The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed a tragic collision involving a J5 Ford bus and a Mercedes truck at Ilubirin, inward Sura, along the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge, on Monday. The incident was said to have claimed one life and left a four other individuals injured. This was revealed in a statement…
Nigerian Singer, Dammy Krane has stated that social critic, VeryDarkMan, is joking with claims that N180 million was diverted from the NGO account he created in October this year. VeryDarkMan shocked Nigerians on Friday, December 27 when he released a video claiming hackers had breached his NGO website and moved N180m leaving only N20 million….
According to ABC News, a federal judge in Maryland has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman delivered her ruling on Wednesday after hearing arguments from five pregnant undocumented women seeking to block the administration’s Day-1 executive order, which sought to…
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,…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the Red Chamber, has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of instructing former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to kill her. She also alleged that the current governor, Usman Ododo, is complicit in the plot. The revelation comes amidst a plot to recall her from the national…
Neda Imaseun, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, has declared that the sexual harassment case raised by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is “closed” at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. Imaseun spoke on Tuesday, addressing remarks from Akpoti-Uduaghan’s lawyer, Abiola Akiode, who accused him of bias in the handling of…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has assured that corps members who recently completed the national service would be paid the arrears of the N77,000 allowance. Director-General of the NYSC, Brig Gen Olakunle Nafiu gave the assurance during the Batch A 2025 pre-mobilisation workshop for heads of corps producing institutions and other stakeholders in Abuja…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday September 30, 2024, arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations within Benin City. The suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence of their suspected involvement in computer-related fraud. According to the commission, utems recovered…
The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police Command, CP Olugbenga A Adepoju, has visited the scene of a gruesome attack on the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rivers State Cassava Project Limited, Mr. Gibson Reuben, an expatriate from the Netherlands. The incident occurred on Monday, 13th. January, 2025, at about 2030hrs. at Aleto Eleme…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has introduced the Device Management System (NCC-DMS), a comprehensive Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) aimed at managing and regulating mobile devices accessing the country’s communication networks. The Commission in a new ‘Type Approval Business Rule 2024’ has, therefore, mandated all Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the country to connect to…
