The Christmas season in Nigeria is a period filled of celebrations with loved ones but there are some places to avoid in the course of such festivities. While you want to adore your homes with twinkling lights and hang out with friends and family, there is always the fear of going broke after the festive…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71, according to a local police official. In a Facebook post late Sunday, the Sidama Police Commission Traffic Prevention and Control Directorate said that “68 males and three females are known to have died in the…
Nigerian air carrier, IbomAir passenger who allegedly assaulted flight crew and security officials on a flight from Uyo to Lagos, Comfort Emmanson, has been charged to court and is currently remanded at Kirikiri correctional facility. Tunde Moshood, the special adviser on media and communications to the minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, confirmed…
The students leaders of University Students (NAUS), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) and National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students (NANCES) have request for fact-finding over how 42,000 metric tonnes of grains disappeared from Ministry of Agriculture, food and security. The students’ leaders lamented that they found it disheartening that under the leadership…
The Executive Director of a civil society organisation, Street Mentors Network, Anita Michael, has said many Nigerians are unaware that emotional or psychological abuse of another person could be a criminal offence. Street Mentors Network, headquartered in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, provides support to street children. “There is little to zero understanding or awareness by…
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has condemned the attempt to introduce Sharia in the Southwest, stating that it is alien to Yoruba culture and religious beliefs. Speaking at the 2025 Oodua festival, held at Enuwa Square, Ile-Ife, Osun state, on Wednesday, Adams stressed that the introduction of Sharia is aimed at…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone (Zone D), under the office of the Zonal Treasurer, Comrade Ojetola Babatunde (Toyyem), expresses deep disappointment in the Honorable Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in Oyo State, Hon. Wasilat Adegoke, over the deliberate sidelining of student representatives in the build-up to the…
Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, has finally spoken on the controversy surrounding his persistent call for a DNA test to be conducted on his late son’s child, Liam. He revealed that his insistence is not borne out of malice but a desire to secure the child’s future from ridicule and suspicion. According to him, the major…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has formally charged Isaac Bristol, aka PIDOM, with six counts at the Federal High Court in Abuja, bringing an end to his 28-day detention without formal charges. According to court documents obtained by TRIBUNE ONLINE, PIDOM faces charges related to the transmission of classified government documents and spreading false information….
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Temitola Adekunle-Johnson as Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Job Creation and MSME Office of the Vice President and Mrs Uju Anwuka as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Health, Office of the Vice President. In a Statement by the Senior Special Assistant…
