GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a fully loaded high-capacity Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle overturned inside the dedicated BRT lane at Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, resulting in injuries to 10 passengers. The accident occurred shortly after the bus had departed from the BRT park at Iyana Ipaja. According to an update from the Lagos State Traffic Management…
Baltasar Engonga must be over the moon now, seeing that his country’s Supreme Court recently acquitted him of the charges in the case involving over 400 sex tapes. A recent photo of him in the public space shows him jetting off to France with his beautiful wife, who was also alleged to have been involved…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has assured that President Bola Tinubu’s administration will put an end to judges in the FCT living in rented apartments. Wike gave this assurance on Monday while flagging off the design and construction of official residences for the Heads of Courts, including the President of…
In Lagos, the most populous city in West Africa, nothing is a waste in the hands of those who can see value in it. Despite inherent risks, particularly those that have to do with human safety and public health, when the opportunity to make cash or profit presents itself, the love of money is prioritised…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Friday on a working visit to the former seat of government as Nigeria prepares for a low-key 65th Independence Anniversary. This is contained in a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga late Friday. According to Onanuga, the President moved to Lagos after attending the coronation of…
The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Delta State Governor, Ossai Success, has offered a paid job and an all-expenses paid trip to Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger recently released from Kirikiri prison. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Ossai announced that a monthly salary of N500,000 had been secured for Emmanson in…
The Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of a disciplinary query issued to Osato Edobor, a nursing student at the Delta State College of Nursing Sciences, Agbor. Edobor had been queried after allegedly recording and posting a TikTok video during the official visit of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator…
Equatorial Guinea’s President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has reportedly appointed Zenón Obiang Obiang Avomo as the new Director General of the National Agency for Financial Investigation. He replaced Baltasar Ebang Engonga following a shocking sex scandal involving public officials. This was disclosed in a news report on Thursday by a media outlet based in Equatorial Guinea,…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has sworn in 23 newly elected local government chairmen in Rivers State. The exercise held at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Sunday, comes a day after the Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission (RSIEC) conducted an election at the grassroots. The event…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akintola, has shed light on her decision to remain unmarried, even as societal expectations weigh heavily on her. In a conversation with colleague Emmanuel Ehumadu, popularly known as Labista, the actress shared her views on love, relationships, and marriage. Akintola, who is known for her versatile on-screen performance, revealed that the…