A 23-year-old man has been arrested for prosecution after allegedly beating his girlfriend to death at Ijedodo, Isheri-Osun area of Lago state. Lagos Police Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday in Lagos. He said that the suspect committed the offence on Friday at about 8:00 p.m. Hundeyin said that…
The Federal Government on Sunday secured the release of 100 students who were kidnapped in Niger State. Earlier, GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that fifty pupils escaped out of 303 pupils abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State have escaped and reunited with their families….
In a move that has raised eyebrows across social media, Natasha Osawaru, the Edo lawmaker, has updated her Instagram bio to include the surname of Nigerian music legend, 2Baba. This change follows series of public events surrounding 2Baba’s personal life, which has been under controversy since his split from wife Annie, in January. The drama…
A federal high court in Abuja has granted N10 million bail to Olamide Thomas, an activist charged with vitriolic social media comments against Seyi Tinubu. Thomas was also asked to produce one surety in like sum. In a ruling delivered on Monday, Emeka Nwite, presiding judge, held that there was no concrete evidence before the…
The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a den disguised as a shrine and operated by suspected kidnappers in the Idimu area of the state. Operatives of the command also arrested no fewer than 13 suspects in connection with the discovery. The Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, who led journalists on a tour of the…
The federal government has commenced N50 electronic levy deductions from transactions of N10,000 and above made by users of financial technology (Fintech) companies, including Opay, Moniepoint, Kuda, and others. The levy, called Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), introduced under the Finance Act 2020, places a singular and one-off levy of N50 on the recipient of…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso, says lifting of petroleum products from the Dangote Refinery will moderate foreign exchange demand pressures. Cardoso who said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while presenting a communique from the apex bank’s 297th Monetary Policy Committee meeting, said that it would also moderate transportation cost,…
Some suspected bandits and kidnappers who lodged at Donchichi Hotel, Odighie road, Agbede in Etsako West Local Government Area, have been arrested. They were reportedly arrested after some community members raised the alarm over their presence in the hotel. Chairman Hakeem Enatto Charity Foundation, Barr Abdul Hakeem Enatto, who shared the arrest, said, “A group…
The Edo State House of Assembly has passed the State Kidnapping Prohibition Law 2025, a groundbreaking bill that imposes the death sentence on individuals convicted of kidnapping. This legalisation was passed during the plenary on Tuesday amid the escalating wave of abductions and criminal activities that have plagued Edo State and the nation at large….
In another major victory against terrorism, Sani Wala Burki, a notorious terrorist leader responsible for terrorizing the Safana and Batsari Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Katsina State, has been barbecued. According to Zagazola Makanaki, a counterinsurgency reporter, Burki and several of his men were neutralized by security forces in a joint operation by local vigilantes…
