Zimbabwean authorities have approved the slaughter of about 200 elephants to feed citizens amid lingering food insecurity caused by severe drought. On Monday, Tinashe Farawo, a spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority, confirmed the planned culling of 200 elephants to feed citizens amid acute drought. âWe are targeting to cull 200 elephants,â Mr…
Four notorious drug kingpins have been sentenced to a total of 95 years in prison by the Federal High Courts in Lagos and Yola, Adamawa State, following their conviction for trafficking cocaine and skunk worth over N4.6 billion. The convicts, including Ogbuji Christian Ifeanyi, Iloduba Augustine Chinonye, Shuaibu Nuhu Isa (a.k.a Don), and Zidon Zurga,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert over falsified versions of two essential medicines, warning of serious health risks. In a statement numbered 030/2025, the agency said counterfeit batches of the anti-malarial Artemetrin DS and the antibiotic Ciprofit 500 were in circulation, despite being sourced from…
Honourable Asefon Sunday, the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Students Engagement has condemned a press conference undermining the just concluded All Progressive Congress (APC) consensus primary election. In a press release sighted by GISTSMATE MEDIA, Asefon said some non-indigenes of the state are behind the purported press release discrediting the election which…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a popular Nollywood actor, Otunba Ayobami Olabiyi, also known as Bobo B is dead. He reportedly passed away in Ibadan, Oyo state after a brief illness. Until his death, Olabiyi was the former governor of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) in Oyo state and its current…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari says after serving two terms as Nigeriaâs number one citizen, he relies on one of his houses in Kaduna State to raise money for feeding. Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus meeting held at the Presidential Banquet Hall of the Government House, Katsina State, Buhari said he did not…
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has boasted that there is a tendency for his critics to be killed if they speak ill of him in his church situated in the Auchi Area of Edo State. Suleman sparked controversy with the statement in a video circulating on social media on…
A magistratesâ court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Tuesday remanded a bishop, Onyeagoziri Ndubueze, in the Abakaliki Correctional Centre for alleged sexual abuse of a 22-year-old female member of his church. The chief magistrate, Nike Chima, ordered his remand after the magistrate rejected the bail application by the defence counsel, Friday Agbom. The magistrate told…
Six people have been sentenced in connection with the brutal September 4, 2021, Labour Day weekend murders of three people in Northwest Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced that Erwin Dubose, Kamar Queen, William Johnson Lee, Damonta Thompson, and Mussay Rezene, all of Washington, D.C., along with Toyia Johnson of Rockville, Maryland, were…
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has revealed the role he and Senator Murray Bruce played in the selection of a former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, as Atiku Abubakarâs running mate. Four years before Obi defected to the Labour Party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, he was selected…