GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a private jet transporting Liberian President Joseph Boakai crash-landed on Thursday night at Roberts International Airport, Monrovia, shortly after returning from Abuja, Nigeria, where the president had attended the 50th anniversary of ECOWAS. The incident caused panic among passengers and airport personnel, leading to a temporary suspension of all flight operations…
A 23-year-old man, Ememobong Nyong, has shared the bitter experience of being forcefully subjected to a DNA test by his paternal relatives, which eventually led to his rejection by the only family he had ever known and left him homeless. Nyong, who hails from Akwa Ibom State but currently resides in Lagos, narrated how his…
In a dramatic escalation of the dispute between Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and the Dangote Group, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed all its affiliates and members nationwide to immediately mobilise for what it described as a “full-scale, decisive engagement” against the conglomerate’s alleged anti-worker practices. The directive, contained in…
At least 56 people have been reported dead after a fan clash at a football match led to a stampede in the city of Nzerekore, Guinea. The incident happened during Sunday afternoon’s final of a local tournament in Nzerekore. Rival fans invaded the pitch in protest of the referee’s penalty decision. The stampede ensued after…
The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request for a comprehensive external borrowing plan totaling over $21 billion for the 2025–2026 fiscal years. According to the Senate, the funds are earmarked to support key national development projects across sectors such as infrastructure, security, agriculture and human capital development. During plenary on Tuesday in Abuja, Chairman…
A bus taking part in wedding celebrations fell into a river in northern Nigeria, killing at least 19 women and children among the passengers, a union official and residents said Sunday. The driver stopped the bus on a bridge that had partially collapsed on Saturday evening but it rolled back into the river, Abubakar Muhammed,…
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 presidency on Sunday President Bola Tinubu, is “well ahead of the orchestrated game unfolding in America”. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on X, a day after US President Donald Trump threatened to carry out attacks in Nigeria in response to purported anti-Christian violence. Trump had…
A Spanish court on Thursday convicted former football chief Luis Rubiales of sexual assault over the forced kiss he gave star forward Jenni Hermoso and fined him 10,800 euros ($11,300). But the court acquitted him and the three other accused of the charge of coercion in the case. Prosecutors had sought a prison term of…
Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN have neutralised a notorious kidnapper and recovered arms, ammunition, and ransom money during a snap checkpoint operation in Kaduna State. The incident occurred on Wednesday, July 9, along the Wamba–Jos Road at Agameti, in Sanga Local Government Area of the state, as part of the ongoing Operation LAFIYAN JAMA’A. According…