The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Lanre Ogunlowo, has summoned the officers involved in the shooting of 27-year-old caterer, Tomiwa Oni, on July 24, 2024, at a checkpoint in Itele, Ota, Ogun State. This is as the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered urgent intervention to ensure accountability and support for the victim….
The pioneer chairman Aare Latoosa LCDA and Ibadan North Federal Constituency hopeful, Bashorun Adekunle Oladeji has mourned the death of the former Oyo SSG, Chief Michael Koleosho, who died in Ibadan, on Monday. According to a statement made available from his media office at Ibadan on Wednesday, ‘it is with rude shock I received the…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday appointed Binta Garba as the pro-chancellor and chairperson of the governing council of the new Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti. Ms Garba, a politician, businesswoman and administrator, represented Adamawa North Senatorial District in the Senate from 2015 to 2019 and served in the House…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has refuted claims that he advised Christians to stop paying tithes. The clarification came during the church’s October Holy Ghost Service on Saturday at the Redemption City on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, where Adeboye addressed misrepresentations that followed his recent comments…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a former Minister of Education and Petroleum, Professor Jibril Aminu, has died at the age of 85. Aminu, a distinguished diplomat, cardiologist, and statesman, passed away in Abuja on Thursday after a prolonged illness. His funeral prayer is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. today at the Abuja National Mosque. His remains will…
Arsenal sealed a commanding 5-1 aggregate victory over Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final, winning 2-1 in the second leg played on Wednesday night at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. The Gunners, who went into the match with a 3-0 advantage from the first leg, extended their dominance despite an early scare and a…
Popular entertainer Speed Darlington is currently facing widespread condemnation following a viral Instagram live video in which he seemingly admitted to defiling a 15-year-old girl. The incident, which he narrated in Igbo, has prompted swift reactions from the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in…
The authorities in Finland have frozen the assets of Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Biafran agitator facing allegations of terrorism-related activities, who has been detained for several weeks. The Finnish government also froze the assets of companies associated with Ekpa and four of his accomplices, who are also in remand. Yle, a local newspaper in a…
Terrorism continues to ravage Kebbi State as insurgents from the Lakurawa group struck again, this time targeting a construction site in Gumki village, Arewa Local Government Area. Just a week after their deadly attack on two police officers, the group claimed the lives of three telecom workers and one unidentified individual. The victims, who were…
Police detectives in Ondo State, have arrested seven suspected kidnappers including a 19-year Umar Isyaku, in possession of N3.5 million believed to be ransom paid by families of their victims. Briefing newsmen in Akure, the state Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi, said the 19-year-old lsyaku was arrested alongside one Ridwan Salisu,45, at Ipele in connection…