Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Tigran Gambaryan, has departed Nigeria after eight months of detention. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange made the disclosure in a statement shared with press on Thursday. “Today, American citizen Tigran Gambaryan left Nigeria to return home to his family after eight months of unlawful detention. “Gambaryan was allowed to…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, bail in the sum of N500 million. The development comes as Nwabuoku faces charges of alleged N1.96 billion fraud. Justice James Omotosho, in his ruling, stipulated that Nwabuoku’s bail be secured with two sureties, each providing a guarantee of…
Twenty-seven members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday, February 19, dismissed rumours suggesting that they have left the All Progressives Congress (APC) to join the opposition Labour Party (LP). The defection rumour is coming amid the crisis rocking the Assembly. The crisis deepened following moves by ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa to return…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Abdul Vicks, who went by the stage name of “YBC Dul,” was shot and killed in Olney Friday night, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The newspaper said that prosecutors said the popular 25-year-old rapper doubled as “the ringleader of a notoriously violent West Philadelphia-based gang.” The Inquirer said that police said…
There was pandemonium in Lagos on Friday when a trader was knocked down by a Lagos-Ibadan train around Oshodi Lagos. The incident happened around 2pm with sympathisers and passers-by thronging the area. Eyewitnesses said the trader was crushed to death in front of Arena Shopping Complex, Oshodi. The middle-aged man was said to be urinating…
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has declared the removal of the re-instated Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, as illegal, unconstitutional, null and void. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, the court also nullified the proceedings and resolutions of the House held on January 13, 2025, during which Obasa was…
Habeeb Okikiola, the controversial Nigerian singer better known as Portable, has turned to spiritual intervention, undergoing a public cleansing ritual. The ‘Zazoo Zeh’ hitmaker shared videos on Instagram showing himself surrounded by people wearing white garments performing a deliverance ceremony. The footage captures moments of intense prayer as they pour water over the singer’s head…
Nigeria’s Net Foreign Exchange Reserve (NFER) as of the end of 2024 stood at $23.11 billion, the highest level in over three years, reflecting a substantial improvement in the country’s external liquidity, reduced short-term obligations, and renewed investor confidence. A statement by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the increase marked an increase from $3.99…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023, has condemned the complete shutdown of the entire Head Bridge Market, Onitsha, Anambra State, over illicit drugs. “The entire Head Bridge Market in Onitsha has been closed by regulatory and security agencies due to suspected trading in illegal drugs within one section of the market known…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday, October 11, took the immediate past Minister of Transport, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi to the cleaners for allegedly inciting youth to take to the streets and protest the current economic challenges being faced in the country. The party described the former Rivers State governor’s outbursts as “irresponsible, unpatriotic,…