A Senior Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, sentenced 22-year-old Samson Sunday to wash restrooms at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital for 10 days after he was found guilty of cheating and criminal breach of trust. Sunday, a resident of Angwan Dodo in Gwagwalada, pleaded for leniency, assuring the court that he would not reoffend….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the police command in Ebonyi said it is worried about incidents of killing of three housewives by their husbands due to minor misunderstanding in a space of two months. DSP Joshua Ukandu, Spokesman of the command, expressed the concern on Tuesday in Abakaliki. Ukandu said that on Sept. 4, a middle-aged…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a yet-to-be identified driver of a commercial bus has allegedly set ablaze himself, his bus and a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, officer. The driver was allegedly attempting to evade arrest over traffic offence. LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, who confirmed the incident, said it happened on Tuesday morning. Bakare-Oki…
Doyin Okupe, former director-general of the Obi/Datti presidential campaign, has said there is an agreement that the north will do eight years and the south will do eight years. Doyin Okupe stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. He said Buhari did eight years as president and now Bola Ahmed Tinubu will…
Olufemi Oluyede, who was appointed acting Chief of Army Staff by President Bola Tinubu last week, has been decorated with the new rank of lieutenant-general, an indication he is set to be made substantive army chief. Mr Oluyede, formerly a major-general, was decorated with the new rank at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, sources at…
The new Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa has abolished the 18-year admission benchmark into tertiary institutions in the country. This is as he hinted on the possibility of his administration to review the nation’s education policy. However, the minister said there be no reversal on the federal government’s decision to void over 22,700 degree…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the National grid has suffered yet another collapse, plunging the country into another round of darkness. The grid suffered multiple collapse in the month of October, with the Federal Government promising a permanent solution to the embarrassment. As of 2:35pm, hourly generation readings showed that none of the the Power Generation…
The 114 #EndBadGovernance protesters who were discharged by the court on Tuesday have arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that the protesters (minors and adults) were discharged by the Federal High Court Abuja after the court struck out treason charges against them. The trial judge, Obiora Egwatu, struck out the case after…
The Sokoto State Government has issued a warning about the emergence of a new terrorist group in the area known as LAKURAWAS. During a meeting with participants from Course 33 of the National Defence College, Abuja, State Deputy Governor Idris Gobir disclosed this information while they were on a study visit to Sokoto. Gobir noted…
The average price of imported high-quality loose rice has risen by 144.77 per cent over the past year, according to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The selected food prices report published by the Bureau said the average price for a 50kg bag of imported rice has jumped from N49,103 in September…