The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate deployment of the Intelligence Response Team to ensure the safe rescue of the Afenifere Youth Leader, Prince Eniola Ojajuni, who was kidnapped on February 17, 2025, while travelling to Abuja. He also directed the team to prioritise Ojajuni’s safe rescue. In a statement released on…
The police in Anambra State have arrested and detained a 42-year-old woman, Eucharia Ogochukwu, for alleged cyber bullying and defamation of a senior police officer’s character. Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said Ms Ogochukwu was arrested in Awka at…
Hon. Kareem Khadijat Omotayo, the Personal Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on constituency affairs has sent her condolence message to Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa state, over death of his son, Abdul-wahab Namadi. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Abdul-wahab’s death struck, barely 24 hours after the Governor Namadi buried his mother. Reacting to the tragedy, Hon….
Two people lost their lives in a diesel tanker explosion early Thursday along the Badagry Expressway, Lagos, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed. The incident occurred at the Oto-Ijanikin axis near Lagos State University of Education, while a truck carrying diesel reportedly lost control while attempting to overtake another vehicle, causing it to…
Suspected members of the Lakurawa terror group have killed five people in a series of attacks on Gueza, a village in the Dosso region of Niger Republic. Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reports that the attacks occurred in two phases, with five villagers “strangled to death” in the first…
As retired police officers across the country prepare for a nationwide protest over pension concerns on Monday, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has declared its support for their right to peaceful assembly, but warned against attempts to hijack the demonstration for political ends. The NPF, in a statement issued and signed by the Force Public…
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has directed air component commanders across all ongoing military operations in the country to intensify air strikes against terrorists and criminal elements thr+atening Nigeria’s security. Aneke gave the order during a high-level strategic meeting with commanders from all operational theatres at the Nigerian Air Force…
The 2023 Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has pledged to offset the National Examinations Council (NECO) fees for 148 inmates in correctional centres across Anambra State. Obi made the commitment after receiving a delegation representing inmates from facilities in Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi and Aguata of Anambra State. The inmates, currently sitting for the…
Sixteen inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, in the early hours of Tuesday after breaching the facility’s security. In a statement issued by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, Umar Abubakar, the inmates reportedly overpowered personnel on duty during the breakout. Five officers were injured in the incident,…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, made a startling revelation of an extraordinary experience with a ‘demon-possessed’ woman who persistently claimed that God had told her he was her husband. Speaking on Wednesday during the grand finale of the 2025 Special Victory Hour programme of the church, the…
