GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja for Dakar, Senegal. The Vice President is expected to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Senegal’s 65th Independence Day Anniversary celebrations. Senegal celebrates its Independence Day on April 4 each year, commemorating its freedom from French colonial rule in 1960. The day is…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that the 2025 UTME Mock Notification Slip is now available for printing for candidates who registered for the optional test. JAMB’s Public Communication Adviser, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said in a statement on Thursday that the slip contains key details such as the examination date, venue, time, and…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Thursday that the petition seeking the recall of the Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, failed to meet the constitutional requirement as only 43.86 percent of registered voters in the five local government areas signed the recall notice. Only 208,132 voters out of the 474,554 registered…
Elisha Abbo, a former senator who represented Adamawa north, says Senate President Godswill Akpabio handles the affairs of the upper legislative chamber like an emperor. Abbo spoke on Wednesday when he appeared on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television. The former lawmaker was reacting to the suspension and other sanctions meted to Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan,…
Many passengers were injured and scampered for safety when a LagFerry boat, Igbega Eko,” suddenly exploded and burst into flames while en route to Victoria Island. Confirming the fire incident on Thursday morning, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) said that its officers were on the ground to ensure that the fire does not escalate….
A tragic incident has occurred in the Aji community of Enugu-Ezike, located in Igbo Eze North Local Government Area, Enugu State. A woman, whose identity remains unknown, is alleged to have killed her younger sister using a cutlass. Reports also indicate that she attempted to harm both her mother and her younger sister’s child. While…
A man, Godwin Anuka, who was kidnapped by suspected Fulani herders alongside his wife and two children in the Ubulu-Uku area of Delta State, has been killed in the presence of his wife and children. The Senior Special Assistant on Civil Society and Youth Mobilisation to the Delta State Governor, Harrison Gwamnishu, disclosed this in…
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 41-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Kareem, to life imprisonment for attempting to murder his former boss by setting him ablaze. Kareem was arraigned on November 18, 2024, on a one-count charge of attempted murder, contrary to Section 241 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State,…
A high court in the Eastern Cape division of South Africa has acquitted Timothy Omotoso, a Nigerian televangelist, accused of raping young women in his church. Omotoso and his two co-defendants were arraigned on a 32-count charge bordering on rape and human trafficking. The co-defendants are Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho. Several young women had…
As the political crisis rocking the oil rich Rivers state festers, a founding member and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and coordinator of the Concerned Rivers for Peace Initiative (CRPI), Ambassador Fubara Dagogo has appealed to the warring factions to refrain from the ongoing attacks on each other, and focus on measures that…