The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it is currently working on helping six Nigerian banks recover billions of Naira stolen by hackers, who gained access to the banks’ systems. Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, disclosed this during an interview on TVC on Sunday. While declining to mention the affected banks…
A personnel of the Nigerian Navy simply identified as Akila has accidentally shot his colleague to death in Zamfara state. The incident was said to have happened Dansadau, Maru Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara on Friday, October 25. It was gathered that the colleagues – who were both serving at Operation Sheto Yanma –…
The Kano State Government has filed fresh charges against the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, for allegedly diverting N57 billion. Named in the charge sheet alongside Ganduje, who is the immediate past governor of Kano State, is his Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Garo, and two others. Garo, Lamin Sani and Muhammad Takai were charged…
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…
The Department for Combating Illegal Migration in Libya has deported a total of 50 Nigerian national from the country. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the deportees consist of 48 Nigerian women and two children. They are deported with the assistance of Nigeria’s consular services and support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The repatriation operation…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the 22nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has officially retired from service upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. Born on August 22, 1954, Justice Ariwoola’s retirement marks the end of a distinguished judicial career. Justice Ariwoola was appointed to the Supreme Court bench on November…
Peter Ngumba, a Kenyan lab doctor known for popularizing DNA tests among men has broke down into tears after discovering he is not the father of his two-year-old child. Ngumba shared the emotional revelation in a candid video which went viral online. The news generated significant public reaction in Kenya, largely due to Ngumba’s public…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Nigerian gospel singer Israel Terhemba Ikyereve, also known as New Jerusalem, is dead. The singer who passed on at the age of 53 is known for transforming Tiv music into Christian songs. Chief Samuel Ortom, the former Governor of Benue State paid tribute to the singer and expressed his condolences over…
In a message commemorating the birthday of the late Hon. Akinremi Musiliu Jagaban, Omo BAO reflected on the profound impact the former representative of the Ibadan North Federal Constituency had on the community. “Today, as we remember and celebrate the life of Hon. Akinremi Musiliu Jagaban on what would have been his birthday, we are…
Suspended RCCG clergyman, Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, has officially launched his new church, Family Fellowship, in Victoria Island, Lagos, despite ongoing controversy. The former senior pastor of the City of David Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) was suspended last year following backlash over his lavish celebration of his wife’s 60th birthday, which…
