The Chief of Defence Standards and Evaluations at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Major General Adekunle Ariyibi, has confirmed that Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) receive foreign funding. Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, Ariyibi stated that the terrorist groups have benefited from external collaboration, including financial and logistical…
Barely 48 hours after a fatal motor accident claimed 14 lives in Kafin Hausa, Jigawa State, another tragic car crash has occurred in the state, leaving six people dead. The latest incident happened on Wednesday night along the Auyo road to Adiyani in the Guri Local Government Area. Our correspondent learnt from sources that the…
Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dr. Joseph Haruna Kigbu, was abducted yesterday evening by suspected bandits while traveling to Jos. The attack, which occurred around 6:00 p.m., took place between Nunku in Akwanga Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, and Gwantu in Sanga Local Government Area, Kaduna State. In a gun battle, the…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu threw his weight behind Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s decision to annul the June 12, 1993, election won by the late Moshood Abiola. In an exclusive interview with AriseNews on Sunday morning, Lamido stated that he feels highly entertained by Tinubu’s rhetoric…
Elon Musk, the tech mogul, says US President Donald Trump would have lost the 2024 election without him. Musk made the comment on X in response to Trump’s criticism against him. Musk, who led the department of government efficiency (DOGE), quit his role a day after he spoke out against a Trump-backed spending bill. The…
An officer of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command was killed while foiling a kidnapping attempt in Guto village, a community on the outskirts of Bwari Area Council, in the early hours of Thursday, November 20, 2025. According to a statement shared by the FCT Police Command on its official X handle, the incident…
The Federal Government has promised to sanction any officer found guilty in the alleged bribery saga involving a crossdresser Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky. In a viral video, the crossdresser who was sentenced to six months in prison for naira abuse was said to have served his term outside of a correctional facility after paying some…
With a record of 104%, Nigeria exceeded the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) crude oil production quota in June 2025 by four percent. In the month under review, the country’s crude oil output was 1.505million barrels of oil per day, surpassing the 1.5mopd, the cartel allowed it to produce. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory…
Controversial socialite, Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky opens up on how he provided food for over 2,500 inmates during his time at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison. The Lagos-based influencer took to his Instagram page to reveal this, a few weeks following his release. He noted that he was moved to perform the charitable act,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Oba Abimbola Owoade has been crowned the 46th Alaafin of Oyo. Owoade succeeds the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who died on April 22, 2022, at the age of 83. The coronation event took place today (Saturday) at Oliveth Baptist High School in Oyo, where Governor Seyi Makinde led…
