The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has clarified its stance on the proposal for a certified drug integrity test for prospective Corps Members, stating that it cannot implement such a policy without official approval from the government. This clarification follows a request by the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu has named a new boss for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). Tinubu announced the appointment of Nwakuche Ndidi as the Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service. The appointment of the Controller-General for the service follows the expiration of the tenure of the current CG, Haliru Nababa. Nababa…
Suspected Gunmen have attacked a military checkpoint on Amangwu axis of the Amasiri-Owutu-edda highway in Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi. DSP Joshua Ukandu, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Police Command in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Ukandu said the attack occurred in the…
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a businessman, Uzondu Precious Chimaobi, to four years imprisonment for refusing to accept the Naira as legal tender. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stated that Chimaobi was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Sri Lanka was plunged into darkness for three days after a monkey tampered with an electric grid station. Reuters reported on Friday that Sri Lanka’s power minister, Kumara Jayakody, blamed the country’s power outage on “a monkey that disrupted a grid station in a Colombo suburb.” The power outage started on…
The Senior Pastor of Celebration Church International, Emmanuel Iren has called on critics to prioritise meaningful impact over social media appearances, urging people to focus on real-life contributions rather than online posturing. In a post on X, Iren highlighted several humanitarian initiatives led by his church in Plateau State. These include providing medical care for…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has revealed that 5,421 people were killed in road traffic crashes across Nigeria in 2024. This is a seven per cent increase from the 5,081 fatalities recorded in 2023. This was disclosed during a press briefing by the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, in Abuja on Monday, marking the conclusion of…
The wave of defections from opposition political parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, may have extended to the camp of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy, Daniel Bwala, stated in a television interview that some of Obi’s…
Nigerian X (formerly Twitter) user, Gaius chibueze popular know as Bitcoin chief announced his sudden death of his father this morning. Bitcoin chief share his view about president Buhari death yesterday on his official handle. He wrote” “Buhari was a very terrible president. We must not pretend now. May he soul get what he did…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Friday that its attack aircraft in relentless air operations have destroyed several identified terrorist strongholds and neutralised scores of terrorists across the North-East and North-West regions. Deputy Director, NAF Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Kabiru Ali said: “In a series of decisive and precision-guided air interdiction missions…