GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that no fewer than 12 shops were, on Thursday night, razed by fire in Ibadan, Oyo State. Witnesses told The PUNCH, on Friday, that the fire began around 10:55pm at Block A, No 64, Mayegun Cement Store Market, Araromi, Agodi-Gate in Ibadan and raged for more than three hours before it was…
The senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche, has called on Northern Christians to unite to overcome challenges in the region. Mr Enenche made the call during the Northern Christians Stakeholders’ Solemn Assembly programme on Sunday in Abuja. The gathering of Christian leaders from Northern Nigeria was convened to address the existential…
Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, breaking the Kremlin’s silence as speculation mounted Russia may have accidentally shot the plane. The Russian leader called his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, apologising the incident took place in Russian airspace, while stopping short…
Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr. Paul Enenche, has warned Nigerians against patronising online loan apps, describing them as “agents of the devil in covenant with the spirit of debt.” Speaking during Sunday’s service in Abuja, Enenche expressed concern over the rising cases of depression and suicide linked to the operations of loan…
No fewer than 349 lives have been lost in various disasters that occurred between September 2024 and May 2025 across Niger State. The disasters include two tanker explosions, dynamite explosions, flood disasters, and bandits’ attacks. The Director General, State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba Arah, made this known on Tuesday while briefing journalists on the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to depart Abuja today for a two-week vacation in the United Kingdom, as part of his annual leave. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday, October 2, by the special adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onananuga. During his time abroad, the president will…
Lagos State Government on Monday re-arraigned convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja over the murder of two police officers. Evans and his co-defendant, Joseph Emeka, were arraigned before Justice A. O. Ogala on a five-count charge bordering on murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic diplomacy drive has received a boost as the Minister of Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, hosted high-level envoys from the Netherlands, Russia, Mexico, and China in Abuja. In a statement on the Presidency’s official X handle, the meeting was described as a strategic step in advancing Nigeria’s global economic integration,…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled Africa’s first feature film on Artificial Intelligence, titled Makemation, on Sunday. Speaking at the unveiling in Marina, Sanwo-Olu said the AI film, produced by human development expert, Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, will make its cinematic debut in Lagos on Friday, April 18. He praised the producer and cast,…
Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have refused a bribe of ₦174 million offered by a 28-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Patrick Akpoguma. The suspect is accused of engaging in various forms of cyber fraud, including romance scams, identity theft, hacking, cryptocurrency fraud, ritualism, and cultism. Akpoguma, speaking with journalists at Zone 2…
