The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the immediate arrest of any policeman found escorting VIPs. The directive, contained in a signal issued on November 30, ordered the IGP Monitoring Unit and Commissioners of Police X-Squads to ensure strict monitoring and compliance. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the arrest order came amidst reports…
Two worshippers were killed on Sunday by gunmen in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to PUNCH, the attack occurred in the Gwon community, shortly after a church service, when the victims were moving around to preach the gospel. The National President of Berom Youth Moulders Association, Solomon Dalyop, confirmed the killings…
Nigerians and South Africans’ online debacle took a new dimension on Thursday morning after both divides engaged in another supremacy battle. Citizens from two countries went for each others’ jugulars by ordering e-hailing drivers from opposing countries in the comfort of their homes. While South Africans began the show by allegedly ordering Bolt and Uber…
Nigerian controversial clergyman Chukwuemeka Cyril Ohanaemere, also known as Odumeje, has slammed Nigerian pastors, claiming that they refused to speak against the government. The cleric, while addressing his congregation, alleged that many Nigerian pastors are benefitting from the system, which is why they keep quiet. “Bad government they can never talk about it. Fake people….
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old man, Samson Oghenebreme, in Lagos while transporting human organs from Edo State to a native doctor for use in money-making rituals. In a press statement released by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that Oghenebreme was apprehended in the Odomola community of Epe…
Three persons were feared killed in a clash involving some hoodlums in the Mushin area of Lagos State. According to PUNCH Metro, the clash which occurred as a result of a longstanding feud between two rival groups, resurged on Friday, December 27, in the Paul Oguntola area of the community. It was gathered that members…
A high-speed train derailed and was hit by another in southern Spain killing 39 people and injuring more than 120, authorities said Monday, saying the country’s worst train crash in over a decade was “extremely strange”. It was the deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the State Security Service has detained a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa. According to PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Soyinka, a former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was detained by SSS operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at…
The Federal Government is holding talks with authorities of the United States over the military threat by US President Donald Trump. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this during an interview on Sky News. He revealed that diplomatic channels are proving effective towards rapprochement in the tense relationship between the government…
A female SS3 student of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her male colleague to death. The tragic incident reportedly occurred outside the school premises following an argument between the two after school hours. The Ondo…
