GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Augustine Eguavoen has resigned as the interim coach of the Super Eagles. According to Politics Nigeria, Eguavoen said his mandate was only for two games, which he has now completed. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical director was appointed as interim coach after the federationās attempts to hire a permanent head…
The Nigerian Army has announced arrangements for the burial rites of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja. Lagbaja died aged 56 after battling an undisclosed ailment. President Bola Tinubu appointed him COAS on June 19, 2023. The President had ordered a state burial for the late COAS. Moshood Lagbaja, the…
The newly sworn-in governor of Edo state, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has made more appointments to his cabinet. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Okpebholo has named Barrister Musa Ikhilor as the Secretary to the State Government (SGG). This move comes hours after Okpebholo assumed office on Tuesday and a day after appointing Fred Itua as his Chief…
A 14-year-old broke into a police station in Bosnia late Thursday and stabbed to death one officer and wounded another, police said. The attack took place in the town of Bosanska Krupa, 300 kilometres (186 miles) northwest of the capital Sarajevo, said Ramo Isak, interior minister for the Bosniak-Croat federation, one of the two entities…
Nigeria has ended the 2024 Paris Olympics without a medal. Hannah Reuben lost her Womenās Freestyle 76kg fight early Saturday to effectively put the countryās slim hope of making the podium to rest. She lost 5-2 to Mongoliaās Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan in the round of 16 tie, capping off a woeful showing for the West African…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that no appointment as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) exists within the Armed Forces of Nigeria. This is contained in a statement by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, on Monday in Abuja. Gusau said no such appointment exists within the Armed Forces of…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested an Onitsha, Anambra state based-businessman, Ibeanusi Solomon Nosike, who excreted 68 wraps of cocaine after 12 days of excretion observation following his arrest at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos A statement by NDLEA said āthe 36-year-old Ibeanusi…
The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa has announced a cash reward of N1 million for the troops that killed notorious Zamfara bandit commander Kachallah Buzu. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Kachallah Buzu was killed alongside several of his fighters, in what has been described as a breakthrough against banditry and terrorism. He was…
The Oyo State Government has called on pregnant women to undergo HIV test to determine their status. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade. The statement indicated that the Dr Gbola Adetunji, Chairman, Oyo State Agency for the Control of…
Vladimir Putin has staged a show of Russia’s nuclear strength by placing a ballistic missile into its launcher shortly Donald Trumpās re-election. The move hints at a World War 3 warning by the Russian leader, who ordered the hulking Yars intercontinental ballistic missile into a silo launcher at Russia’s Kozelsk missile unit in Kaluga. Yars…