Taaooma, the Nigerian skit maker, and Abdulazeez ‘Abula’ Greene, her husband, have welcomed their first child together. The couple took to Instagram on Thursday to share a heartwarming video introducing their baby girl. According to the post, the baby girl Amani Korede Makeda Greene was born on November 7, 2024. “Amani Korede Makeda Greene. 7/112024,”…
Nigeria’s annual inflation rate eased to 22.22 per cent in June from 22.97 per cent in May 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday. The statistics office said the June 2025 headline inflation rate showed a decrease of 0.76 per cent compared to the May 2025 headline inflation rate. On a year-on-year…
Elliot Agari, friend of a newlywed couple, Dozie and Joan Okoye, has mourned their death said to have occurred during the gas explosion on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Agari mourned them in an online post, lamenting ‘I just don’t know how I’m feeling now.” Reports say Dozie and Joan, who got married…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that gunmen have reportedly killed a mother, Mrs Mary Jonathan and her son, Mark Jonathan, in Plateau State. A member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, who confirmed the incident said the victims were his mother-in-law and brother-in-law. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the…
For 92-year-old Festus Arhagba, life has become an endless nightmare of grief and regret after his 50-year-old son, Kingsley, reportedly died in police custody at the Ajeromi Division, Lagos, under what he described as a chilling mix of “deception, cruelty and extortion.” Sitting in his modest Lagos home, leaning heavily on a walker, the frail…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Brazilian investors that Nigeria’s ongoing economic reforms are producing measurable results, declaring that corruption has been curbed since he assumed office. Tinubu gave the assurance on Monday during a meeting with ministers from both countries and members of the Brazil Business Group, where he reiterated Nigeria’s readiness to deepen…
The Cadre Harmonisé Report for October has projected that at least 33.1 million people in 26 states and the FCT will face a food and nutrition crisis between June and August 2025. This projection comes from the CH Analysis Report released on Friday in Abuja. The analysis was conducted by the UN Food and Agriculture…
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says it has commenced an investigation into a serious incident involving a Fly Bird HS 125 aircraft with registration number 5NKAL. The aircraft, operating a flight from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (DNAA), to Kotoka International Airport, Accra (DGAA), experienced technical difficulties during its flight on December 6 2024….
The bodies of 27 victims, including women and children, killed in last Tuesday’s deadly attack on a community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, are being transported from the hospital morgue back to the community for mass burial. The victims, who sustained fatal injuries during the night assault by unidentified gunmen, had been…
The date for the return of suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has been confirmed, coming just as the six-month emergency rule imposed on the state draws to a close this week. President Bola Tinubu declared the emergency rule on March 16, following political unrest between Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike. The proclamation suspended…