The adage, āOne day for the thief, every day for the owner,ā recently came to bear on a 28-year-old man, Oluwanisola Quadri, when he was apprehended by personnel of Oluyole Security Surveillance Team in Ibadan, Oyo state, after he had duped many Point of Sale (PoS) operators and traders while pretending to have transferred money…
An Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo has ordered the State Independent Electoral Commission, OSIEC, to go ahead with the conduct of the local government election scheduled for Saturday (tomorrow). In an enrollment order brought before Justice A. Aderigbigbe on Friday by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP against OSIEC and Its Chairman, Hashim Abioye,…
Chidimma Adetshina, the model who was forced to withdraw from South African beauty pageant, has emerged winner of Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 pageant. The 23-year-old law student came to Nigeria after accepting to participate in the competition following her controversial withdrawal from Miss South Africa 2024 due to xenophobic backlash over her nationality. Guy Murray-Bruce,…
The Nigerian government has announced that it has placed individuals sponsoring the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests on the watchlist of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Comptroller-General of NIS, Kemi Nandap, announced this on Tuesday at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, following a meeting convened by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. According to Nandap,…
Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has adjourned for judgment, a divorce suit brought before it by a man, Saka, against his wife, Sadia, whom he accused of irresponsibility, drunkeness and domestic violence. Saka stated that his marriage to Sadia truncated his joy and left him living a frustrated life. According to the…
Ahead of the 2024 Olusegun Okanlawon Foundation Sports Competition, the non governmental organisation has kicked off registration for the fifth edition of her annual marathon race. In a press release made available on Thursday, Comrade Adedokun Sunday Harshasha, the Media and Publicity Assistant to Engr. (Dr) David Olusegun Okanlawon said registration starts today, December 12th…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that OāReilly Senior High School in Okpoi-Gonno, Accra, Ghana, is facing intense scrutiny following the tragic d3ath of final-year student. The student simply identified as Edward Borketey Sackey was fatally st@bbed during an argument with friends on Tuesday, September 4. This incident marks the second student murder at the school, raising serious…
The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda has said that operatives have arrested four murder suspects including the mastermind who duped the victim of N30 million before further receiving ransom of over N20 million from family. The police said they retrieved the decomposed skull of the victim at a shrine in Otokutu…
Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State governorship election, has described the election as potentially the worst in Nigeria’s history, citing numerous alleged irregularities. Speaking during a live press conference on Sunday, organised by the Edo PDP National Campaign Council and led by Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri,…
The Rivers State Police Command has said online reports of riots in parts of the state and an attack on the residence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, are false. Recall that the social media was awash with reports that some aggrieved persons had set fire to the residents of the…