A Max Air flight from Lagos crash-landed at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, with 53 passengers onboard. The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday around 10:57pm. The aircraft, with the registration number: 5N-MBD, was said to have lost its nose landing gear tyre during landing, thereby leading to the incident. However, sources said passengers and…
The Federal Government has declared it will take reciprocal measures against the United States following Washington’s decision to tighten visa requirements for Nigerian applicants. The new US policy mandates applicants to disclose all social media handles, email addresses, phone numbers, and other online identifiers used within the last five years. Failure to comply, the US…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Paris, France, on a “private visit”. A statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said Tinubu will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron during his trip. Onanuga said the president would subsequently leave Paris for…
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has declared that power will return to the North after President Bola Tinubu’s second tenure. Bago urged Northerners willing to be Nigeria’s president to wait until 2031. Speaking on TVC, the governor said: “When he (President) finishes his eight years, power will come to the North and northerners, who…
An Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern, has called for constitutional amendments to establish sharia courts in the South-West. MURIC also demanded that Fridays be declared public holidays in recognition of Muslim worship practices across the country. The group’s Founder and Executive Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, presented the proposal during the South-West zonal…
A 24-year-old expectant woman, identified as Hauwa Isah, has been beaten to death by her husband in Limawa area of Minna in Niger state. Neighbours said the 31-year-old husband of the woman, Mohammed Sani, has always been beating her as there was no day that he does not beat her. According to neighbors, they heard…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has criticized a suit filed by about 16 governors seeking to declare the agency illegal. He made the remarks during a visit by the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes. Olukoyede on Monday described the move as unnecessary and urged the National…
Martins Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan, and Bobrisky, the crossdresser whose birth name is Idris Okuneye, will testify before the house of representatives joint committee on financial crimes and reformatory institutions today. Ola Olukoyode, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and Haliru Nababa, controller-general of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), are also…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, February 6, announced a change in the leadership structure of various federal universities across the country. A statement by the presidential aide on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga said the changes are to take effect immediately. According to Onanuga, the governing council of the Yakubu Gowon University formerly University of…
No fewer than 35 Muslims heading to Saminaka in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State for a Maulud celebration died in a tragic motor accident. The victims of the accident were in a chartered J5 bus, which collided head-on with another vehicle near Samunaka. Although authorities were yet to officially comment on the incident,…