Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 14-year-old girl for allegedly faking her own abduction and orchestrating the kidnapping of her four-year-old sister, in a desperate plot to extort a N50 million ransom from their father. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, announced the arrest while briefing pressmen at the Katsina Command Headquarters yesterday. He…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a hardline stance against former governors Nyesom Wike, Samuel Ortom, Ayo Fayose, Okezie Ikpeazu, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi after they issued a six-point ultimatum to the National Working Committee (NWC), declaring that the party will not be blackmailed or hijacked. The clash came to a head in Abuja on…
Harrison Gwamnishu, a Nigerian activist, is fighting for justice in the terrible death of Priscilla Ocheme, a 24-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend in Lugbe, Abuja. Priscilla’s family contacted the activist to demand justice, alleging that a guy acquaintance known on Instagram as @Iamomoba killed her after inviting her over. Eyes Of…
Over 24 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to unseal properties confiscated due to non-payment of ground rent, the national headquarters of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is still under lock and key. On Monday, officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) embarked on mass sealing of properties, triggering outcry….
Five prominent kingmakers from Oyo have raised serious concerns over Governor Seyi Makinde’s recent initiative to initiate a new selection process regarding the vacant Alaafin stool. They have labelled the move as illegal and a blatant disregard for judicial proceedings. The kingmakers, High Chief Yusuf AkĂnade, (Bashorun of Oyo); High Chief Wakeel Akindele, (Lagunna of…
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ijanikin Police Station, Lagos State Police Command, CSP Bolaji Olugbenga, is dead. The DPO was said to have slumped in the office and died before he could be rushed to a hospital on Thursday night. The news of his death has thrown the officers attached to the…
The first African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit will open in Abuja on Monday, with the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, delivering the keynote address. The three-day summit, to be declared open by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will bring together defence chiefs and security experts from across the continent to deliberate on security…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, official letter to the state House of Assembly, notifying the lawmakers of his intention to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill for consideration and approval has been leaked online. Fubara’s letter, dated March 11, 2025, was addressed to the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and titled Presentation of the Rivers State 2025 Budget…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m fraud. The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 5, 2022, arraigned Philips…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that armed bandits launched a deadly assault on Wake village in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State early Sunday. According to reports, eight people were killed, while at least 20 others wounded, some in critical condition. The attackers also kidnapped an unspecified number of locals during the raid. As of…