A Professor of Law at Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, Hagley Okorie, has urged the Federal Government to amend Nigeria’s criminal code, penal code, and anti-corruption laws to classify large-scale corruption as a crime against humanity, punishable by life imprisonment. Delivering the institution’s 79th Inaugural Lecture entitled: “Legal Intersection between Armed Conflict, Other Situations of…
The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police. The newly appointed DIGs are Sadiq Abubakar, Commandant Police Academy, Wudil, Kano; Benjamin Okolo, AIG Department of Information Communication Technology, Force Headquarters Abuja; and Williams Adebowale, Commandant, Police Staff College Jos, Bzigu Bali, AIG FCID, Annex Enugu; Idegwu Basil Ukuoma,…
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and Donald Trump’s former advisor, said Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the US president, after the pair’s public falling-out last week. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. Musk’s…
A tragic incident occurred at a wedding reception in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa State, where one guest lost their life and the groom is currently in critical condition. According to a PUNCH Online report, the bride allegedly tampered with the food served at the reception. Eyewitnesses suggest that her actions may have been…
A well-known Plateau State cleric, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has accused the Nigerian government and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of concealing the ongoing killings of Christians in the northern region. The fiery preacher, who serves as a regional leader of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), described the situation as a “systematic genocide”…
Abdullahi Musa Huseini, a popular make-up artist known as Amuscap, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in Kano State for abusing and mutilating the Nigerian currency. He was convicted by Justice S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court for spraying N100,000 in N1000 denominations during his wedding celebration. The offence took place on December…
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). NASU said the ultimatum is to address a four-point demand concerning workers’ welfare and the alleged victimization of labor leaders. GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered that the ultimatum was issued at the…
A Nigerian woman, Adesuwa Ujiadughele, has celebrated the arrival of her twin baby girls in her 50s. Sharing the joyful news in a Facebook post on Monday, August 18, 2025, Ujiadughele described the journey to motherhood at her age as a challenging one but expressed gratitude to God for seeing her through. “The waiting is…
The Trans-Amadi Division of the Rivers State Police Command, on the 26th of January 2025 at about 0300hrs, acting on a credible piece of intelligence, has made a significant breakthrough in combating vandalism with the arrest of two suspects, caught vandalizing and attempting to steal NDDC Street Solar Lights along Danjuma Drive, off Trans-Amadi road…
A Kano state high court has sentenced five men to death by hanging for the murder of Dahare Abubakar, a 67-year-old woman, whom they accused of being a witch. Usman Na’abba, the presiding judge, ruled on Monday that the prosecution had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt, convicting Da’luta Ibrahim, Abdulaziz Yahaya, Faisal Yahaya,…