The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, identified as Samuel Eze, in connection with the possession of a severed human breast. The police said the suspect was apprehended on Saturday, July 6, 2025, by a joint security team comprising police officers and vigilantes while on patrol in Awada, Obosi. A statement by…
A middle aged man identified as Pius Friday, has been reportedly shot dead by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Edo State. The gunmen also abducted the victim’s pregnant wife and her sister. The incident occurred on Monday, April 14, 2025, at Uloke community, Uzairue, Etsako West local government of the State. The victim was…
The Federal Government has debunked reports claiming that open grazing has been banned nationwide. The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, clarified that no such policy has been announced, and that the government is instead implementing a gradual, well-structured transition from open grazing to modern ranching systems. In a statement by Oghenekevwe Uchechukwu, Head…
The Federal Government has banned the use of physical cash for the payment of revenue and directed Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to install Point of Sale terminals within 45 days. The directive is part of four Treasury circulars issued by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and obtained by The PUNCH on Monday….
The World Bank has projected that poverty will increase in Nigeria by three percentage points in five years to 2027. The World Bank made this projection in its Africa Pulse report released on the sidelines of the ongoing Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC. The report, among other information, painted…
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 29 Palestinians, including six children, near a water distribution point. The attacks came with apparent deadlock in a week of indirect talks in Qatar between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the territory. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud…
The World Bank has said it has fixed December 16 as a tentative approval date for a fresh $1bn Development Policy Financing loan to the country under a new initiative tagged “Nigeria Actions for Investment and Jobs Acceleration (P512892).” According to a project document published by the bank on October 27, the new facility comprises…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has returned to Abuja from Rivers State. Wike had embarked on a thank you tour of local government areas in Rivers State which latest for 17 days. During his tour, the Minister strengthened his political structures in the state while firing several salvos at his oppositions….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a man giving testimony at Lusaka Magistrates Court, Zambia, in a case where his wife, Ella was allegedly raped by a cleric, John General, the 33-year old Allen Best gave a graphic narration of the incident. According to Zambia Observer, the man said he no-longer found his wife appetizing after she…
The leadership of the Congress of Nigerian Youth (CONYO) has passed the vote of confidence on CEO of Young Agro Service Limited CEO, Mr Johnson Ajibola, GISTSMATE MEDIA is reporting. Recall that the head of the Hausa community in Alubarika Rice Farm Cluster, Bello Zabarmawa, has refuted claims of complete ownership and management of a…
