The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest and detention of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. According to the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, Mr. Bello is currently being grilled by the commission’s investigators and will be detained and arraigned in court as soon as possible. Mr. Bello’s arrest comes after he…
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti and Head of the Council of Senior Scholars, Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh, has passed away at the age of 82. According to a statement from the Royal Court, the prominent cleric died in Riyadh on Tuesday morning. His funeral prayer will be held at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined a fresh bid by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to be moved out of the Sokoto Correctional Centre. The court reached the decision on Monday after reviewing an ex-parte motion brought before it. Kanu, acting through the Legal Aid Council,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that two students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, were killed in a fatal road accident along the Akure-Ondo Expressway on Wednesday evening. It was gathered that the victims, Chukwu Athanasius and Oladokun Oyindamola, who were said to be on a motorcycle, were reportedly crushed by a speeding vehicle leading to…
The Minister for Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd), has recounted how divine intervention shaped his journey to national leadership. He says God lifted him at a time when circumstances appeared stacked against him. Musa shared the testimony during a recent service at the Conquerors Global Assembly in Abuja, as monitored by Church Times and shared…
A driver, Afeez Adedigba, who went viral wearing his wife’s dress while driving a popular micra taxi in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has explained the reasons behind his action. Adedigba, who was seen in a viral clip wearing his spouse’s dress, said it was mainly because the rain drenched his clothes, and the only…
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended Justice G. C Aguma of the High Court of Rivers State and Justice A.O Nwabunike of the Anambra State High Court from performing judicial functions. They were both suspended for the period of one year without pay and placed on watch list for two years thereafter. The decision…
Michael Ikuedowoni, 25, lost his life after his girlfriend, Augustina Mowari, allegedly stabbed him following a dispute over infidelity. The tragic incident occurred over the weekend in Okitipupa Local Council of Ondo State when the lady allegedly used a pair of scissors on Michael during a heated argument in their shared apartment. According to sources,…
Bayo Onanuga, the presidential spokesperson, has criticised opposition figures following the African Democratic Congress’ (ADC) poor performance in the recently concluded by-elections. Onanuga, in a post on his X page on Monday, posted a photo of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and former Kaduna State…
A Turkish-born 51-year-old man, Hamit Coskun, who was fined for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London, has won his appeal against conviction, in a case hailed as a landmark victory for free speech in the United Kingdom. Coskun was originally found guilty in June at Westminster Magistrates’ Court of…
