GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that veteran Nollywood actor, Emmanuel France has passed away at the age of 80. The cause of his death remains unclear. The news was announced by filmmaker Femi Ogedengbe on his social media page. Ogedengbe recalled working closely with France, including a memorable trip to Tanzania in 2006. They collaborated on several…
Segun Olowookere, an Osun state resident who was sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a chicken and eggs in 2010, has been released from jail. Recall that the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has pardoned Olowookere and it was was made public in a statement released on Thursday, December 26, 2024. According to…
A total sum of ₦1.727 trillion, being November 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, has been shared to the Federal Government, States and the Local Government Councils. The revenue was shared at the December 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) held in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement signed by FAAC Director of…
The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 17 passengers onboard of a passenger boat on the Calabar – Oron Waterways by sea pirates. The abduction occurred on Thursday when gunmen hijacked a commercial passenger boat operated by Sea Express Limited, while conveying around 30 people from Calabar in Cross River State…
The United States envoy to Nigeria, Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jr. has disclosed that Nigerian deportees would be dropped in Lagos. Mills Jr. also explained that convicted prisoners would be among the first set of Nigerian deportees. He spoke during an audience with Nigeria Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu. The…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, has revealed that retired generals from the military are the masterminds behind the illicit mining operations. The former governor said a joint task force consisting of the Army, Police, and Air Force should be deployed against them. Oshiomhole made this allegation during the presentation of…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, fixed November 20 to deliver its judgement on the seven-count terrorism charge the Federal Government filed against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Justice James Omotosho okayed the matter for judgement after Kanu failed to open his defence to the…
Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has adjourned for further hearing a divorce suit brought before it by a woman, Aduke, against her husband, Aremu, whom she accused of being lazy, refused to work and was being fed by his parents. Aduke added that she worked round the clock to make up for…
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,…
Supporters of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, popularly known as the ‘Obidients’, in Abia State, have urged former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to shelve his rumoured presidential ambition in 2027, and throw his weight behind Obi to pick the presidential ticket of the African American Congress, ADC….