A 21-year-old notorious bandit leader, Salisu Mohammed, popularly known as Dogo Saleh, met his end at the hands of his gang members after being arrested by the operatives of FCT Police Command. Dogo Saleh identified as a hitman for criminal gangs operating in Rijana Forest, Kaduna State, had been responsible for multiple kidnappings and killings…
The Nigeria Police Force has abolished regulations that previously mandated the dismissal of unmarried female officers who became pregnant while in service. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Aishatu Baju, who is the most senior female officer in the Force, confirmed this development on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. Baju explained…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was on Wednesday denied access to the official quarters of the state House of Assembly along Aba Road, Port Harcourt, where lawmakers loyal to his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, have been holding their sittings. Fubara, who arrived at the complex in the company of top government officials, including the Secretary to…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara is set to re-present the 2025 budget to the Rivers State House of Assembly. The budget will be laid before the Assembly faction led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule this morning. This decision follows a recent Supreme Court ruling, which ordered the suspension of Rivers State’s…
Property worth millions of Naira have been destroyed as a result of fire incident that ravaged some parts of Aleshinloye market in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered that the fire incident occurred at midnight. General Manager of Oyo State Fire Service, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed the incident. Akinyemi, in a short statement issued…
A man has died in Adamawa State after he was stabbed by his younger brother over a N200 piece of meat. The man, Friday Murya, was dealt the deadly knife cut after his butcher brother, Monday Murya, got infuriated during a quarrel over the N200 meat. Monday also stabbed another of his elder brothers, Sinairu,…
The President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union , Tulia Ackson, has assured embattled Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, that due process will be followed in addressing the concerns surrounding her suspension from the Senate. Ackson’s assurance came in response to Natasha’s appeal for intervention by the IPU and the United Nations over what she termed…
Governor Umo Eno has said only Akwa Ibom State people with a sense of entitlement would not gain from his administration’s provisions for all Akwa Ibomites as he would not share ‘Ghana-must-go’ to idle citizens. The governor, at the Uyo Township Stadium on Tuesday to distribute various cash awards, business startup tools and equipment to…
Three states – Benue, Nasarawa and Ondo – were locked in rage and protests, yesterday, over the killing of no fewer than 28 persons by herdsmen and bandits. A pregnant woman was among 20 persons killed during a farmers/herders’ clash that left scores wounded, houses, motorcycles, and a police operational vehicle set ablaze in Nasarawa…
Two charred remains of unidentified persons have been recovered following an explosion on Tuesday night that triggered an inferno on Otedola Bridge, Lagos. Four others sustained varying degrees of injuries, while four buildings and 15 vehicles were destroyed. The blast involved a 30-tonne DAF gas truck. Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, CSP Benjamin…