Some terrorists have invaded the Government Secondary School Tsafe, Zamfara state, killed a teacher and abducted several children. It was gathered that the terrorists who were heavily armed invaded the school premises on Saturday and abducted the children. While the number of children abducted remains unclear, Amnesty International, a human rights organisation, has condemned the…
My lady of steel, the envy of all men, I hope this letter of mine meets you well? Recently, your thoughts have dominated my contemplations. There is no single day in the last few weeks that I didn’t think of you. You know how worried I have been about you but I can’t really do…
Edo-South Senator, Neda Imasuen, has formally announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Labour Party (LP). His letter of defection was read on the floor of the Senate by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday. Imasuen is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics/Privileges, Public Petitions, and Code…
A man, Abideen, has told a Grade A Customary Court, sitting at Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, that he was no longer interested in his wedlock to his wife, Bashirat, on the account that she was stubborn, rebellious and in the habit of raining curses on him. Abideen alleged that Bashirat failed to accord him the…
A plane carrying hundreds of hajj pilgrims back from Saudi Arabia was diverted in Indonesia on Tuesday after an email bomb threat was sent to authorities, Indonesia’s aviation body said. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation said it received a report from Indonesia’s airport operator “regarding a bomb threat sent by an unidentified person via…
Many people were killed on Friday night in Anambra State when a speeding truck rammed into them. The incident reportedly occurred at about 9:33 p.m. along the Chisco Park Junction in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state. Witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES that the truck appeared to have suffered brake failure and then…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that 96 per cent of A-level results submitted to Bayero University, Kano (BUK) for Direct Entry admission in 2024 were forged. According to the examination body in its bulletin, out of 148 A-level results presented to BUK, only six were genuine, while the remaining 142 were…
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has promised to support Operation Safe Corridor, OSC, a Federal Government initiative focused on deradicalising, rehabilitating and reintegrating repentant insurgents. The agency made the pledge when the coordinator of OSC, Yusuf Ali, and his team paid a courtesy visit to the NOA’s headquarters in Abuja. NOA Director-General, Lanre Issa-Onilu, while…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has disclosed the arrest of one Mr. Eze Ezenwa Benard, who was recently apprehended for circulating fake DSS recruitment past questions and answers on Facebook. The agency, while warning the public in a statement on Saturday, said the suspect operated through a page known as “Jobs and Education”, where…
The Kaduna State Police Command has disowned an impostor, Hadaina Hussaini (Dan-taki), who was spotted wearing a police uniform and making inciting comments on social media. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Hadaina Hussaini Dan-Taki, who posed as a police officer, had threatened reprisal attacks on southerners living in northern Nigeria. Dan-Taki’s remarks followed the brutal killing…
