GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Abdul Vicks, who went by the stage name of “YBC Dul,” was shot and killed in Olney Friday night, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The newspaper said that prosecutors said the popular 25-year-old rapper doubled as “the ringleader of a notoriously violent West Philadelphia-based gang.” The Inquirer said that police said…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command, on Friday, arrested one female, Hauwa Sani for concealing 124 rounds of anti-craft ammunition in a gallon of palm oil in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel revealed this in a statement posted on X.com on Saturday. According to the…
A daring robbery occurred at a radio station in Ogbomoso, Oyo, leaving one person injured and causing significant financial loss. The armed robbers invaded the station identified as Ajilete 92.1 FM in the early hours of Friday, making off with equipment worth millions of naira. The robbers targeted the station’s power generator house, cutting off…
Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has fueled defection rumours with his unexpected attendance at a meeting of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum. The meeting, which took place at the Taraba State Government House, was hosted by Governor Agbu Kefas and attended by some PDP…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Dr Mukail Akinde, on Friday said the institution is planning to have a mini assembly plant for the production of its newly invented electric automated tricycle. Akinde also called on the Federal Government as well as corporate organisations especially in the manufacturing…
The Senior Special Assistants to the President on Students’ Engagements, Hon. Sunday Asefon, has commended the federal government and Nigerian Police Force, for swiftly securing the release of 20 medical students abducted by kidnappers in Benue State last Thursday. The Presidential aide stated that the seriousness exhibited by the Federal Government to secure the release,…
A former Senator, Dino Melaye on Saturday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is dead and now once upon a time. Melaye, a chieftain of the party, in a tweet on X decried the crisis plaguing the party, saying it has been destroyed by the acting chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagun and others. He…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a Minna Chief Magistrate Court has remanded a 24-year-old man, Muzanmil Abubakar, for allegedly killing his father. Mr Abubakar allegedly killed his father by lacing his meal with rat poison, mutilated the corpse and buried it in a grave. The Homicide Squad of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department (SCIID)…
The Nigeria Police Force has said the officials from the National Cybercrime Center arrested one Bristol Tamunobiefiri, also known as PIDOM, for allegedly undermining the integrity of government operations. Tamunobiefiri operates as an anonymous whistleblower on X.com, 99% Oppressed, and tweets as #PIDOMNIGERIA. The police said PIDOMNigeria was arrested on August 5 in his hotel…
The Nigeria Police Force on Saturday confirmed the release of 20 medical students who were abducted along the Otukpo/Otukpa/Enugu Road. The students, who are from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos were travelling to Enugu for the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students’ annual convention when they were snatched by bandits….