GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that armed bandits have reportedly killed a vigilante leader and abducted seven people in separate attacks on communities in Rijau and Magama Local Government Areas of Niger State. Sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter that the attacks occurred on Oct. 3, 2025, in Dukku and Shafini villages. According to sources…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu about the movement of some opposition governors to the ruling party soon. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele warned Tinubu to be careful of some of these opposition governors who may join APC…
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has urged Corps members to embrace self-reliance by cultivating a savings habit and investing in themselves rather than waiting for government jobs. Speaking during his visit to the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream ‘Two’ Corps members at the NYSC orientation camp in Iseyin,…
At least three Indian states have banned a cough syrup after it was linked to the deaths of nine children under the age of five. Health officials said the children, from the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, died after consuming Coldrif Cough Syrup, which laboratory tests later found to be contaminated with a toxic…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has declared his ambition for the 2027 governorship seat. Adelabu stated that his gubernatorial ambition is not driven by personal or selfish interests. He insisted that his motivation comes from wanting to improve the lives of the people in the state. In a video that…
Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has launched a sweeping new immigration plan, describing it as the “toughest reforms Britain has ever seen” to secure the country’s borders. In a video message posted on her X account on Sunday, Badenoch announced the launch of a new Removals Force, modelled on the United States…
Armed men suspected to be bandits on Friday stormed a family residence in Isanlu in Yagba East local government area and abducted a woman and her two children while the husband who tried to escape was shot. Tribune Online gathered that the husband, in an attempt to escape abduction, sustained gunshot injuries. The attack, according…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Saturday held a meeting with members of the Rivers State Elders Council in Port Harcourt. The meeting, which comes amid recent political developments in the state, was also attended by the Speaker of the Rivers State House of…
Controversy has continued to trail the recent installation of Pastor Josephine Ibhaguezejele by the Iyaloja-General of Market Women Association, Mrs Folashade Ojo-Tinubu, as the Iyaloja of Edo State, a title that literally means head of markets in the state. The uproar stems from the unfamiliarity of the title within Benin’s cultural structure, the process of…
There is rising concern within opposition ranks about a likely repeat of the 2023 scenario, in which its split led to a narrow but strategic victory for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, President Bola Tinubu. Feelers from opposition camps indicate that members are worried it will be difficult to unseat the…