GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to a recent comment by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, over his (Atiku) failed presidential bid. In a statement released by Paul Ibe, Atiku’s Media Adviser, on Saturday night, Atiku described Wike’s comments as “theatrical outbursts” and “baseless rants” driven…
Former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State and retired Navy Captain, Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade, has passed away at the age of 70. The Ipoti-Ekiti-born former minister died on Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Apapa, Lagos. He had marked his 70th birthday just months earlier, on November 30, 2024. In a statement jointly signed by his daughter,…
In a surprising turn of events, a pastor from the End Time Messages church in Chiredzi has been mandated to pay child support after DNA tests confirmed he fathered two children with the woman whose wedding he conducted. The marriage of Eunice Mururi and Farai Hatirarami crumbled after it was confirmed that Hatirarami is not…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele on Friday released a 94-page compilation of prophecies for the year 2025. Ayodele’s prophecies touched on issues around Nigeria’s political scene in the incoming year. He said President Bola Tinubu will make moves to impeach the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In the compilation…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Saturday, confirmed the death of two men who accidentally fell into a diesel reservoir in the Oregun area of the state. The agency’s permanent secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this in a statement, said the incident happened at the Ikosi- Oregun Road in Lagos. “Following distress calls…
Iranian authorities arrested a female student on Saturday after she staged a solo protest against harassment by stripping to her underwear outside her university, reports said. The woman, who has not been identified, had been harassed inside Tehran’s prestigious Islamic Azad University by members of the Basij paramilitary force who ripped her headscarf and clothes,…
Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has turned himself in at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department at Yaba. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to our correspondent in a text on Wednesday. “Portable just turned himself in at the SCID Yaba. We have contacted Ogun State Police Command…
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and Donald Trump’s former advisor, said Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the US president, after the pair’s public falling-out last week. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. Musk’s…
The Pioneer Chairman of Aare Latoosa LCDA and Ibadan North Federal Constituency hopeful, Bashorun Adekunle Oladeji (Omo BAO), has lauded the dedication, philanthropy, courage, and leadership of Prince Niran Adeyoju on the occasion of his 63rd birthday. In a message personally signed by Omo BAO and released from his media office in Ibadan, he acknowledged…
In a move that underscores his commitment to sustainable development and improving the quality of life for his constituents, a formidable aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Bashorun Abdullahi Adekunle Oladeji Eyitayo, popularly known as Omo BAO, has unveiled a comprehensive 7-point agenda at a high-level engagement meeting with key leaders of Ibadan…