A simmering rift within the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come to the fore as two senior party officials issue conflicting directives regarding the long-anticipated 100th meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC), scheduled for Monday, June 30, 2025. Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, the Deputy National Chairman (South), in a press conference held…
The Yobe State Police Command has confirmed that a 55-year-old man, Hamidu Ali of Koriyel village, Babangida, Tarmuwa LGA of Yobe State, has allegedly killed his 40-year-old wife. According to the State Police Command, on June 28, 2025, at about 1100hrs, the Tarmuwa Divisional Police Headquarters received a distress call from inhabitants of Koriyel Village,…
Veteran Nollywood actor, Fatai Adekunle Adetayo, popularly known as Lalude, has accused the president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), MC Oluomo, of failing to fulfil financial promises made to celebrities who campaigned for President Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during the 2023 general elections. Speaking during a recent…
The Nigeria Police Force, Adamawa State Police Command attached to the State Intelligence Department have arrested two suspects for theft. 20-year-old Dad Yusuf, and, 27-year-old Gibson Husseini, both residents of Upper Luggere, Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area, were arrested for stealing 100Ah Mikano generator battery in the church. In a statement issued on Sunday…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, one Muanaenye Chekwube Victor, for alleged kidnapping. It said that Victor was arrested by policemen attached to Uli Divisional Headquarters on June 26, 2025, for allegedly abducting his friend. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspect, in…
The Governor of Edo State, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, over the weekend, said he would utilise his developmental projects in all parts of the state to deliver the 2.5 million votes he recently promised to President Bola Tinubu in 2027. To achieve this, he said he had taken construction to rural areas that were largely abandoned…
The Delta State Police Command has warned that indecent dressing in Delta is now a punishable offence under the state’s Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law, attracting a fine of N50,000 or community service. The warning on indecent dressing in Delta was issued in a post shared via the Command’s official X handle on Saturday….
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a former international football player, Segun George Hunkarin, alongside four others, over their involvement in drug trafficking operations that led to the seizure of 22.6 kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine at Lagos and Enugu airports. According to a statement by the NDLEA, Hunkarin and his alleged…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Nigerian gospel singer Israel Terhemba Ikyereve, also known as New Jerusalem, is dead. The singer who passed on at the age of 53 is known for transforming Tiv music into Christian songs. Chief Samuel Ortom, the former Governor of Benue State paid tribute to the singer and expressed his condolences over…
An Israeli airstrike has killed Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa, a senior Hamas military commander and key architect of the October 7, 2023, attack that ignited the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the Israel Defence Forces announced Saturday, The New York Post reported. Al-Issa, one of the last surviving founding members of Hamas’ military wing,…