old girl and her three-month-old baby brother, were found dead in their home, allegedly murdered by their own mother. The suspect, identified as Chidima Arinze, reportedly committed the act at her…
There was pandemonium in the Panseke area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when an ex-convict stabbed a police officer in the forehead. The incident occurred in the early hours of last Friday. According to The Guardian, the ex-convict came to Panseke and attempted to retrieve an AK-47 rifle from one of the Ogun State…
Human rights activist and #FreeNnamdiKanuNow campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, was re-arrested by the Nigerian Police shortly after his appearance at the Kuje Magistrate Court on Friday. Sowore, alongside Nnamdi Kanu’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, a former member of Kanu’s legal team, Aloy Ejimakor and ten others, had earlier met their bail conditions. The court, presided over…
The Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji, has said the leadership problem in Nigeria stems from the ethnoreligious and geopolitical considerations by electorate. Oyebanji also stressed that Nigerians gamble with leadership selection by what he described as a trial and error system. The governor articulated this on Tuesday at the 11th annual public lecture of the…