GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Kebbi State Government has finalised plans to sponsor the mass wedding of 600 individuals. The wedding comprising 300 grooms and 300 brides, with the government covering a dowry payment of ₦180,000 per couple. Addressing journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, the Chairman of the Mass Wedding Committee, Suleman Argungu, revealed…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has dismissed speculation that he plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress, insisting that he remains in the Peoples Democratic Party despite the opposition party’s ongoing leadership challenges. Makinde spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during the public presentation of a book titled ‘Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments that Defined…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has responded to some of the claims made by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike during a recent interview. Wike recently appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today where he, among other things, claimed that he came from rich background…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has been handed a 14-year sentence for internet fraud. The undergraduate, identified as Henry Nathaniel Ekanem, was convicted before the judge A. T. Mohammed during a federal high court sitting in Rivers state on Wednesday. Ekanem was arraigned by the Port Harcourt…
The year 2025 will be remembered in Nigeria not only for major political and social milestones, but also for the deep sense of loss following the deaths of many distinguished personalities. From January to December, every sector of national life, politics, public service, traditional institutions, religion, media, sports, academia and the creative arts, was touched,…
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) is set to engage at least 21,000 unskilled Nigerians in the second phase of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI), which will now run fully digitally, according to the agency’s leadership. Director General of the NDE, Mr. Silas Agara, disclosed this in Abuja during a one-day strategic implementation meeting…
The Delta Police Command has confirmed that an 11-year-old girl recently arrested by officers at the Ekpan Police Division was being used to traffic hard drugs. This follows widespread outrage on social media after an X user identified as Kat (#Living_JustCus) claimed the child was unlawfully detained and denied contact with her family. She further…
Detectives from the Akwa Ibom State Police Command’s headquarters in Ikot Akpanabia, near Uyo, the state capital, have apprehended a fake medical doctor, identified as Sunday Okon Akpan, for allegedly performing an illegal abortion leading to the death of a 35-year-old lady, Blessing Sunday Etim. The spokesperson of the Akwa Ibom Police Command, Deputy Superintendent…
The lead counsel for TikToker-turned-activist Olumide Ogunsanwo, popularly known as SeaKing, Inibehe Effiong, has threatened legal action against the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. This comes just hours after the church issued a statement supporting the TikToker’s arrest for allegedly insulting the cleric. SeaKing was apprehended by officers…
Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s famed Blue Mosque early on Saturday, on the third day of his trip to Turkey. It was the first time the American pope, elected in May as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, visited a Muslim place of worship since taking over from his late predecessor, Francis. The Blue…
