Gunmen on Sunday attacked a police patrol team at Finas Gas Station along the Okigwe-Umuahia Road in Imo State, killing two officers. It was learnt that the second officer, an Assistant Superintendent of Police kidnapped during the attack is feared dead. The source said the attack occurred around 9am when the team, led by ASP…
The Nigerian Army has arrested one of its personnel for alleged gun-running, even as troops rescued eight kidnap victims and recovered arms and ammunition in recent operations across the country. A credible source at Army Headquarters disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He said the soldier, identified as…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Peter Okoye, one-half of the popular Nigerian music duo P-Square, has responded to his brother Paul’s recent interviews, where he claimed to have written and sung 99% of their songs. Peter expressed disappointment and hurt over Peter’s constant discrediting of his efforts in the group. In an open letter on…
A 74-year-old man identified as Jimoh Kareem Adeleye has alleged that Oba Abdulfatai Akamo, the Olu of Itori, Ogun state demolished his ongoing building and took over his family land. In a video sighted by our correspondent, Mr Adeleye said he’s the grandson of Ajuwon, from Eruku land. Speaking on his ordeal in Yoruba language,…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the dismissal of the Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, and officials of the commission at all levels as part of a reform of the electoral process in Nigeria. Mr Obasanjo made the call in a paper he presented at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University, in the…
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, has visited Pastor Benjamin Egbaji, a Nigerian national from Cross River State, who has been imprisoned in the Republic of Benin for nearly two years on rape allegations, describing his condition as “distressing.” Newspaper subscription bundles The visit, which took place at the Central National Hospital…
Israel has temporarily closed all of its diplomatic missions worldwide as its military operation in Iran continues, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. As a result, consular services would not be available to Israeli citizens currently abroad, the ministry said. It urged Israelis overseas to complete an online form updating their location…
Indigenes of Zamfara state resident in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja while protesting about Bad Governance have calked on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare state of emergency in Zamfara state following perceived state sponsored banditry and terrorism activities in the state. The Youths under the Aegis of Zamfara Youth Alliance, FCT chapter called on…
GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered that the Abia State University, Uturu, has suspended a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Dr. Udochukwu Ndukwe, for three months following allegations of sexual harassment against a female student. A letter signed by the school’s registrar, Dr Acho Elendu, dated July 30, 2024 stated that Ndukwe would be investigated and…
About two weeks after Nigerians rallied against the “Counter-Submersive Bill,” which has now been withdrawn, the Nigerian senate has returned another controversial bill. A law to repeal the 2015 Violence Against Persons Protection (VAPP) act originally introduced to end the widespread practice of gender-based violence in Nigeria has scaled its second reading in the Senate….