A 90-year-old woman has pleaded with former First Lady Patience Jonathan to help secure the release of her daughter, Deborah Erema, who she says has been held in custody for over five years. In a video published by SaharaTV on Friday, the frail nonagenarian cried out, saying she was starving and had no one else…
A fan of English football club Arsenal has allegedly been shot dead by a security guard while celebrating the team’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United in Uganda. The incident occurred at a restaurant in Lukaya town, about 100 km (62 miles) from the capital Kampala, towards the end of the match, which saw Jurien…
A 24-year-old expectant woman, identified as Hauwa Isah, has been beaten to death by her husband in Limawa area of Minna in Niger state. Neighbours said the 31-year-old husband of the woman, Mohammed Sani, has always been beating her as there was no day that he does not beat her. According to neighbors, they heard…
US-based Nigerian pastor, Edward Oluwasanmi, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Joseph Oloyede, 61, of Medina, Ohio and Edward Oluwasanmi, 61, of Willoughby, Ohio, were charged in court on 13 counts, including conspiracy to commit…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Rivers State Police Command has arrested a cleric, identified as Elijah, over alleged homosexuality. Elijah, the General Overseer of a new-generation church in Port Harcourt, was reportedly apprehended after a leaked video surfaced showing him in a compromising situation. Sources told PUNCH Metro that the pastor’s troubles began when a…
A police officer allegedly attached to the Force Headquarters in Abuja has been accused of stealing the glasses of Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general election, during a protest on Monday. Sowore, who disclosed the incident via his Instagram page, claimed the officer, dressed in mufti, stole…
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed a Chinese national, Mr. Li Zhensheng, as Economic Adviser to the state government. Mohammed made the announcement on Thursday during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the China Global Promotion Cooperation Research Centre in Bauchi. According to him, the move is aimed at positioning Bauchi as…
ontroversial Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, has revealed that he is not an ex-convict following his recent release from prison. Recall that Bobrisky was released on Monday, August 5, 2024 after serving six months imprisonment for naira mutilation He made this known in an interview with Bae U Barbie on Saturday, where…
Bayelsa State government has banned all tribal and ethnic-based traders’ associations operating in Swail and other markets in the state. Accordingly, the state Commissioner of Police has been directed to enforce the order by arresting any person or group of persons who continue to parade themselves as members of such associations at the various markets….
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization. The order aims to “pause the future transfer of any United States Government funds, support, or resources to the WHO” and to “identify credible and transparent United States and international partners to assume necessary activities…