The Nasarawa State Judicial Commission has demoted Emmanuel Jatau, a chief magistrate, over misconduct in the case involving Chioma Okoli and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The judicial commission demoted Jatau from chief magistrate II to senior magistrate. The decision of the commission was contained in a letter dated January 6, 2025, and addressed to…
Six members of the House of Representatives have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), making the ruling party to clinch 2/3 majority in the Green chamber. The defections of five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers from Enugu and one Labour Party member from Plateau State, has further increased the strength of the ruling party’s…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigeria Police Force have revealed the reason it arrested the human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. The Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a media conference on Thursday said they arrested Sowore for luring protesters into a restricted area to protest in contravention of an order of a court. “Sowore…
Prosecutors in South Korea have apologized to a woman who was convicted for defending herself during a violent sexual assault more than six decades ago. Choi Mal-ja, now 78, was just 18 years old in 1964 when she bit off part of a man’s tongue as he allegedly tried to rape her. Despite being the…
President Bola Tinubu extends his condolences to the family, friends, and associates of Chief Dubem Onyia, former minister of state for Foreign Affairs, who passed away on Monday at 73. Chief Onyia was a brilliant administrator, accountant, and respected political leader. He hailed from Enugu State in the South-east. In addition to his stint as…
Senior Pastor of Harvesters International Christian Centre, Bolaji Idowu, has advised women to reconsider taking on the role of “builders” in their romantic relationships. Preaching during a recent service, Idowu cautioned that many women were overextending themselves by trying to fix their partners’ financial and personal struggles rather than focusing on emotional support. “You are…
In a renewed effort to strengthen democratic participation and ensure that the voices of grassroots communities are fully represented in governance, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Community Engagement, Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan, held a strategic meeting with the State Executives of the Community Development Council (CDC) in Osun State. The…
The Chief Executive Officer of the cryptocurrency trading platform Binance, Richard Teng, has called for the release of one of his employees, Tigran Gambaryan, who is currently standing trial in Nigeria. In February, two executives of the company, Tigran Gambaryan, and Anjarwalla, were arrested and detained after they flew into the country following a ban…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to let go of any grip he desires to have over Rivers State and allow peace reign in the oil-rich state. Fubara, who stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday, said he does not regret conducting the local government election in the state…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the widespread circulation of an explicit and compromising video featuring a young woman on various social media platforms. The individual in question, identified as Godgift Bai, a 24-year-old resident of Ogbolomabiri in Nembe Local Government Area, was taken into custody by law enforcement…
