Niger State Emergency Management Agency has said 21 people have lost their lives following a severe rainfall that resulted in a flood disaster in the Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. The Director General of the agency, Ibrahim Hussaini, disclosed this in Minna on Thursday. He said the incident occurred during a downpour on…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Kano Sector Commander, Umar Matazu, revealed that road traffic accidents in Nigeria cause more fatalities than terrorist and bandit attacks. During a courtesy visit to the new leadership of the Kano State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Tuesday, Matazu highlighted…
A teacher at Soun High School, Mr Fatai Adegoke, has died after being brutally attacked by his students while attempting to stop them from gambling during school hours. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred after Mr Adegoke confronted a group of students engaged in gambling within the classroom. The confrontation reportedly escalated when the students…
Burkina Faso has finally released 11 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilots and crew members nine days after their detention, following high-level diplomatic intervention by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The release came shortly after a Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, concluded engagements with the Burkinabè authorities in Ouagadougou,…
Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo, a senior official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), has forfeited a $2.5 million mansion in Los Angeles, California, to the U.S. government after being convicted of money laundering. A preliminary forfeiture order issued on October 3, 2025, by Judge John Walter of the U.S. District Court for the Central District…
A 51-year-old America returnee, Sunday Abioye, has been found dead in a hotel room in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. His lifeless body was allegedly discovered in his room at the hotel around GRA, Sagamu on Wednesday. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Omolola Odutola, has confirmed this development in…
Former US President Barack Obama has paid tribute to legendary Afrobeat artist, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, describing him as a unique figure in musical history who mixed art with activism. He described Fela as “a musical genius from Nigeria” who fused funk, jazz and soul into what became known worldwide as Afrobeat. Obama said this in…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has faulted the arraignment and remand of Comfort Emmanson, a female passenger of the Ibom Air flight inbound Lagos from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, who was accused of assault and unruly behaviour. Obi, in a statement posted on his official X handle, said…
Operatives of Operation Puff Adder of the Bayelsa State Police Command and Nigerian Immigration Office, Festac Town, Lagos, have rejected a bribe of N4 million from George Idumangi, who has been arrested for the murder of Richard Ekpebu, a Bayelsa estate agent. Idumangi allegedly offered the N4 million bribe to immigration officers so they would…
Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged the Federal Government to pay the Super Eagles their outstanding allowances and bonuses after the national team boycotted a training session in Rabat over unpaid dues. In his post on X on Wednesday, Obi criticised the government’s failure to promptly compensate the athletes who patriotically raised the nation’s…
