A former police spokesperson in Lagos State, ACP Chike Oti, who is battling with kidney disease, has appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance of N25 million to undergo a kidney transplant. Mr Oti, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, said he was recently diagnosed with fifth stage renal failure. He said, “My dear brothers…
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, has said no fewer than 10 persons have lost their lives and three others were severely injured after an 18-seater bus plunged off the Omu bridge located at Awa along the Ijebu-Ode–Ibadan Expressway. The accident occurred at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday. The TRACE spokesperson, Babatunde…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari, has reaffirmed the strong bond with President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu, joining the nation and Tinubu’s family in celebrating the President’s 73rd birthday. In a statement by His spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Saturday, March 29, Buhari conveyed his heartfelt birthday wishes, offering prayers for Tinubu’s long life, good health, and…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers state government. The court held that the receipt and disbursement of monthly allocations since January this year by governor Siminalayi Fubara is a Constitutional sommersault and aberration that must not be allowed…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Ruben Amorim has been sacked by Manchester United. The Portuguese’s final game of his 14-month spell in charge was the 1-1 draw against Leeds United on Sunday that leaves them sixth in the Premier League after 20 matches. Former midfielder and current Under-18s coach Darren Fletcher is expected to take charge…
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has raided a criminal hideout suspected to be a shrine in Abak Local Government Area of the state and arrested five alleged to have been involved in armed robbery, cultism, and rape in the area. The operatives recovered items including two coffins filled with women’s sanitary pads, pictures of people,…
The election that brought a political loyalist of President Bola Tinubu, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo to emerge the National President of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) is invalid, SaharaReporters has learnt. This is because the Court of Appeal in Abuja already affirmed Tajudeen Baruwa as the re-elected NURTW president, according…
A viral video of Pastor Terry Jackson of True Vine Apostolic Church of Christ, Hampton, Virginia, publicly rebuking a young woman for being pregnant outside wedlock has sparked outrage and debate on social media. The footage, which reportedly happened on Sunday, shows the pastor instructing the visibly emotional woman to address the congregation. Standing at…
House of Representative member from Kaduna North, Bello El-Rufai, has said he was naive to have criticized former President Goodluck Jonathan. Bello, who is son of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said he is sorry for criticizing Jonathan’s administration. The Kaduna lawmaker noted that he failed to realize that Nigeria had a good governance…
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Olukeye Adedayo to 76 years imprisonment. Adedayo was arraigned sometime in 2024 on an 18-count charge bordering on transmission of child pornography, fraudulent impersonation, and sextortion to the tune of N721,500.00 (Seven Hundred and…
