The Labour Party (LP) standard bearer during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has labelled the Federal Government’s budget of ₦142 billion for the construction of bus terminals as another evidence of misplaced priority. In a statement on Friday, Obi said the difference between the success and failure of the development in any nation is…
In what appears to be a breakthrough in the ongoing efforts to restore peace in Zamfara State, a notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has reportedly surrendered a cache of arms and released 32 kidnapped victims following a series of peace dialogues with Islamic clerics. Speaking during a sermon, one of the clerics, Sheikh Musa Yusuf…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the Red Chamber, has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of instructing former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to kill her. She also alleged that the current governor, Usman Ododo, is complicit in the plot. The revelation comes amidst a plot to recall her from the national…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a Lusaka man in Zambia has allegedly stolen K10,000 from his boss to pay dowry and buy groceries, the Lusaka magistrate court has heard. According to Zambia Observer, Francis appearing before the magistrate, Jennipher Bwalya, was accused of stealing several times from Savender Group of Companies managing director. Henry Shawa, 44,…
Shock and grief have enveloped residents of the Onigbara River community in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, following the alleged killing of a man by his own brother during a heated dispute. The suspect, identified simply as Daniel, is accused of fatally attacking his brother, Emmanuel, on Monday evening after an altercation spiralled…
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has fired back at the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola, over his vow to unseat him in the 2026 governorship election scheduled for August 8. Aregbesola, during a homecoming event on Sunday, had criticised Adeleke’s leadership style and declared…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan tackled ex-Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Muhammad Sanusi Lamido Sanusi over claims that sum of $49.8 billion dollars got missing from the national coffers under his watch as president. Sanusi made the allegation when he served in the administration of Jonathan as the CBN governor. However, Sanusi who is…
A National Youth Service Corp member, Rofiat Lawal, who was kidnapped along the Benin-Ore Expressway on Tuesday has regained freedom after her family paid a ransom of N1.1m. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Lawal was kidnapped while en route to Ibadan, Oyo State from Benin, Edo State to resume at her place of primary assignment. The…
At least 21 passengers are feared drowned in a boat accident that occurred on Monday at Imore town in the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Tragedy struck when two boats, each ferrying 16 passengers, collided and capsized in the middle of the lagoon. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin,…
A police officer attached to the Otuocha Area Command in Anambra East Local Government Area, Anambra State, has shot and killed an unidentified male commercial bus driver. It was gathered that the officer shot the deceased during an altercation over the payment of a N100 bribe to the security operatives at a checkpoint in the…