The Ogun State police command on Saturday said that its Anti-Cultism Unit in collaboration with other tactical squads have arrested two soldiers and 20 others suspected to be cultists during a midnight raid on Hilton Hotel, Osiele, Abeokuta. The Spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement sent to…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in conjunction with prominent stakeholders across the South-East, has adopted President Bola Tinubu as the sole consensus candidate for the forthcoming 2027 presidential election. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation disclosed this in a statement signed by its Deputy President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and the National Spokesperson, Chief Thompson…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal Ministry of Education has announced the commencement of the application period for the 2024/2025 Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP). The scholarships, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), aim to support talented individuals from low and middle-income Commonwealth countries in pursuing higher education in the…
Operatives of the Odeda Division of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested Akintoye Waris for allegedly stealing and slaughtering a Savannah he-goat valued at N200,000 for his child’s naming. The spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, on Saturday, revealed that Waris was arrested on January 2, 2024, in the Odeda Area of the state,…
Omega Fire ministries Founder, Apostle Johnson Suleiman has given reasons why King Solomon in the Bible had up to 700 wives and 300 concubines. According to the clergyman, Solomon was not promiscuous but rather it was a strategy of defense. He said, Solomon Married 700 wives, 300 concubines not because he was promiscuous. It was…
Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has taken to social media to flaunt her newly acquired mansion in Lagos. Sharing photos and videos of the luxurious property on Instagram, the actress wrote: “In my house I am a Queen! I needed a roof over my head so I got this for me and my family.” The post…
Authorities in the United States have arrested a 61-year-old Nigerian man, Kayode Agbolade Ogunba, over allegations that he sexually abused patients while working at a nursing home in Santa Barbara County, California. Ogunba, a certified nursing assistant, came under investigation in early November 2025 after a nursing facility in Goleta reported that two patients had…
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday denied sexual harassment allegations against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpabio who made the comments during plenary, said he has never at any point sexually harassment the Kogi West senator or any other woman whatsoever. He said: “I did not harass Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan sexually and I have never…
To present a formidable opposition to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 general elections, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-South Chairman, Mr. Emmanuel Ogidi, has said the party will hold high-level meetings with its former presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Atiku was PDP’s presidential flag…
To restore tranquility and safeguard the reputation of FIBSA, the Special Assistant to the Governor of Oyo State on Students’ Affairs, in conjunction with distinguished personalities in the region, have issued a directive ordering the extrajudicially inaugurated FIBSAEC to desist from masquerading as the authentic FIBSAEC. The FIBSA President’s term in office and the secretive…
