The first President and Chairman of Council of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), David Olorunleke, is dead. He died in the early hours of Friday, October 24, 2025. According to a statement signed by the institute’s Registrar and Chief Executive, Afolake Oso, Olorunleke held forth from 1985-1995 and was affectionately revered as…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Nollywood actress and producer, Adanma Luke, has appealed for forgiveness from Nigerians over the tragic boat accident that resulted in the deaths of actor John Odonwodo, aka Junior Pope, and four others. In a video shared on her Instagram page on Monday, Luke, who was the producer of the movie titled…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 71-year-old man, Jeriel Clifford Peter, for allegedly killing his 67-year-old wife, Miltha Jeriel, after a domestic dispute. According to police reports, the incident occurred on November 6, 2025, following an argument between the couple that began at a beer parlour in the Demsa Local Government Council of…
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis joined a rally in Tel Aviv on Sunday, organizers said, calling on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an immediate truce with Hamas to free hostages held in Gaza. The evening rally followed a day of protest across the country called for by the relatives of hostages…
Helen Kayode, a graduating student of Ekiti State University (EKSU), has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for allegedly staging her own abduction to spend time with her boyfriend. Her action reportedly caused panic across Iworoko-Ekiti and Ado-Ekiti, following a message she sent to her sister on May 1, claiming she had boarded…
Paystack has terminated the employment of its co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Ezra Olubi, following public allegations of sexual misconduct. The termination follows an initial suspension and an internal investigation. GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that the Fintech company initially suspended Olubi from all duties on November 14, 2025, pending a formal, independent investigation into the allegations….
The trial of the self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Nigerian-Finnish, Simon Ekpa, commenced in Finland on Friday. Ekpa, who heads a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was charged with terrorism offences by the Finnish authorities on May 16, 2025. The deputy prosecutor general in Finland charged Ekpa with public incitement to commit a crime…
A recent video featuring Sheik Dawood Malaasan, the Mufti of Iwo, has stirred public discourse across Yoruba states following introduction of Sharia Court in Oyo State. In the video, the cleric passionately defended the establishment of a Sharia court in Oyo State and issued warnings to those opposing the initiative. In the video, Sheik Malaasan…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers has killed David Shikfu Parradang, a former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja. Citing sources, counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, Parradang, said Parradang was abducted in the Area 1 axis of Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday. Makama said after being trailed from a bank where he…
The Presidency on Thursday explained the major reason why Maryam Sanda who was sentenced to death for killing her husband was granted clemency. Sanda, who had spent a total of six years in prison for murder, had her death sentence reduced to 12 years’ imprisonment by the president. The reduction in the death sentence followed…