GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a shocking incident occurred in South Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, on July 29, resulting in the death of 60-year-old Asgim Irianto. According to Assistant Police Commissioner Maria Marpaung, Irianto was allegedly killed by his 45-year-old neighbour, Parlindungan Siregar. The motive behind the attack was reportedly Siregar’s growing frustration with Irianto’s repeated…
A court in Finland has set May 2025 as the deadline for prosecutors to bring charges against Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed Biafran agitator facing allegations of terrorism-related activities. Mikko Laaksonen, Senior Detective Superintendent at the Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, disclosed the timeline on Tuesday, confirming that Ekpa’s case is progressing in the Päijät-Häme District…
Popular socialite Sophia Egbueje is currently trending on social media after showing off her banging body in trending video. In the video which is now going viral online, Sophia was captured cruising at a beach with outfit displaying her curves. Recall that after failed promise from the Grammy winning singer, Burna Boy, Sophia announced the…
Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has made an emotional plea to President Bola Tinubu, seeking intervention in his ongoing feud with the Ogun State government. The singer’s appeal comes after state authorities sealed his uncompleted building and hotel over alleged illegal development without an approval permit. Portable had previously lamented the situation,…
Some of the protesters who converged on the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State have been arrested by the police. The protesters had assembled at the tollgate in commemoration of the shooting by soldiers on October 20, 2020. Young persons protesting against police brutality had called for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed former PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over his comments during the recently concluded two-day National Conference on Strengthening Democracy in Nigeria in Abuja. APC accused Atiku of consistently blaming the APC for issues within his party, describing his claims as “like a broken record.” This was contained…
The Media team of the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello has insisted that he was at the facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Earlier, the team said the ex-governor honoured the invitation after consultation with his legal team and political associates. Reacting, the anti-graft agency’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale denied that the former…
A former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Osun State, Adewale Adebayo, has demanded an account of excess revenue made by the Osun State Government in the outgoing year 2024. Adebayo, who currently serves as the state chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement, in a statement obtained in Osogbo, the state capital on Saturday,…
Two persons have been shot dead in a communal clash between indigenes of Owake and Ebo communities in the Akoko Southwest Local Government Area of Ondo State. Daily Trust also learnt that properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in the violent clash, which occurred between youths of the communities over the weekend. A source…
Days to Tunisia’s election, Ayachi Zammel, a presidential candidate, has been sentenced to six months in prison for using “fraudulent certificates.” The Criminal Chamber of the Jendouba Court of First Instance sentenced Mr Zammel to six months in prison for “deliberately using a fraudulent certificate,” Tunisia’s TAP news agency reported Wednesday. Mr Zammel was sentenced…