The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the deployment of 38 Commissioners of Police to various State Commands and Police Formations across the country. This strategic move, aimed at enhancing security and intelligence-led policing, includes the posting of nine CPs to state commands and 29 CPs to various formations. Among those assigned to state…
The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Shehu Hadi Ahmad, has been suspended indefinitely. According to a statement on Thursday, by Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, he suspension of Engr Hadi Ahmad is with immediate effect. The…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has urged Nigerians to extend their demand for accountability beyond President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to include governors and other elected public officials. Mumuni made the call while assessing the performance of the Tinubu administration, two years into its tenure. In a statement signed…
Nollywood actor Lege Miami and Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, have engaged in a social media war of words following Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. GISTSMATE MEDIA recalls that the Super Eagles lost to the Democratic Republic of Congo last Sunday, a defeat that ended Nigeria’s hopes of reaching the…
The Obidient Movement has accused one time National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barr. Julius Abure of sending thugs to physically attack a social media activist, Ms. Precious Oruche, aka “Mama P”, a known supporter of the 2023 Presidential candidate of the LP, Mr. Peter Obi. In a statement it signed, in Abuja, late…
Ifeoluwa Adeniyi, the 19-year-old son of Adeniyi Kayode, Anthony Joshua’s driver, has rejected claims that his father drove recklessly before the crash that claimed the lives of friends of the heavyweight boxing champion. On December 29, a Lexus SUV conveying Joshua and his team rammed into a stationary truck along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Two of…
Yemisi Ogunleye on Thursday won a historic gold medal in Women’s Shot Put final at the Paris Olympics, not for Nigeria but for Germany. She becomes the first athlete in 20 years to win a medal for Germany in Shot Put event. Ogunleye, 25 was born in Germersheim, Germany and grew up in the village…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2024 Second Series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. The examination body announced this on Sunday in a statement signed by the Acting Head of its Public Affairs Department, Moyosore Adesina. According to the statement, 68,342 candidates…
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Sunday Echege, 33, for cutting off his wife’s left wrist over alleged infidelity. The incident occurred on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at Ibagwa-Agu Farm Settlement in Ibagwa-Ani community, Nsukka Local Government Area. The police identified the victim as Chinonso Echege. The arrest was made possible with the…
Dr. Maxwell Opara, one of the lawyers representing the convicted leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, visited him on Sunday at the Sokoto Correctional Centre, accompanied by four other associates. Daily Trust correspondent observed the group leaving the facility with several large documents. Access to the prison area was…
