The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has accused the Atiku Abubakar-led coalition of offering N20 million to state chairpersons of the party to vacate their positions. On Thursday, Mr Kachikwu made the allegation in a statement sighted by GISTSMATE MEDIA. Atiku, a former Nigeria’s vice president…
Wang Yong, a former vice-chairman of the government of the Xizang autonomous region, has been given a suspended death sentence for taking bribes, a court in Hunan province announced Tuesday. The Chenzhou Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Wang to death for bribery with a two-year reprieve. The court deprived him of his political rights for life…
The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the redeployment and appointment of senior officers across key command, instructional, and staff positions in the Nigerian Army. A statement by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele, said the reshuffle was part of the COAS’s strategic move to…
Three people were killed and 17 others injured in a lone motor accident on April 21, 2025, at Ajanla Area, Ibadan, along the Ibadan/Lagos Expressway. The accident occurred at about 1505hrs when the front left tire of a Toyota Hummer commercial bus, with registration number Taraba JAL 705 RS, burst as it approached Ajanla Village…
The Ogun State Police Command has dismissed claims by controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, of being in psychiatric treatment, insisting that he remains a wanted man. Portable, in a video on Tuesday, declared that he is a “madman” and undergoing treatment at the Federal Neuropsychiatric, Aro, Abeokuta. He said this while appealing…
The Ibadan North federal constituency hopeful and Pioneer Chairman Aare Latoosa LCDA, Bashorun Adekunle Oladeji (Omo BAO) has Congratulated Honorable Minister of Power, Chief Bayo Adelabu on his 54th birthday anniversary. In a press statement personally signed by Omo BAO on Saturday, described the Minister of power as a patriot and seasoned administrator. He said…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the a popular Abuja-based cross-dresser known as Area Mama is dead. According to reports, the cross-dresser was murdered in cold blood and dumped by the roadside on Thursday, August 8th, 2024. In the viral photos that surfaced on social media, the cross-dresser is seen lifeless and covered with bruises sustained from…
Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has warned against making incendiary statements or introducing unsecular practices that can endanger peaceful coexistence among the residents of Ekiti and other South-West states. The organisation also called upon intelligence agencies, especially the Force Intelligence Department of the Nigeria Police and Department of State Services (DSS) to put the Executive Director…
Palpable fear gripped residents of Ora Igbomina in Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State on Monday night when armed bandits invaded the ancient town, killed the leader of non-indigenes in the community, and abducted a former customs officer, Mr Emmanuel Owolabi, from his residence. The perpetrators, who reportedly rented the air with repeated gunshots,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Israel Adesanya, former UFC middleweight champion, arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday. The 35-year-old mixed martial artist’s arrival in the country was announced in a post on the X account of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). The Nigerian-New Zealander returned to Lagos with his parents, and they were welcomed at the…
