The Delta State Police Command has issued a stern warning to Point of Sale (PoS) operators, cautioning them against facilitating large transactions, particularly amounts exceeding N500,000. According to the Command public relations officer, SP Bright Edafe, such transactions could potentially involve criminal activities, leading to legal consequences. This warning was highlighted in a developing case…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), through its spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin, on Sunday debunked a circulating 2025 recruitment exercise notice, branding it fake. The announcement, marked with a red “FAKE” stamp and shared on X, clarified that the document inviting applications from September 22 is not legitimate, amid growing public concern over recruitment scams. The forged…
Nigerian billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, who broke his silence on the brewing dispute between his company and NUPENG, Dangote on manufacturing Dangote fortune Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has accused powerful ‘oil mafias’ in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector of working relentlessly to destroy his $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery, warning that the same forces…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the 2015 general elections which he lost to late former President Muhammadu Buhari were full of betrayals. Jonathan said Nigeria’s political atmosphere was full of betrayals and lies. He spoke in Benin City at the 70th birthday ceremony of his former Chief of Staff and former Edo Deputy…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has urged the North to rekindle its political partnership with the South-South region, adding that a strategic alliance is necessary to “save Nigeria.” El-Rufai made the remarks on Friday while visiting the family of the late elder statesman and Niger Delta advocate, Edwin Clark, who passed away on February…
Christopher Maikalangu, the chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has dumped his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Maikalangu formerly announced his resignation from the PDP on Sunday, April 13, 2025. In a statement issued by Kingsley Madaki, his media aide, the AMAC chairman said residents of…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the father of Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has sadly passed away. On Friday, Nwabali shared the heartbreaking news with his followers on Instagram, posting a tribute alongside a tearful emoji. While the footballer did not disclose the specific cause of his father’s death, he expressed his grief with a poignant…
A High Court sitting in Plateau State has sentenced Emmanuel Ude, a former student of Government Technical College, Bukuru, to death by hanging for the murder of his teacher, Mr. Job Dashe, in 2021. The judgment, delivered by Justice Silas Bakfur on Monday, followed a protracted trial in which Ude was found guilty of culpable…
The Police in Bauchi have apprehended three suspects in connection with the death of an 18-year-old girl from unsafe abortion. The Spokesman of the Command, CSP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the arrest, on Thursday in Bauchi, said the incident was reported on April 4, 2025. He said the incident occurred four months prior in Misau…
Hadi Sirika, the former minister of aviation, has denied reports that he has joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the platform for opposition politicians seeking to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Sirika is reacting to comments by Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), during an interview on Arise TV and a…