Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday jokingly remarked that President Bola Tinubu was now celebrating with his former tormentors. Osinbajo spoke during the public presentation of former military president Ibrahim Babangida’s autobiography, “A Journey in Service”, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Reviewing the book, Osinbajo recalled how Tinubu, then a senator, resisted the…
Some members of the Oyomesi (kingmakers) have rejected the appointment of Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo. Seyi Makinde, governor of the state, on Friday approved the appointment of Owoade as the next Alaafin. In a statement by Dotun Oyelade, the commissioner for information and orientation, Makinde said the approval followed divinations, consultations,…
A National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has issued an order reinstating Olalekan Onafeko as the Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly following his controversial removal. Justice M. N. Esowe granted the order in response to an ex parte application filed by Onafeko’s legal representative, Yusuf Nurudeen. The case, marked NICN/LA/23/2025, was instituted…
A former adult film actress, “Riley Reid”, is currently happily married and want all her past videos to be deleted online. The ex-adult actress mentioned that she would like all her content to be deleted from the internet because she regrets her past and wants to regain her dignity and respect. She left everything behind…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Police Command in Jigawa State has confirmed 10 people dead in an accident that occurred at Yanfari village in the Taura Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Lawal Shiisu, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday in Dutse. Mr Shiisu said that a Toyota Hummer…
A yet-to-be-confirmed number of Zalla Bango residents, a remote community in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto State have lost their lives in a boat mishap that occurred while fleeing renewed bandits attacks. The tragedy occurred in the evening of Thursday, September 18, shortly after the Maghrib prayer, when a wooden boat carrying the…
President Donald Trump has pardoned 23 pro-life individuals convicted by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice for praying inside or demonstrating at abortion clinics. “Twenty-three people were prosecuted, they should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people — they should not have been prosecuted,” Trump said on Thursday. “This is a great honor…
Protests have broken out across Syria following the burning of a Christmas tree in Suqaylabiyah, a predominantly Christian town in central Syria. The incident, captured in videos shared on social media, shows footage of the tree in Suqaylabiyah’s main square engulfed in flames, with masked men seen pouring an unidentified liquid onto it on the…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command has arrested eight teenagers for alleged conspiracy, sexual abuse and unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl at the Ijebu-Mushin, Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspects are Matthew Omotayo, age 17 Mojeeb Solomon, 16 years; Olamilekan Adefuye, 18 years; Damilola…
A man on Florida’s Gulf coast has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities said he killed, cooked and ate two of his pet peacocks to spite a neighbor. Craig Vogt, 61, was arrested on 23 September on a third-degree felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty, according to an affidavit from the Pasco county sheriff’s…
