Iran has extended the closure of its airspace as it expects Israeli retaliation following its attack on the enemy country on Tuesday evening. All flights have been cancelled until 5 am (0130 GMT) on Thursday to maintain aviation security, state news agency ISNA reported, citing a spokesman for the aviation authority. Iran initially closed the…
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, officially moved into the Speaker’s office at the Lagos State House of Assembly Complex on Monday. Videos circulating on social media on Monday showed supporters praising God and praying for her as she assumed office. Meanwhile, the Assembly Complex has heightened security ahead of…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that gunmen have reportedly killed Prof. Emeka Chukwuma, a lecturer at the Delta State University, Abraka. According to PUNCH, Chukwuma returned to his home town, Umueji in Asaba, the Delta State capital on Friday for his usual weekend when the assassins killed him in his house. Sources told our correspondent that the…
Popular Nollywood actress, producer, and singer, Dayo Amusa, has welcomed her first child in the United States. The founder of the Best of Nollywood, BON Awards, Seun Oloketuyi, announced the baby’s arrival in an Instagram post on Monday. “@dayoamusa delivers baby in the US. Congratulations,” he wrote. Confirming the good news on her Instagram page,…
Many Nigerians are reportedly being hired as prison officers in the United Kingdom, UK as the British government seeks to address staffing shortages in overcrowded prisons. According to The Telegraph, the UK prison service is now sponsoring skilled worker visas for the first time, as a result of a rule change that allows them to…
The member representing Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency of Imo State and spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has been expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party with immediate effect over gross indiscipline, insubordination and anti-party activities. In a statement issued on Friday, the Imo PDP Publicity Secretary, Lancelot Obiak, said…
Police have arrested one John Gambo, a student of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa (FPN) for allegedly hacking one one Ibrahim Matthew, a part-time student of the same institution to death with an axe and a knife during a violent altercation in their lodge. Ramhan Nansel, the spokesperson for the Nasarawa Police Command announced this in…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Government of Borno state announced the death of the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Ahmad Ali Ahmad, on Monday. In a statement released by the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, it was confirmed that Ahmad died on Monday morning. According to the statement, “His burial is scheduled for…
Former pastor of the City of David parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, has announced that his newly established ministry, The Family Fellowship, has acquired a permanent site at Eko Atlantic. Speaking during the church’s second service at Civic Centre, Pastor Iluyomade revealed that the land was donated by…
A South African serial rapist – who assaulted children as young as nine years old – has received 42 life sentences and 791 years imprisonment for 94 counts of rape. Nkosinathi Phakathi was convicted of 90 counts of rape – attacks that he carried out between 2012 and 2021. The 40-year-old sometimes made children watch…