The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has responded to a viral video circulating on social media, providing clarification on an incident involving a female motorist and a police constabulary officer. In a press release issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, the command stated that the incident occurred on February 1,…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has made her way into the National Assembly premises in Abuja, after she was initially denied access. The lawmaker who is serving a six-month suspension by the upper lawmaking body had vowed to resume sitting in the NASS chambers after a court verdict asking the Senate to recall her. However, when she…
Two brothers from Nigeria who targeted a 17-year-old in a sextortion scam have been sentenced to 17 years and six months in jail in the US. The Ogoshi brothers, from Lagos, lured Jordan DeMay into sending them explicit images by pretending to be a girl his age – then blackmailed him. According to BBC, Jordan…
An Islamic cleric, Abdulraman Bello, yesterday told the Kwara State Magistrates’ Court how he murdered and disemebered a female student of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Yetunde Hasfoh Lawal. The deceased and cleric were said to be Facebook friends. Abdulraman said this during his arraignment with four others. He therefore pleaded for the…
A fierce war of words has erupted between former Ogun State Governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, over allegations that the ex-governor twice demolished the billionaire’s cement factory structures in Itori, Ogun State. Reacting to Dangote’s claims during his visit to the current governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Amosun has thrown…
The gruesome killing of a local farmer, Rabiat Atere, by suspected armed bandits at Oka Akoko, in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, has sparked outrage. Atere was reportedly attacked on her farm in Oka on Monday evening. The deceased, who hailed from Uba in Oka-Akoko, was said to have invested heavily…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has dismissed claims that it has cancelled the English Language paper written on May 28. Recalls that there was widespread confusion across different examination centres as candidates sitting for the senior school certificate examination, SSCE, organised by WAEC faced hours-long delays before writing the English…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky. Daily Trust had reported how the crossdresser was nabbed in Lagos on Monday morning. In a statement, Public Relations Officer of Immigration, DCI Kenneth Udo, said Okuneye is a “person of interest”. He added that Bobrisky was…
Bandits on Wednesday evening kidnapped 100-year-old Chief Samuel Fagbemi in the Ihale community and a vigilante officer in the Kabba-Bunu local government area of the state. The President of Ihale Development Association (IDA), Chief P. M. B. Omolewa, who confirmed the incident, has strongly condemned the gruesome attack on the Ihale community by armed bandits…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one suspect in connection with the death of popular singer Adesina Afeez, widely known as Destiny Boy. The command said the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Homicide Section, for detailed investigation. In a statement obtained on Monday, the police public relations officer, Babaseyi…
