GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that sixty-two (63) people are feared dead after their plane crashed near São Paulo in Brazil. Voepass Linhas Aereas confirmed 58 passengers and four crew members were travelling in the plane, which footage shows drift downward vertically and spiral as it fell from the sky. The clip showed on TV in the…
Police in Ondo state command have arrested a 34-year-old man, Monday Chukwu, who was alleged to have stabbed his friend, Kefa Ofando, to death over N2,000 debt. It was gathered that Chukwu and Ofando were arguing over the money when the argument degenerated into a fight between the two friends and Ofando was stabbed by…
President Bola Tinubu has stated that no Nigerian is immune from corruption, saying it is a cancer which “continues to deny the nation the full benefits of its God-given resources.” Tinubu on Monday called on Nigerians from all walks of life to come together and form formidable unifying forces against economic and financial crimes and…
A former Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr. Fulani Kwajafa, OFR, Sarkin Yakin Biu has died at the age of 88 after a brief illness. Kwajafa who died on October 23, 2024, and whose death was confirmed by a member of his family, was survived by his wife Patience…
After her husband of 14 years lost his job, thirty-two-year-old Eneless Banda of Kanyama Compound offered to take up a job as living-in maid in the suburbs to help support him and their two children. According to Zambia Observer, however, what 42-year-old Peter Changula did not know was that his wife was in fact moving…
The Federal Government has suspended the plan to sell subsidised 50kg bags of rice to civil servants for N40,000. According to Leadership, the decision was made known in a circular titled, ‘Withdrawal of Internal Circular on Sale of Subsidized Rice to Public Servants’, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Special Duties and…
A retired senior police officer says a real-time tracking platform, once instrumental in helping to solve criminal cases by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was misused by politicians. According to Vanguard, the unnamed former officer said the tracking system, meant to combat kidnapping, ended up being used to monitor “enemies and mistresses” of politicians. In…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has raised the alarm over a sinister plot to blackmail him into conforming to nefarious agendas. In a statement on his social media handle, Obi revealed that a video from his recent keynote speech in Anambra State had been deliberately twisted to…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the operatives of the Nasarawa state police command have arrested a pregnant suspect for allegedly stealing a baby during a naming ceremony. In a statement on Sunday, the command’s public relations officer, Ramhan Nansel, also stated that another suspect was arrested for stealing three motorcycles. Mr Nansel wrote, “On 28/9/2024 at…
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has asked his predecessor and current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to step aside and clear his name on allegations of sponsoring bandits as well as money laundering while he served as governor. Lawal who made the call in an interview on TVC on Wednesday, said if Matawalle…
