A Nigerian soldier serving with the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army in Jos, Plateau State, Private Lukman Musa, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a General Court Martial sitting at Maxwell Khobe Cantonment for the murder of a Keke (tricycle) rider, Abdulrahman Isa, in Azere town, Bauchi State. The death sentence was…
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has recommended a single term of five years for the presidency in Nigeria. Obi said this when he visited the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the government house, Bauchi, on Friday. According to him, a five-year term, which is the practice in South Korea,…
The Palace of Emir of Kano in Kofar Kudu has been surrounded by armed policemen and operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), blocking both entry and exit. Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II is expected to escort the newly-appointed Wamban Kano, Munir Sanusi, to his district posting in Bichi. Daily Nigerian reported that armed policemen have…
The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has announced that Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, popularly known as Kwam 1, will have his flight ban reduced to one month by the NCAA following his unruly behaviour at a ValueJet flight. Keyamo stated that FAAN will collaborate with the music star to engage him as an ambassador for proper…
Rumors are circulating on social media that British sex worker Bonnie Blue is pregnant. Blue has risen to infamy over the past few months, starting with remarks she had made about having sex with “barely legal” men and adultery, and then her participation in a challenge where she slept with 1,057 men in 12 hours….
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command on joint stop and search duty with Bomadi Vigilante along the Bomadi–Tuomo Road have arrested a 62 year old woman, Charter Timide, with a sack containing 178 live cartridges neatly packed for delivery. The suspect was arrested on October 30, 2025, at about 1230hrs. Delta State Police Public…
Ahead of the 2027 presidential election in Nigeria, Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, TSG, Umar Tanko Yakasai, has said no politician has the wherewithal to convince Nigerians not to vote for President Bola Tinubu. This is as the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Said Ahmed, has said that there is no vacancy…
A soldier and a police officer have been arrested in Borno State over alleged involvement in smuggling arms and logistics to Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the North East. The suspects were apprehended between Sept. 26 and Sept. 28 in intelligence led operations, a credible source at Army Headquarters revealed The source said the police officer…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has ordered an immediate suspension of gas supply to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The latest development has escalated the growing labour dispute with the company. In a letter dated September 26 and signed by the union’s General Secretary, Comrade Lumumba…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of Operation Safe Heaven rejected N13 million from terrorists during an operation in Plateau State. The Director Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen Markus Kangye, disclosed this during a press briefing on military operations across the country, on Thursday. He said the troops were responding to a distress call about terrorist…