A plane carrying 20 people crashed in the US state of Tennessee on Sunday, with some on board taken to hospital for injuries, according to state and federal officials. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said on X that its troopers were assisting police âat the scene of a plane crash on Old Shelbyville Roadâ in the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Sunny Taxman, a businessman from Enugu State, has been murdered by suspected kidnappers after his family paid a ransom of N10 million. Taxman, who was based in Onitsha, Anambra State, was kidnapped three weeks ago while inside his vehicle by unidentified assailants. Although details of the incident are unclear, sources confirm…
A devastating incident occurred in Marika village, Kiyawa Local Government, Jigawa, where a 40-year-old man, Jibrin Adamu, committed suicide by hanging himself. According to eyewitnesses, Adamuâs lifeless body was discovered in a classroom at Miftahul Khairat Islamiyya and Primary School Gurdiba on Thursday. Police spokesperson DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam confirmed the incident, stating that preliminary…
Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd, a Chinese firm, says it has agreed to release one of Nigeriaâs seized presidential jets. A French court recently ordered the seizure of three presidential jets belonging to Nigeria over a contract dispute between the Chinese firm and Ogun state government. The court ruled that the firm should use…
Ex-Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, said he agreed to serve as the Interim National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress because Nigeriaâs political scene is dominated by parties lacking clear ideological direction. In his acceptance speech, which was shared Tuesday night on the verified Facebook page of a former Kaduna State Governor, Aregbesola stated that…
The Federal Government is poised to earn more revenue from the oil and gas sector as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, in collaboration with stakeholders, has increased crude oil production to 1.8 million barrels per day. The achievement was announced by the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, during a meeting held at the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has uploaded results from 4,173 of 4,519 polling units in the Edo State governorship election. This translates to 92.34 per cent of the results from the election already in the INEC Result Viewing, IREV, portal. – PDP Urges Supporters To âFollow The Resultsâ Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
A student representative at the board member of Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, Comrade Umar Faruk Lawal has cleared air over upcoming interactive session with Students’ Union leaders. In a press release sighted by our correspondent, Comrade Umar Faruk disclosed that NELFUND didn’t ignore the NANS nor the Zonal leadership, but the upcoming session is…
Police acting in concert with military operatives have rescued 23 kidnapped victims from a gang of gunmen in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Kaduna Police Command spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, in a statement on Sunday said security operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Kajuru Division and military personnel rescued…
The police in Lagos have commenced investigation into the alleged rape of a 20-year-old female student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, by a lecturer in the institution. Sources said the survivor (name withheld), a 300-level student of the university, reported the matter to the police on Aug. 28. âShe alleged that on Aug….