US President Donald Trump signed a bill on Monday making it a federal crime to post “revenge porn” — whether it is real or generated by artificial intelligence. The “Take It Down Act,” passed with overwhelming bipartisan congressional support, criminalises non-consensual publication of intimate images, while also mandating their removal from online platforms. “With the…
The Nigerian Presidency has announced plans to appeal a recent British Virgin Islands High Court judgment granting Chinese firm Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. the right to seize $25 million worth of Nigerian foreign assets. The dispute stems from a 2007 contract between Zhongfu, a subsidiary of Zhongshan Fucheng, and the Ogun State Government…
US President Donald Trump threatened his former advisor Elon Musk with “serious consequences” Saturday if the tech billionaire seeks to punish Republicans who vote for a controversial spending bill. The comments by Trump to NBC News come after the relationship between the world’s most powerful person and the world’s richest imploded in bitter and spectacular…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has declared that the injustice against her “will not be sustained” following her suspension from the Senate. She made the statement on Thursday while reacting to the decision of the upper chamber of the National Assembly to suspend her for six months. She said, “This injustice will not be…
Officials of Lagos State Government have arrested a birthday celebrant, musician and vendor for allegedly obstructing traffic and creating environmental nuisance. The suspects were arrested on Saturday for blocking Raymond Njoku Road in Ikoyi during a birthday celebration. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on Monday in a post on…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Kebbi State Government has finalised plans to sponsor the mass wedding of 600 individuals. The wedding comprising 300 grooms and 300 brides, with the government covering a dowry payment of ₦180,000 per couple. Addressing journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, the Chairman of the Mass Wedding Committee, Suleman Argungu, revealed…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the at least one person has died and six are missing, including tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, after a superyacht carrying mostly Britons was caught in a tornado and sank off the coast of Sicily. A one-year-old girl is among the 15 people who have been rescued. Mike Lynch told a journalist…
Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Shujaiya area of Gaza City killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, as the military said they were looking into the attack. The agency’s spokesman, Mahmud Bassal told AFP the strike resulted in “20 martyrs and more than 40 injured” and…
Don Pedro Obaseki, a cousin of former Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has narrated how he was allegedly abducted, beaten and stripped by suspected assailants in Benin City, Edo State. Obaseki spoke in a video shared by Africa Independent Television on Sunday, after GISTSMATE MEDIA reported that suspected thugs had stripped him naked and taken…
A novel vaccine designed to target one of the most common cancer-driving mutations in patients with pancreatic and colorectal cancer is showing promising results Researchers in Nature Medicine reported that the vaccine, called ELI-002 2P, offers fresh hope for individuals affected by pancreatic and colorectal cancer, following promising outcomes in a recent clinical trial. Pancreatic…
