A 38-year-old man, Samaila Salisu, has denied the paternity of his estranged wife, Maryam Ibrahimâs three-month-old pregnancy. Salisu told the Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State that, he had s3xual intercourse with his wife only six times since they got married. Salisu said: âI had intercourse with her only six times since we…
A dynamite explosion rocked the secretariat of the Action Peopleâs Party along the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Monday morning. It was gathered that the incident occurred in the wee hours of Monday precisely around 1am. The assailants allegedly threw substances believed to be dynamite into the building housing the secretariat…
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers terrorising residents of the Ikorodu area of the state. The commandâs spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the suspects allegedly attempted to kidnap a car dealer at Ebute-Igbogbo Road, Ikorodu…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that popular Fuji musician, Sulaimon Adekunle, who is better known as KS1 Malaika, has lost his mother, Alhaja Rukayat Mojirayo The news of her death was announced by KS1 Malaikaâs brother, Azeez Malaika, on his social media platforms late Monday night. He wrote, âI never know you will leave without saying goodbye,…
The Lagos State Government has condemned the âunprovoked attackâ on officers of the Environmental Sanitation Corps also known as KAI by personnel of the Nigerian Army in the Yaba area of the state. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a statement on Tuesday, revealed that the attack occurred while…
A Corps Liaison Officer (CLO) in Enugu East LGA, Enugu State, has been accused of assaulting two female members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) during a meeting last Saturday. The CLO allegedly intimidated the victims and later boasted of being âuntouchableâ due to his connections with NYSC officials. The incident was brought…
Again,the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB,has said it would not offer admission to candidates below the age of 16 years in its 2024/2025 admission session. The board which vowed to enforce the directive of the Minister of Education,Prof. Tahir Mamman that candidates below the age of 16 should not be admitted into tertiary institutions,…
Godwin Emmanuel, a 23-year-old armed robbery suspect, has admitted to stealing a police officerâs phone from a patrol van while being transported to the Osun State Police Command. Emmanuel was arrested along with two othersâ28-year-old Olajide Kareem and 33-year-old Mike Emmanuelâwho are accused of robbing residents and sexually assaulting a 65-year-old woman on the Ilesa-Osu…
The Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, has lost his eldest son, Abdulwahab, in a motor accident that occurred on Thursday. This incident comes just a day after the governor mourned the passing of his mother, Maryam Namadi, who died on Wednesday after a brief illness. According to reports, the governorâs son was involved in a…
The Lawmaker representing Ibadan North Constituency 1 at the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Dr. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide has written a heartfelt and glowing tribute to eulogize the one year remembrance of the former National Delegate of the People’s Democratic Party, Engr. Daniel Olutunji AJUWON, who passed on to glory at the early hours…