In the spirit of giving and generosity that defines the yuletide season, a prominent figure in Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency double as the Director-General Liaison office, Abuja and Lagos Hon. Chief (Dr.) Ezekiel Temitope Oladimeji, popularly known as OTOPE, has donated food items worth ₦5 million to the people in Egbeda-Ona Ara Federal Constituency. This act…
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has awarded N70 million against the Nigerian police for firing a stray bullet that killed a nursing mother in a landmark judgement that caps over 20 years of litigation. Justice G. Olotu, on Friday, ordered the police to pay N10 million as general damages, N50 million as…
Veteran stand-up comedian Atunyota Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba, has shared how his plan to have one more son with his wife, Mary at 59 unexpectedly led to the birth of triplets. Ali Baba explained that his wife had a strong desire for another son, especially after their children had travelled abroad, leaving the…
The police in Anambra State have confirmed that 22 people lost their lives on Saturday during a stampede in Okija, a community in Ihiala Local Government Area. Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in the state, shared the tragic update in a statement on Sunday morning. Residents had gathered to receive bags of rice donated by…
Bashir El-Rufai, one of the sons of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, in a now-deleted tweet, vowed to murder a Nigerian troll on X following a reaction to the tweet by former Kaduna first lady, Hadiza Isma El-Rufai. Commenting on President Donald Trump’s recent travel ban on four African countries, including Nigeria, Mrs El-Rufai had tweeted,…
Nollywood actress Regina Daniels returned to Instagram on Friday, making a bold move by removing her husband, Ned Nwoko’s name from her bio and deleting all pictures featuring him from her page. This change comes just days after the actress deactivated her account last Monday amid rumours that Nwoko was responsible for actress Chika Ike’s…
The Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has resumed crude oil drilling at a field in the boundary of Bauchi and Gombe states. Mr Yahaya said this at the ongoing two-day Interactive Session on Government-Citizens Engagement at the Arewa House, Kaduna. The forum, organised by the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that ex-Miss Nigeria and former First Lady of Delta State, Mrs Edna Ibru (nee Park) has passed away. Ibru, wife of Olorogun Felix Ibru, the first civilian Governor of Delta State between 1991 and 1992, died in her 80s on Wednesday, in a London hospital after a brief illness. The deceased, who…
The United States Treasury Department has stated that it was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor who gained access to government workstations and unclassified documents. The officials were said to have described it as a “major incident,” as the Treasury Department notified lawmakers on Monday. According to a letter reviewed by CNN, a Treasury official…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts to curb informal trade, protect local processors, and reposition Nigeria’s shea industry for greater value addition. Vice President Kashim Shettima, who announced the directive at a multi-stakeholder meeting in Abuja, said the temporary measure, subject to review, aims to…