GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved free train rides nationwide from December 20, 2024, to January 5, 2025. This is part of measures to ease transportation costs during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, told State House correspondents in Abuja. Idris explained, “As…
Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Tigran Gambaryan, has departed Nigeria after eight months of detention. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange made the disclosure in a statement shared with press on Thursday. “Today, American citizen Tigran Gambaryan left Nigeria to return home to his family after eight months of unlawful detention. “Gambaryan was allowed to…
South Korea facing the world’s lowest birth rate, is now turning to financial incentives in a bid to reverse its demographic decline. The Saha District in Busan has rolled out a new program that offers residents up to $38,000 for dating and marriage. This initiative is part of a broader effort to combat the nation’s…
The federal high court in Abuja has remanded Olamide Thomas, an activist, charged for her social media comments against Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu. On Friday, Emeka Nwite, the presiding judge, rejected the oral bail application filed by the counsel to Thomas. Nwite directed the defence counsel to file a formal bail application….
Officials of the Sokoto State Hisbah Board have intercepted and confiscated over 200 cartons of substances suspected to be alcoholic drinks at the Sokoto Central Motor Park. Addressing journalists at the Hisbah office in Sokoto on Wednesday, the state Hisbah Commander, Usman Jatau, paraded the seized items. Jatau stated that no one had come forward…
Three drug kingpins and 16 other offenders have been convicted and sentenced to a total of 302 years in prison for trafficking and dealing in illicit drugs. The drugs they were accused of trafficking are cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, and opioids among others. A statement on Friday by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s Spokesperson,…
The Oyo All Progressive Congress, APC, chieftain and Former Deputy National Youth Leader of All Progressive Congress, Hon. Bolaji Afeez Repete has Congratulated Oyo APC family for the successful completions of August. In a statement made available to the newsmen today at Ibadan, he welcome every member of APC in the state to the new…
In the heart of Jos, Plateau’s capital, medical personnel are fighting desperately to save the life of Hon. Christopher Audu, the Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) Chairman for Qua’an Pan Local Government Area, who was brutally attacked by delegates during a chaotic primary election. According to reports from Daily Trust, the election, held on Thursday, took…
The Nigeria Police Force said its personnel have arrested two political thugs during an overnight raid at some locations across Edo State. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a press statement on Saturday. Adejobi stated that three cut-to-size locally fabricated pistols and one locally made gun were recovered from the…
A 60-year-old White South African farmer identified as Zachariah Johannes Olivier, and his two workers, Adrian de Wet, 19, and William Musora, 50, have been accused of killing two Black women, Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, and feeding their bodies to pigs. The alleged murder of the two Black women has sparked outrage…