The Oyo State government said it has begun the payment of gratuity benefits to retirees via e-payment. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday, August 31, 2024, by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, and made available to newsmen. The statement partly read, “The state Commissioner for Establishments and Training,…
A nine-year-old child reportedly set a three-bedroom bungalow on fire in one of the state government housing estates in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Thursday. The fire erupted at the bungalow located at No 52, Mandate 2 Housing Estate in the Ilorin West, Local Government Area of the state, was reported to have been caused…
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has predicted that Muslims will in future make it to the White House as president. The statement comes after Uganda-born Mamdani won New York City mayor, emerging as the first Muslim to be elected into the position. He wrote: “Mamdani has made it! ICU in Washington should be ready for…
The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, said he suspended the signing of Certificates of Occupancy to property owners because of the alleged possession of about 14,000 hectares of land by a 17-year-old. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Governor said this during an audience with members of the Shift Najia Initiative, a Non-governmental organisation in Benin…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 27, 2025, opposed an application filed by former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, seeking leave of court to travel abroad for medical treatment. The application was presented before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, during the resumed hearing of Bello’s…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that eight Salernitana players were rushed to hospital due to severe food poisoning. The incident occurred just hours after they were beaten 2-0 by Sampdoria on Sunday in the first leg of a play-off to avoid relegation to the Italian third tier. Salernitana stars were on a chartered flight home from Genoa…
The Rivers State Government has sealed a health facility in the state over unprofessional practices. The Anti-Quackery Committee of the state, led by Dr Vincent Wachukwu sealed the facility on Monday, following media reports of the death of one Mrs. Victoria Paris, who died after a caesarian section in the facility allegedly conducted by unlicensed…
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Maryam Sabo on Friday, jailed one Shamsu Adamu to 14 years imprisonment with sundry work in a correctional centre for defiling girl. The convict, Adamu, an adult resident of Kunture in Ungogo Local Government Area, was found guilty of rape contrary to section 283 of the…
Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has declared that he is a mad man who is undergoing treatment at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta. Portable said this while appealing to Nigerians and the Ogun State Government on Tuesday after being declared wanted by the state police command. The zazoo-zeh crooner was reportedly…
The Federal Government has introduced the National Health Programs for youths across all 774 local government areas in Nigeria. A statement by the president’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga on Monday, also called for applications from persons aged between 25 and 35. “The Tinubu administration is requesting applications from young Nigerians to enrol in the National Health…
