As Nigeria continues to battle threats from insurgency, banditry, and cross-border terrorism, a security expert, Dr. Bright Echefu, has disclosed that Nigeria now produces military-grade bombs, drones, and other advanced surveillance equipment locally. He attributed the development to deliberate government policies aimed at promoting indigenous solutions to national security challenges. Echefu, who is the Chairman…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT has said that the international Passport of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, was not in its custody but in the custody of the Federal High Court, Abuja. At the resumed hearing of the alleged money laundering case instituted by the Economic and…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested two officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Borno State over alleged involvement in suspicious activities linked to terrorism. The suspects, identified as Isah Abdullahi and Abdullahi Mohammed, were apprehended in Liya, Biu Local Government Area, while receiving a waybill from a truck driver,…
Tragedy struck in Oba-Ile, Osun State, as a man suspected to be a drug addict allegedly macheted three children to death before being lynched by an angry mob. The incident occurred on July 15 at about 8:05 p.m. when the suspect, identified as Sodiq Eniola, aged 30, stormed the compound of one Mr Ganiyu Bamidele…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has informed the Senate of her decision to return to legislative duties on July 22, 2025. This follows a recent Federal High Court ruling that nullified her suspension and directed the Senate to reinstate her. The court delivered its judgment on July 4, stating that her suspension was excessive and should be…
The Anambra State Government has refuted recent claims by former Governor Peter Obi that SABMiller, a multinational beverage company, was the state’s highest taxpayer during his administration. The state government described Obi’s assertions as misleading and lacking in factual accuracy, urging the public to disregard what it termed “half-truths.” In a statement issued on Thursday,…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of Operation Safe Heaven rejected N13 million from terrorists during an operation in Plateau State. The Director Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen Markus Kangye, disclosed this during a press briefing on military operations across the country, on Thursday. He said the troops were responding to a distress call about terrorist…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has jailed fifteen Chinese of Cyber-terrorism and Internet fraud. The conviction was secured by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Disclosing the development on X formerly Twitter, EFCC on their official page said the suspects were arraigned on…
Police have arrested a woman who allegedly had sex with Thai monks and then used pictures and recordings of the encounters to demand money from them. According to authorities during a press conference on Tuesday, the woman, who they are dubbing “Ms Golf,” had sex with at least nine monks. Over the previous three years,…
Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on public communications to Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says Atiku Abubakar’s persistent quest to become Nigeria’s president suggests it was prescribed to him like medication. Speaking on Thursday during his appearance on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, Olayinka accused the former vice-president of…