Gunmen has kidnapped Rev. Father Livinus Maurice, a Catholic priest from Port Harcourt Diocese, along with two others in Rivers State. The priest, who serves at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Isokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area, was taken on Wednesday while returning from a hospital visit along the Elele-Isiokpo Road. The identities of the other…
The Binatech Group of Companies has recognized distinguished personalities with awards for their contributions to the company’s growth and support for its vision. The award ceremony, held at Waterfield Luxury Hotel, Ibadan, brought together dignitaries from across Oyo State and beyond. In his address, the Managing Director of Binatech, Engr. Abiodun Adeola, traced the company’s…
At least 32 people, including women and children, died when a boat with 40 passengers capsized in Gummi town, Gummi local government area of Zamfara state, on Saturday. A resident of Gummi, Safiyanu Dan Iya, told Daily Trust that the incident occurred after an overloaded boat collided with an empty boat on Mashayar Yan Tauri…
A married man, Abi Baragon, has been arrested by Rivers police for stabbing his sidechic multiple times after she rejected his marriage proposal. The 46-year-old man allegedly stabbed his side chic, Orineme Ayanate, multiple times, leaving her with life-threatening injuries. In a video that went viral in June 2025, the side chic cried for help…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that popular Fuji musician, Sulaimon Adekunle, who is better known as KS1 Malaika, has lost his mother, Alhaja Rukayat Mojirayo The news of her death was announced by KS1 Malaika’s brother, Azeez Malaika, on his social media platforms late Monday night. He wrote, “I never know you will leave without saying goodbye,…
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has declared that he never betrayed Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ex-presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. El-Rufai made the remark while praying that opposition leaders like Atiku, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Rivers ex-governor Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola should join the Social Democratic Party, SDP. The former governor who…
The Police Command in Gombe State has arrested a 27-year-old Taraba-bound Joseph Babari contracted to fight in Plateau. DSP Buhari Abdullahi, the command’s spokesperson made this known in a statement on Saturday in Gombe. Abdullahi said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday around 11.30 PM by a police patrol team attached to Pero-Chonge Division of…
No fewer than three policemen and one suspect were killed in a fatal road accident that reportedly occurred on the Benin-Ore-Ijebu Ode Expressway in Ore, the headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the deceased officers were part of the monitoring units of the state police command that left…
Amid the prevailing high cost-of-living crisis in the country, the National Assembly and four other Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the Federal Government have received a combined sum of N109bn as statutory allocations in the first few days of August 2024, an investigation by Saturday PUNCH has shown. Recall that the National Assembly raised its…
A 31-year-old man was arrested Sunday afternoon after he attempted to redirect a domestic flight in Mexico to the United States while it was en route, according to authorities. The Airbus A320 plane, which took off around 7:17 am local time, was bound for the northwest city of Tijuana from the central city of Leon,…