Mathew Temidayo Dada, a popular Federal University of Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) blogger, is dead. Dada, popularly known as OYE ONLINE passed away on Sunday, 3rd of November, 2024, family source told GISTSMATE MEDIA. He reportedly died after brief illness. Also confirming his demise, one of his associates wrote: “CELEBRATION OF AN ICON💔 This is to announce…
The senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the South West Development Commission. The bill passed third reading on the floor of the senate on Thursday after Kaka Lawan, chair of the committee on special duties, presented a report. Lawan said the bill, if signed into law by the president, would address infrastructural deficits…
Dangote Refinery has assured Nigerians that three of its partners will sell petrol for ₦970 per litre nationwide despite the company’s recent increase in the ex-depot price of petrol. A spokesman for the refinery Anthony Chiejina said the recent adjustment in the company’s ex-depot price “is directly related to the significant increase in global crude…
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced manhunt for a fleeing truck driver who allegedly ran over a yet-to-be-identified revenue collector on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The truck driver and his conductor reportedly fled from the scene following the severity of the accident on Sunday. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, who confirmed the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared that ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, is not above the law and will be investigated for allegedly abusing the naira during his 54th birthday celebration. This reaction comes after a viral video surfaced online showing Tompolo stepping on naira notes while guests lavishly…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, has criticised the federal government for omitting a “non-existent” North Central Development Commission (NCDC) from the 2025 budget proposal. In a post published on X, Obi said the omission of the north-central commission undermines the need for balanced development and peace in the…
Turkey on Friday blocked access to the Instagram social media network, the national communications authority said without explanation, following censorship accusations against the US company by a high-ranking Turkish official. The BTK communications authority said in a post on its website that “instagram.com has been blocked by a decision on the date of 02/08/2024”, without…
A truck said to have lost control on Friday rammed into some students of Seico Secondary School, Ikangba, Ijebu Ode killing a female student said to be writing the ongoing West Africa Examination for Senior Secondary Examination while one other student was critically injured. The incident reportedly occurred on the newly rehabilitated Ikangba/Agoro road when…
A woman has been left terrified to step outside her home after a bizarre man wearing a devil mask was captured knocking on her door by a Ring doorbell camera. The masked figure was seen wearing a red ‘goat’ attire holding a disturbing cardboard sign which read Revelation 20: 1-15, which alludes to the biblical…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a magistrate court in Kano has ordered the remand of Muktar Dahiru, a journalist with Pyramid FM Kano, in a correctional centre following allegations of making a Facebook post deemed “insulting” to Abba Yusuf, the Governor of Kano State. Dahiru was arrested on Thursday and secretly charged before Magistrate Court 24…