GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a Nigerian Pastor identified as John Ogbonna, a renowned clergyman from Ebonyi State, has lost his life while fasting and praying for Nigeria’s well-being on a mountain. According to sources close to the family, Pastor Ugonna had embarked on a spiritual retreat to seek divine intervention for the country’s challenges. But…
The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to make available more new notes of N200, N500 and N1,000 as well as begin a gradual withdrawal of the old notes from circulation. The House also asked the CBN to direct commercial banks to issue more new notes to customers and engage in…
A Uruguayan soccer player, Juan Izquierdo, who collapsed on the field during a game in Brazil last week, died on Tuesday, his team said. Izquierdo, 27, was playing for Nacional, a Uruguayan club, in the Copa Libertadores, a top South American tournament, when he suffered cardiac arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat, and cardiac arrest on…
Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has confirmed his “temporary” departure from Nigeria, citing the need to attend to his “sanity and health.” “Yes, I’m here to confirm I’m out of Nigeria temporarily. I need to attend to my sanity and my health,” he wrote in a post on Instagram on Monday. The…
Happy Birthday to the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR The Personal Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on constituency affairs, Hon. Kareem Khadijat Omotayo has felicitated with Nigeria Customs Service Comptroller-General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi on occasion of birthday. In the press release by the media office of Hon. Khadijat Kareem, he described the Customs…
Governor Abba Yusuf on Saturday lamented that his state, Kano, has suffered the worst form of corruption when compared to other states of the region. He said Kano was hit by one of the major grand corruptions above any other state for eight years when Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje governed the state from 2015 to…
The Lagos State Police Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has countered the reports made by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), which claimed that Ayomide Adeleye, who was arrested for murder, has been released and is not in any prison. Recall that Ayomide Adeleye, a 200-level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State, was…
A 33-year-old housewife, Comfort Tinubu, has been accused of fatally stabbing her 39-year-old husband, Olusegun Tinubu, during a dispute in Ibadan, according to police reports. The incident occurred late Wednesday night around 10:00 p.m. in their residence at Gbeyi in the Adegbayi area of Ibadan. The couple, who had been married for three years and…
In a decisive move that fortifies his position within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has secured a significant victory in the ongoing party leadership crisis. The PDP National Working Committee (NWC) has officially endorsed the Rivers State congresses, a key decision amidst the party’s internal strife. This…
The Yoruba Nation advocate, Sunday Adeyemo, more commonly known as Sunday Igboho has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer to consider the secessionist movement in Nigeria. Although the movement described the content of the petition as confidential, SaharaReporters gathered that it revolved around the “Yoruba Nation agitation.” SaharaReporters…