Buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday as explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows and other property were destroyed. This is the…
As the directive given to the beggars to leave Abuja streets ended on Sunday, the FCT Administration on Monday began a massive clampdown on them, the scavengers and other destitute persons. Our correspondent, who followed the enforcement team, reports that not less than 15 beggars and 19 scavengers were arrested during the operation. Riding Motorbike…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), at the Sokoto Correctional Centre on Sunday. Kanu was recently sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho after he was found guilty on all seven counts of terrorism offences. The charges related to his secessionist…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages killed by Hamas militants in Gaza – including an Israeli-American captive. In a tweet on Sunday, IDF named the victims as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Ori Danin. Goldberg-Polin was a California native who was…
The governments of Lagos, Osun, Oyo and Ogun have declared Tuesday, 20 August, a public holiday to commemorate the Isese Day celebration. The announcements were contained in separate circulars on Monday by the commissioners of information for each state. Bode Agoro, the head of service in Lagos, said the decision further reaffirms Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the…
Reality TV star and former Big Brother Naija housemate Eloka Nwamu, popularly known as Eloswag, has joined the growing list of Nigerian celebrities whose intimate videos have been leaked online. The Delta State-born reality star became the subject of public discussion after his intimate video with an unidentified woman began trending on Sunday. The explicit…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a member of Nigerian Youth Service Corps was allegedly beaten, stripped by a teachers for not greeting them properly. The shocking incident reportedly happened at Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, Kwara State. According to Nigeria Stories, a corps member who visited the school to collect her clearance letter was…
Dr Ibrahim Wada, a medical expert, has suggested that advancements in modern medicine could extend human lifespan by up to 250 years within the next 40 years. Wada, Founder of Nisa Medical Group, made this assertion while delivering the Second Nimi Dimkpa Briggs Legacy Lecture Series at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) on Thursday….
Barely 24 hours after an attack on a church in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area, another incident has occurred in Bokungi Village, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. Armed men, on Wednesday, evening attacked rice farmers working on their fields, killing two and abducting four others. The incident happened during peak harvest hours, with…
A former Vice-President of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Abioye, has named his new church Living Word Conqueror Global Assembly’. Bishop Abioye revealed the church name during today’s Sunday service in Abuja on Sunday, May 2, 2025. He also disclosed that the church can also be referred to as Conqueror…
