The Federal Government through the office of Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Students Engagement has conducted leadership development training for selected Students Union Presidents in Southwest. GISTSMATE MEDIA recall that similar program was conducted for SUG Presidents in North Central, facilitated by SSA to President, Hon. Comrade Asefon Sunday Dayo. Reacting to…
The lead counsel for TikToker-turned-activist Olumide Ogunsanwo, popularly known as SeaKing, Inibehe Effiong, has threatened legal action against the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. This comes just hours after the church issued a statement supporting the TikToker’s arrest for allegedly insulting the cleric. SeaKing was apprehended by officers…
A military grenade has killed a scavenger and injured three other persons at the Idi-Araba, Mushin area of Lagos State, The Nation has learnt. The explosion occurred on Thursday afternoon at Taiwo Street in Idi-Araba while the scavenger was trying to split one of the two grenades they allegedly bought as condemned irons. According to…
AXA Mansard Insurance says its recent Mind Health Report revealed that 44 per cent of young adults currently suffer from mental conditions. In a statement on Thursday, its general counsel and HR director, Omowunmi Adewusi, said the company’s health report underscored the importance of mental health in the workplace and among young people. Ms Adewuusi…
Suspected terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, have abducted a newly wedded bride and four bridesmaids in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The tragic incident happened on Saturday at Kwaren Gamba, near Kuka Teke, a village plagued by repeated attacks from armed groups linked to notorious bandits leader, Bello Turji. Eyewitnesses reported…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has banned 60,000-litre fuel tankers from operating on Nigerian roads. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, Ogbugo Ukoha, NMDPRA executive director of distribution systems, storage, and retailing infrastructure, said the ban, which would take effect from March 1, would mitigate truck-in-transit incidents. He said the…
Armed bandits numbering about 200 stormed Babanla town in Kwara state on motorbikes at around 1:00 p.m. on Friday, killing a police officer and looting a local market. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the assailants who fired sporadically, attacked the Babanla Police Station, where ASP Adejumo Wasiu attached to the ACPOL Offa…
Terrorism continues to ravage Kebbi State as insurgents from the Lakurawa group struck again, this time targeting a construction site in Gumki village, Arewa Local Government Area. Just a week after their deadly attack on two police officers, the group claimed the lives of three telecom workers and one unidentified individual. The victims, who were…
A Nigerian soldier, identified only as Warrant Officer Suleiman has been attacked by a bandits gang, armed with sophisticated weapons. The incident was said to have occurred at the soldier’s residence in Sabon Wuse, Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State on Tuesday. “He is being treated at an undisclosed hospital in the state,” the…
Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel), has defended his ministry’s practices and origins, asserting that its founding and key decisions, including the acquisition of his private aircraft, were guided by direct divine instructions. In a video clip circulating on social media, Bishop Oyedepo dismissed any claims of a “co-founder”…