After the death of a former Director-General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ibrahim Zakari, his son Mubarak Zakari has also passed on. Late Ibrahim served as Director-General of the NIA from 1995 to 1998. He also served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the early 1990s and headed the country’s anti-terrorism…
Four persons have been jailed in the United Kingdom over a street brawl in Leicester City centre. The men used knives, a baseball bat, and a crutch as weapons during the fight that took place at about 03:00 GMT on 4 November 2021. They are Destiny Ojo, Joshua Davies-Ero, Ridwanulahi Raheem, and Habib Lawal. All…
Brazilian police have taken four soldiers into custody for their suspected involvement in a plot to assassinate President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in December 2022. These soldiers were part of the G20 Guards, an elite security unit. This development comes after a tumultuous election period in Brazil, which saw Lula da Silva narrowly defeat…
Mark and Ros Dowey, parents of a British teenager who took his own life after falling victim to sextortion, have appealed to perpetrators to stop the act. Murray, their 16-year-old son, committed suicide after he was tricked by scammers from Nigeria who posed as a girl, into sending compromising pictures of himself. Authorities in Nigeria…
The Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders (CONYL), the umbrella body of all the youth groups drawn across the six geopolitical zones has endorsed Seyi Tinubu for Governor of Lagos State in 2027. In a statement jointly issued in Owerri on Tuesday by the President General of CONYL Comrade Goodluck Ibem, the Secretary Comrade Junard Abubakar,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Osun State Government has reportedly approved the sum of N75,000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued and signed by the state NLC chairman, Comrade Christopher Arapasopo and made available to the newsmen in Osogbo on Tuesday. The statement…
The federal government has revoked all previous directives regarding posting restrictions in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). A memo dated November 18, 2024, from the Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, to the NYSC Director General, stated that this lifting of restrictions will take effect from the start date of the 2024 Batch…
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed a surprise attack by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists targeting troops engaged in stabilisation operations in Gubio Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State. Major General Edward Buba, the Director of Defence Media Operations, in a statement, said five soldiers were killed, ten wounded, and four declared missing during the assault. He,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Eric Odo, Chairman of Igbo Etiti LGA of Enugu state, has appointed Ezeugwu Ogbonna as senior special assistant on agriculture (yam and pepper). The appointment is contained in a letter dated November 1 and addressed to Ogbonna. “I am pleased to inform you that the executive chairman Igbo Etiti LGA has…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the Senate to approve the National Social Investment Programme Agency Establishment Amendment Bill 2024. The bill, forwarded on Tuesday, seeks to overhaul the social welfare framework by designating the National Investment Register as the primary tool for identifying beneficiaries. In his correspondence to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House…