In what will come across as a really tragic development, Srikant Satre, a 23-year-old man has been trampled to d£ath after he tried to take a selfie with an elephant. Srikant Satre and two of his friends ventured into the Abapur forest close to the city of Gadchiroli in central India following reports that an…
Rivers State Sole Administrator, Ibok Ibas, has said he is determined to ensure that Rivers State House of Assembly complex is completed before he leaves office. Ibas who disclosed this during the inspection of the complex om Saturday explained that in the last two days of assumption of duties, he had noticed a missing pillar…
Muhsin Hendricks, popularly recognised as the world’s first openly gay imam, has been shot and killed in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric, who led a mosque in Cape Town known as a safe haven for LGBTQ+ and marginalized Muslims, was ambushed on Saturday morning while traveling near the southern city of Gqeberha. According to police,…
Police in Delhi have arrested a 29-year-old Nigerian man accused of duping more than 100 women across India by posing as a UK-based Korean businessman on a language exchange app. The suspect, identified as Stephane but known online as Dominic or Duck Young, was picked up from his rented flat in Tilak Nagar, west Delhi,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that all civil servants in Ebonyi State are set to receive a Christmas bonus of one hundred and fifty thousand naira (₦150,000.00) This was announced by the State Governor, Francis Nwifuru. This payment is scheduled to be disbursed before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, according to a statement from his Chief…
Popular Nigerian crossdresser and socialite, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, widely known as Bobrisky, has revealed that he was recently duped in an online romance scam, losing $990 to a fraudster. Taking to his Instagram page on Sunday, Bobrisky expressed his shock and disappointment over the incident, stating that he never imagined falling victim to such a…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Saturday, ambushed troops of the Nigerian Army in Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing four soldiers in the process. The sole administrator of the council, Umar Balle, disclosed this on Sunday while speaking with our correspondent in a telephone conversation. Balle, who was among those ambushed by…
In a show of respect and celebration, Hon. (Mrs.) Olufunke Comforter Olajide has extended her heartfelt felicitations to an exceptional leader, Hon. Abiodun Dada Awoleye (popularly known as Gbafun Dada). Comforter also fetes her personal person, Egbon Olugbenga Adebayo (fondly called Frayor Baba), as they both mark their birthday anniversaries. Hon. Comforter described Hon. Awoleye…
The lawyer for Mozambique’s leading opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane, who ran for president in October 9 elections, was gunned down in Maputo on Saturday. The lawyer, Elvino Dias, was killed with another candidate, Paulo Guambe, from the Podemos party backing Mondlane. Two gunmen shot up their car while it was immobile on a road in…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigeria will navigate global shocks due to the reforms implemented by President Bola Tinubu. Axel Schimmelpfennig, IMF mission chief for Nigeria, spoke during a visit to Lagos and Abuja from April 2 to 15, where he led a delegation to hold discussions for the 2025 Article IV Consultations with…