The Osun State Government spent a total of 1,789,994,329.83 on refreshment, meals, cleaning and fumigation services between January and June of 2025, The Guardian has found. The Guardian’s correspondent found this by perusing the state’s budget performance document for the second quarter of 2025. An analysis of the Osun State’s budget performance document revealed that…
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Wednesday that his country would show no mercy towards Israel’s rulers, hours after US President Donald Trump demanded Tehran’s “unconditional surrender”. “We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime. We will show the Zionists no mercy,” Khamenei posted on X. Israel last week launched…
Premier League referee David Coote was Monday suspended after a video was posted on social media appearing to show him making derogatory remarks about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. It is unclear when the video was made or how it came into circulation but, according to the clip, Coote said Klopp was “arrogant” and used…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has returned the seized passport of award-winning investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka. Soyinka, who was accompanied to the DSS’ office in Ikoyi, Lagos by Human Rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, retrieved his passport on Friday. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Soyinka, who is the West Africa Regional Editor at The Conversation Africa,…
The Nasarawa State Judicial Commission has demoted Emmanuel Jatau, a chief magistrate, over misconduct in the case involving Chioma Okoli and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The judicial commission demoted Jatau from chief magistrate II to senior magistrate. The decision of the commission was contained in a letter dated January 6, 2025, and addressed to…
The family of Bello Bodejo, president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has raised the alarm over the arrest and detention of Badejo by men of the Nigerian Army. In a statement, Suleiman Waziri, Bodejo’s brother, said the Miyetti Allah leader was arrested on Tuesday at his office in Maliya, Nasarawa state by officers of the…
Controversial crossdresser Okuneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky, has appealed to Grammy-winning artist Burna Boy to forgive fellow entertainer Darlington Okoye, also known as Speed Darlington, and to facilitate his release from prison. In a series of posts on his Instagram story on Sunday, Bobrisky expressed concern about Speed Darlington’s welfare, urging Burna Boy to…
Yeni Kuti, first daughter of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has weighed in on the escalating feud between her brother, Seun Kuti, and Grammy-winning singer Wizkid, saying the singer crossed a line by dragging her late father into the dispute. Speaking on TVC’s Your View on Thursday, Yeni said her reaction was not driven by animosity…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 28 suspected internet fraudsters in Ilorin, Kwara State. During a sting operation, the suspects were arrested in the Tanke, University Road, Oshin, and Agbabiaka areas of the state capital. Seven exotic cars, including the latest models of Toyota Corolla and a Lexus, two motorcycles and expensive…
A 23-year-old woman, Rahimat Salaum, has allegedly killed her husband, Shehu, during a fight in the Federal Capital Territory. PUNCH Online reports that Ramatu was planning to run away with her husband’s belongings when operatives of the Nigeria Police Force arrested her. A statement on Tuesday by the FCT Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the…
