Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday. The deaths in Bihar occurred during fierce storms between Wednesday and Thursday, a state disaster management department statement said, with the victims mostly farmers and labourers working in the open. More heavy rain and…
One of the suspected promoters of the cryptocurrency trading platform, Crypto Bridge Exchange, Adefowora Abiodun, who was recently declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, voluntarily surrendered himself to the anti-graft agency on Monday. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, in a ruling on Thursday last week, approved the…
The national grid experienced a system disturbance on Friday, plunging some parts of the country, especially Lagos, into darkness. This is coming at a time when the Federal Government is celebrating what it called the historic rise in power generation to 6,000MW. Our correspondent reports that power generation suddenly dropped below 1,000MW at 2 pm…
Justice James Omotosho of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has fixed further trial of the Biafra agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on alleged terrorism charges, to October 16. The court, on Wednesday, adjourned the case to October 16 following the inability of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to conclude its assessment of Kanu’s…
“She was a woman whose warmth could melt the coldest heart, whose laughter could chase away any shadow. “She was a devoted wife, a cherished daughter, a beloved sister, and a friend to all. “Temitope dreamed of motherhood, of cradling her child, of singing lullabies and of sharing her boundless love. “Tope just rounded…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Monday Sinclair, former Super Eagles head coach, has died at the age of 88. According to family sources, the legendary football coach was pronounced dead around 3:15 pm on Wednesday. Sinclair had been in and out of the hospital for complications of diabetes in recent years. Before his much-celebrated coaching career,…
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape. The state’s commissioner of police, Ayodele Sonubi, made this known at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday. Mr Sonubi said the command swung into action after it got information about the act of…
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday struck out the preliminary objection in the defamation suit filed by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, (SAN), and his son, popular musician Folarin Falana, also known as Falz, against social media personality Vincent Otse, popularly called VeryDarkMan. Justice Mathias Dawoodu struck out the suit following his…
A Director at the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA), Serifat Olubukola Talabi, has died barely four days to her retirement from the civil service and 60th birthday. She was reportedly knocked down in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. It was learnt that late Talabi was knocked down by a vehicle on October 18,…
Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, recently stirred a buzz online with a bold and unfiltered confession about his senior colleague, music icon Tiwa Savage. This reaction came after Tiwa, 44, shared a series of photos wearing only panties, exuding confidence that left fans both surprised and captivated. However, Portable’s response quickly became…