A Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has again convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, alongside her associates Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode, to 14 years imprisonment each for a contract scam involving N11 million. Justice Aisha Kumaliya delivered the ruling on Wednesday, June 25, 2025,…
An Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday, ordered the remand of a 40-year-old man, Lekan Adebeshin, in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 15- year-old girl. Adebeshin, whose address was not provided, is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on felony to wit defilement, unlawful deal and threat to life. The Chief Magistrate,…
President Bola Tinubu is expected to meet with the leadership of Nigeria’s power-generating companies as part of an emergency effort to address the N4tn debt threatening to cripple the country’s electricity supply chain. The move follows a high-level meeting on Tuesday between the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and chairmen of GenCos in Abuja, amid…
A recent study from Malawi has stirred controversy by suggesting a potential link between football fandom and criminal activity. The study, titled “Jerseys of Crime: A Sociological Analysis of Football Fan Affiliation and Thievery in Malawi,” conducted by researcher John Hatman, explores a recurring pattern where individuals arrested for theft and other crimes are often…
The National Youth Service Corps resumed payments for arrears on Wednesday, marking the first disbursement since the last payment on June 3, following a two-month break. This payment relates to the new N77,000 monthly allowance recently approved by the Federal Government. Recall that on April 5th, the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, assured…
The Presidency has announced the tenure extension of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, by one year. Prior to the extension, Adeniyi’s tenure was scheduled to end on August 31, 2025. According to a statement on Thursday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the extension, approved by President Bola Tinubu will enable…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has attributed the rising involvement of Nigerian youths in financial crimes to parenting failures and neglect within the family unit. Speaking in Kaduna on Friday, September 19, 2025, at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Olukoyede, represented by the Acting…
Kano State Government has commenced the implementation of the newly approved ₦71,000 minimum wage for its workers. This move comes barely three weeks after receiving and approving the recommendations of a special committee set up to review the minimum wage. True to its tradition of paying salaries on the 25th of every month, the state…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery says the claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited that the refiner sold petrol at N898 per litre is misleading. In a statement on Sunday by Dangote Group, the company described the statement by NNPC as “mischievous”. GISTSMATE MEDIA earlier reported that NNPCL said it purchased fuel at N898 per…
A club bouncer, identified as Kingsley Otti, has been arrested by Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing a suspected hoodlum to death in a club house in Lagos State. The tragic incident occurred at a lounge on Ago Palace Way in Okota, where an altercation between Otti and the deceased escalated into a fatal…
