Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State, on Saturday, visited Darajamal, a community in Bama, to condole with families of the 63 people who were killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Friday night. The victims comprised five soldiers and about 58 civilians. The civilians were earlier displaced by the insurgents but returned to Darajamal two…
Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, as a disaster who should be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Lamido said this in a telephone interview in Abuja on Tuesday. He explained that although he remains a member of the PDP, a party…
The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched “extensive strikes” as part of a fresh offensive in Gaza, after rescuers reported 100 people killed in the besieged Palestinian territory. The army said on Telegram it had begun the “initial stages” of the offensive, known as Operation Gideon’s Chariots. The operation was part of “the expansion…
kidnappers, who abducted the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Ose council area of Ondo State, Nelson Adepoyigi, have detained the ransom bearers. Adepoyigi, who is the chairman of APC at Ward 5, in Ifon, was kidnapped on Monday night at the entrance of his house located on the Ifon/Owo road. It was learnt that…
A consignment of palliatives believed to have been diverted has been sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC) by Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia. The items were seized on the instruction of the governor while they were being offloaded into a private residence…
President Donald Trump said he’ll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska after earlier in the day previewing terms of a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine that could include “some swapping of territories.” “The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America,…
A National Youth Service Corp member, Rofiat Lawal, who was kidnapped along the Benin-Ore Expressway on Tuesday has regained freedom after her family paid a ransom of N1.1m. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Lawal was kidnapped while en route to Ibadan, Oyo State from Benin, Edo State to resume at her place of primary assignment. The…
The Federal Government said it has recaptured five of 12 inmates who escaped from lawful custody during Monday’s jailbreak at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Koton Karfe, Kogi state. Spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS, DCC Abubakar Umar in a statement said the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday 24th March…
A medical jet with six Mexican nationals onboard crashed into a busy Philadelphia neighborhood Friday, authorities said, marking another US aviation disaster after a passenger plane and a military helicopter collided midair in Washington earlier this week. Video footage appeared to show the twin-engine plane descending at a sharp angle towards a residential area, sparking…
Some Israeli military personnel on Sunday morning stormed Qatari Al Jazeera TV office in the West Bank’s Ramallah city with a military order to close it for 45 days. This was seen in a Qatar-based channel aired live footage showing the Israeli troops storming the channel’s office and handing over a military closure order to…