A French band delighted attendees at a state dinner in Paris on Thursday by performing P-Square’s hit song âTestimony (Taste the Money)â in honour of President Bola Tinubu. The dinner, hosted at the Palais de l’ĂlysĂ©e during Tinubuâs three-day state visit to France to foster closer diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations. In…
The Federal Government has suspended the plan to sell subsidised 50kg bags of rice to civil servants for N40,000. According to Leadership, the decision was made known in a circular titled, âWithdrawal of Internal Circular on Sale of Subsidized Rice to Public Servantsâ, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Special Duties and…
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old man, Samson Oghenebreme, in Lagos while transporting human organs from Edo State to a native doctor for use in money-making rituals. In a press statement released by the commandâs spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that Oghenebreme was apprehended in the Odomola community of Epe…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an ex-convict, John Samuel, an alleged notorious armed robber, hired assassin, and murderer. The command confirmed the suspectâs arrest in a Saturday night statement signed by its deputy spokesman, DSP Babaseyi Oluseyi. Oluseyi said the 28-year-old Akwa Ibom indigene on August 18, 2025, shot and wounded a businessman,…
Actor Yul Edochie has expressed grief over the tragic deaths of two young cinematographers, Johnson and Gozman, in a fatal car accident along Port Harcourt Road. Reports indicated that the victims were returning from a colleagueâs wedding when the crash occurred. Their deaths marked yet another heartbreaking loss in what has become a wave of…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the organised labour in Abia State have commenced mobilisation in view of possible detention of the National President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, come Wednesday, August 29, 2024. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday, titled, âHarassment of the Nigeria Police on orgnaised labour and NLC President. The…
In its ongoing efforts to clean Nigeria of internet fraud and other acts of corruption, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested four Chinese and 104 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of Abuja. The information contained in a Statement signed by the Commissionâs Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale says…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old America-trained Nollywood filmmaker, Mbadiwe Emeka, to five years imprisonment for trafficking in 17. 30 kilograms of Canada Loud, Cannabis Sativa, a narcotic drug similar to cocaine, LSD, and heroin. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, handed down the jail term after Emeka pleaded guilty to…
Paystack has announced the suspension of its co-founder and chief technology officer, Ezra Olubi, following an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a subordinate. In a statement to TechCabal, the Stripe-owned fintech confirmed that it has opened a formal inquiry into the accusation. The controversy intensified when several of Olubiâs decade-old tweets resurfaced, containing sexually…
The Presidency on Sunday dismissed speculation that President Bola Tinubu left the shores of the country to see doctors in France, insisting that it was a working visit. The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, made the clarification when he was featured as a guest on Channels Televisionâs Politics Today, Bwala…