Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has announced his first provisional squad as Nigeria prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe. Chelle has named a 35-man squad, which includes experienced players and a number of fresh talent. Captain Ahmed Musa makes a return alongside vice-captain William Troost-Ekong and midfielder Joe…
Singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, is in the news again after he was reportedly attacked on his way to his Zazu Bitters office. In a video sighted online by GISTSMATE MEDIA correspondent, the controversial artiste narrated how the man pointed a gun at him. While the man denied it, Portable asked him who…
The Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday commended the Nigerian military for its role in stabilising democracy in the country. Speaking while inaugurating a newly built 1,200-capacity auditorium at Abalti Barracks, Surulere, Lagos, Gbajabiamila said the military deserved greater recognition and dividends of democracy, even though they seldom demand it…
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two Pakistani nationals, Roman Gull, 19, and Aftab Ahmad, 28, for allegedly leading a kidnapping syndicate in the state. According to PUNCH, the suspects alongside five accomplices, lured a 48-year-old Pakistani from Kano State with a fake job offer as a chef before abducting him and…
The prominent Kano businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, has been laid to rest in Madina, Saudi Arabia, in accordance with his final wish to be buried beside his late wife. Although his burial took place in Saudi Arabia, a funeral prayer was held in absentia at the Umar Bin Khattab Mosque in Kano….
A devastating fire tore through a residential complex in Hong Kong, killing at least 55 people and injuring many others. The flames spread rapidly via bamboo scaffolding, forcing around 700 residents to evacuate. The blaze engulfed seven apartment blocks in the Tai Po district of the New Territories on Wednesday, with over 200 people still…
An unidentified man has been electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a transformer at a company situated on Awolowo Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred in the early hours of Sunday, September 1. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed this in a statement…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), South-South zone, on Saturday, rose from its zonal stakeholders meeting in Benin City, Edo State capital, with a resolution to adopt President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the zone’s sole presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The party in the region also adopted the four governors of the party…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Makinde, who is the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest said that the APC will face defeat in the election. Makinde’s remark…
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has taken a subtle swipe at opposition parties, declaring that there are no ballot boxes on social media. The Governor, who spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna, shortly after the party’s victory in Saturday’s by-election, cautioned party members against being carried away…
