GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a popular gospel singer, Dorcas Awolumate is reportedly dead. News of Awolumate’s death filtered in through the social media on Tuesday, 15th, October 2024. The Gospel Artiste on Sunday celebrated her husband’s birthday with beautiful pictures of both of them. The cause of her death was still sketchy as of press…
Against the backdrop of fear of possible return to power by the Nigerian military, human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has said that the fear of public protests has always kept the Nigerian military under control and deter them from seizing power. Speaking on the MIC…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has announced that the State Coordinator of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Okun Christopher, and Driver, Mr Daniel Effiong Asibong, are missing. Speaking to the press in Abuja, Director Press and Public Relations department, Eddy Megwa, said they were abducted between Delta and Akwa Ibom States…
US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened Apple and other smartphone manufacturers with a 25 per cent tariff unless their devices are built in the United States. Trump initially said the tariff would apply only to Apple — an unusual move to single out a specific company in trade policy. However, he later expanded the…
The Nigeria Police Force has disputed a report by Amnesty International claiming that 13 persons died due to the ongoing protests. This was disclosed in a statement by the Nigeria Police Force X handle on Saturday, August 3. The statement reads:“The Nigeria Police Force finds it necessary to refute a recent report publicized by Amnesty…
The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has commenced a seven-day warning strike. Announcing the action on Monday in a communiqué, the association cited systemic failures in the FCT health sector. The communiqué was signed by the association’s President, George Ebong, alongside other members of the executive. The doctors described the…
President Donald Trump said Saturday the US military has carried out a “very successful attack” on three Iranian nuclear sites, including the crucial underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordo. Trump said a “full payload of BOMBS” was dropped on Fordo, in a surprise announcement that came just two days after he had apparently opened a…
A South African serial rapist – who assaulted children as young as nine years old – has received 42 life sentences and 791 years imprisonment for 94 counts of rape. Nkosinathi Phakathi was convicted of 90 counts of rape – attacks that he carried out between 2012 and 2021. The 40-year-old sometimes made children watch…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, is currently meeting with the protesting retired police officers in Abuja. The meeting is taking place at the peacekeeping hall, Force Headquarters in Abuja. On Monday, some retired police officers protested at the National Assembly to demand their removal from the contributory pension scheme (CPS). The demonstrators, mostly elderly,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the suspended chairpersons of the 18 local councils in Edo State to its office for interrogation. The EFCC invitation was contained in a letter by the agency’s Director of Investigation, Abdulkarim Chukkol, and addressed to the Secretary to the Edo State Government. In a letter dated…