Folarin Falana “Falz”, the Nigerian rapper, has opened up on how crossdresser Okuneye Idris “Bobrisky” sought his help over the Naira abuse case. Last year, Bobrisky was in the news after he was arrested and sentenced to six months in prison for abusing the Naira. VeryDarkMan, the Internet personality, had shared an audio conversation purported…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a man, Taofik Oladosu, to 14 years imprisonment for attempting to sexually assault a 12-year-old girl, (name withheld). The convict was sentenced following his plea bargain agreement to the amended one-count charge of attempted sexual assault by penetration. While delivering the…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, says political scientists in Nigeria’s ivory towers should understudy how Nyesom Wike, a power broker in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made it to the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The royal father stated this at the 2025 OAU Distinguished Personality Lecture…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a former Minister of Education and Petroleum, Professor Jibril Aminu, has died at the age of 85. Aminu, a distinguished diplomat, cardiologist, and statesman, passed away in Abuja on Thursday after a prolonged illness. His funeral prayer is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. today at the Abuja National Mosque. His remains will…
The Nigerian troops of Operation Hadin Kai supported by the Air Component have reportedly eliminated three top commanders of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) during the failed terrorist attack on Mallam Fatori, Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State. Impeccable sources told Zagazola Makama on Thursday that the commanders, identified as Amir…
President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into his predecessor’s actions, Joe Biden and his staff, during his administration in the latest attempt to stoke outlandish “conspiracy theories”. Mr Trump, in a move to discredit Mr Biden, issued an executive order to examine whether some of his predecessor’s presidential actions were legally invalid because his…
A Nigerian software programmer and self-proclaimed ‘tech queen’, Sapphire Egemasi, is facing up to 20 years in federal prison after being arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over her alleged involvement in a transnational fraud syndicate that defrauded multiple U.S. government agencies of millions of dollars. Egemasi, known for flaunting a luxurious lifestyle…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has dismissed claims that it has cancelled the English Language paper written on May 28. Recalls that there was widespread confusion across different examination centres as candidates sitting for the senior school certificate examination, SSCE, organised by WAEC faced hours-long delays before writing the English…
Fresh details have emerged on how Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, a Nigerian businessman and managing director of Fargo Petroleum and Gas Ltd, forged several documents to claim N3.7 billion in a petrol subsidy fraud. In his new book titled ‘The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum Subsidy Fraud’, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the…
The price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, continues its free fall in Nigeria after six depots slashed the price to heighten competition in the downstream sector of the Nigerian Petroleum industry. Incoming reports indicate that Hyde, Pinnacle, Aiteo Emadeb, First Royal, and MENJ have reduced their prices to match the ongoing…