GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a Nigerian female pilgrim from Zamfara State, who is in Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj, has given birth to a baby in Madinah. According to reports, the pilgrim who hailed from Tsafe LGA delivered a baby in less than 48 hours of her arrival in Madinah. She received special gifts…
Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, known as Portable, has defeated rival Darlington Okoye, known as Speed Darlington, during a fierce confrontation at the ‘Chaos In The Ring’ boxing event at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Lagos. The confrontation between the two artists reportedly stemmed from when Speed Darlington offered Portable N500,000 to perform at his event,…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to immediately release a Nigerian businessman, Moses Abiodun, who has been held in prolonged pretrial detention since 2008, without being formally charged or tried. The court also awarded him N20 million in compensation for the violation of his fundamental human rights. Abiodun was…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on the National Assembly to enact stricter laws prohibiting politicians from possessing large sums of money within polling areas in order to curb vote-buying and other electoral malpractices during elections. This is also as the Chairman of the House Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. Adebayo Balogun announced…
The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered and dismantled an illegal internet fraud training facility, known as a “Yahoo School,” in the Iju area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Tuesday, stated that four principal suspects were arrested alongside six trainees. According to him, among the trainees was an…
Moyosore Ogunlewe, the chairman of Kosofe LGA in Lagos, has secured a second term ticket after winning the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election. The primary election took place on Saturday at the party’s secretariat on Acme Road, Ikeja. Ogunlewe won the poll unopposed after other candidates withdrew from the race to support him. Also,…
A suspected female kidnapper was nearly beaten to death by an angry mob at the popular Ipata Market in Ilorin, Kwara State, early Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses told SaharaReporters that the woman was apprehended after she was accused of attempting to abduct a child. The source said items reportedly recovered from her included four ATM cards…
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered immediate arrest of popular on-air-personality, Penny Ntuli for twerking on busy highway of the country. In a video sighted by GISTSMATE MEDIA, Ramaphosa described the action as shameless and called for the media arrest of Ntuli. He said: “I have seen a video of a certain TV host…
Popular Nigerian cleric, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has said that oral sex by a couple, a man and his wife, is not a sin. Suleman said this when his church, Omega Fire Ministries International, headquartered in Edo State, hosted a question and answer session. The video clip in which the general overseer (GO) of the church…
The United States military on Saturday conducted air strikes on Islamic State group targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump announced. “This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia,” Trump said on Truth Social. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes…