GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara is dead. He died after undergoing surgery in a Lagos hospital. According to Whistler, Ayilara had prostate cancer surgery at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja on Wednesday. However, he died at the early hours of Thursday in the hospital….
Four teenagers and a would-be bride were said to have been killed by security agents during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano and Zaria. One Isma’il Muhammad, 18, was also gunned down yesterday by a soldier in Samaru, Zaria, in Kaduna State, Daily Trust has reported. The protest, which started on Thursday, August 1, has resulted…
The Federal Government has confirmed that debris from recent United States–backed airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist enclaves landed in parts of Sokoto and Kwara states, though no civilian casualties were recorded. In a statement issued on Friday by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, the government said the precision strikes were…
A former Senate President, Senator David Mark, and ex-Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, have been appointed as the interim Chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the African Democratic Congress, the coalition platform being positioned against President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections. According to multiple reliable sources who were present at the just-concluded meeting on…
Burkina Faso’s military-led government has announced that it successfully thwarted what it described as a “major coup plot” targeting junta leader, Captain Ibrahim TraorĂ©, according to a report by the BBC on Tuesday. Burkina Faso’s Security Minister, Mahamadou Sana, disclosed in a televised address on Monday that both active and retired soldiers, allegedly working in…
Pastor Funke Awolowo, late Obafemi Awolowo’s grand-daughter, has resigned her membership of the Labour Party Executive Committee in Lagos State. Until her resignation, Awolowo was the party’s Head of Mobilisation and Integration Team in Lagos. In a statement shared with Vanguard, the grandchild of the late sage said recent developments within the party made it…
Comrade Muhammad Abubakar Wase, the Plateau state Coordinator of Asiwaju Patriotic Youth Alliance (APYA) has congratulated the New All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Yilwatda was picked to take over from Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who stepped down recently due to health reasons. Professor Yilwatda is currently the Minister…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has blamed suspects involved in internet fraud and money laundering for subjecting Nigerians to stricter visa restrictions criteria abroad. This was disclosed in a statement by the Commission on Tuesday. The Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, called on youths in the South-South region to resist…
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said Nigeria is rich enough to fund the frequent foreign trips embarked upon by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu since assumption of office. Tinubu’s trips abroad had come under public scrutiny on the back of the economic hardship in the country with residents raising concerns over his large entourage….
Imagine an old alchemist, his eye and looks advocating against his inherent genius. Surrounded by perplexing shelves of bizarre scrolls and devices, the alchemist is busy mixing potent substances—some sort of mosaic. Call it what you will, but this is not just a flurry of activity; it is a rallying call to construct a mosaic…
