The World Health Organization, WHO, has declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, a global health emergency. The WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus made the announcement at a press conference in Geneva. WHO’s emergency committee on the epidemic had reportedly met Thursday afternoon and recommended designating the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International…
A 400 level student of the Department of Animal Production Oluwaseyi David Adebayo has died hiking in Minna. Oluwaseyi Adebayo was said to have gone on the hiking expedition with some of his colleagues on August 10 when the incident happened. It was gathered that the deceased slipped from a hill and landed in a…
An early morning accident along Abuja-Kaduna expressway claimed 21 lives, on Thursday. The accident Daily Trust learnt involved a trailer truck and a passenger Humer bus heading for Kano and Batsari town in Katsina state. An official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) who participated in the rescue operation, said three passengers who survived…
The Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would take over the four key states in the South South region in the 2027 general elections. Akpabio said this while receiving the newly elected governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, at his residence in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a 32-year-old blogger, identified as Augustus, for cloning its official website and posting a fake recruitment notice. The suspect, from Akwa Ibom State, was apprehended on Thursday at his residence on Akpan Eno Lane in Abak. According to DSS sources, Augustus, a graduate of the University of…
Detectives from Alausa Division of Lagos State Police Command have arrested Okhide Michael, four and half years after he gruesomely murdered his parents, Clement and Toyin Okhide. A credible source told Tribune Online that the suspect was arrested at Ikeja Mall beside the Secretariat at about 8:16 am on Thursday, October 17. The arrest was…
As Nigerians grapple with rising fuel costs, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly used for cooking, has reached an unprecedented N1,500 per kilogram. This surge has increased the average price for a 12.5kg cylinder to N17,000 in Abuja, up 41.6% since July, when it cost around N12,000. In Ogun and Lagos, retail prices range from N1,300…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria has denied a report suggesting that the Ministry of Petroleum Resources ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell fuel at N1,000 above the approved pump price. The report claimed that the Minister for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, gave the NNPCL the directive. Dismissing…
The Chairman of Oyo State House Committee on Women Affairs and Community Development, Hon. Dr. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, in her New Month greetings and prayers, has called for peace amongst protesters as Youths Nationwide kick off Protests to #EndBadGovernance, appealing to the Government of the day to soften the hardships felt by citizens of the…
At least 19 people have been killed after gunmen launched an attack on Chad’s presidential complex on Wednesday. Gunfire was headed near the presidential building with tanks seen on the street. An armed commando unit reportedly shot inside the building around 7:45pm. Abderaman Koulamallah, government spokesman and foreign minister, said the dead include 18 of…