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  • Number Of Governor's Police Escorts Reduced From 150 to 62

    . Number Of Governor's Police Escorts Reduced From 150 to 62

     In an apparent deference to the admonition of President Muhammadu Buhari for it to prune down the number of personnel attached to VIPs, the Nigeria Police has reduced the number of security detail attached to Governors.This followed the reorganisation of the functions of police officers and men, which has led to police security attached to the gov
  • EFCC Sets Up Four-Man Panel For Full Investigation Into The Activities Of Diezani Alison-Madueke

    . EFCC Sets Up Four-Man Panel For Full Investigation Into The Activities Of Diezani Alison-Madueke

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced a full investigation into the activities of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.It was learnt on Sunday that the commission constituted a four-member committee of crack detectives to probe all the
  • Body Of 65-Year-Old Missing Man, Mr Dele Ogundeyi Found Dead In Well In Kwara

    . Body Of 65-Year-Old Missing Man, Mr Dele Ogundeyi Found Dead In Well In Kwara

     The body of a 65-year-old man, Mr Dele Ogundeyi, was on Saturday recovered from a well on the Aperan Way in Omu-Aran, Kwara state, central Nigeria..Ogundeyi was a retired Secretary of Offa Local Government Area Liaison Office, before his death.The deceased, who hailed from Ile-Nla compound in Omu-Aran, went missing around 11 a.m. on Saturday, acco
  • REVEALED! Why Most Women Do Not Look Forward To Having Sex

    . REVEALED! Why Most Women Do Not Look Forward To Having Sex

     In the observation of most marriage counselors in Nigeria, it is believed that sex plays a major factor. Most times, however, women are blamed for denying their husbands of this fun .But while men will always be ready to pull the triggers of their guns where this issue is concerned, they often fail to consider the real different factors that may
  • NDLEA Obtains CCTV Footage Of Another Accomplice In The Arik Air Cocaine Scandal

    . NDLEA Obtains CCTV Footage Of Another Accomplice In The Arik Air Cocaine Scandal

     The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has obtained Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage of how Arik Air staff, Ikechukwu Chibuzor Oliver, who worked as a catering loader smuggled three bags of cocaine among food supplies for flight W3101.The NDLEA made this known on Saturday in a statement signed by the agency Head of Public Affairs
  • Popular Nigerian DJ, Lekan Kamson Odesanya Battles UK Homeoffice Over Plans To Deport Him

    . Popular Nigerian DJ, Lekan Kamson Odesanya Battles UK Homeoffice Over Plans To Deport Him

     Nigerian man, Lekan Odesanya wrote a petition on change.org to the UK Homeland office over plans to deport him to Nigerian unlawfully. His petition below... My name is Lekan Kamson Odesanya, I am a 33 years old Nigerian DJ and photographer living at 58 stow crescent London e17. I came into UK in 2004 with a student visa and I was one month late to
  • Fashola Spent Billions Of Naira On Projects Because He Likes Quality Jobs - APC

    . Fashola Spent Billions Of Naira On Projects Because He Likes Quality Jobs - APC
  • Secret Service Arrests 14 Years Old Boko Haram Spy At Abuja International Airport

    . Secret Service Arrests 14 Years Old Boko Haram Spy At Abuja International Airport

     The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a fourteen-year-old boy, Sulaiymon Abdulraman alias Sunday Ajayi, who was working for the Boko Haram sect at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.The suspect, a native of Kogi State, was arrested by the DSS in liaison with Aviation Security while controlling a spy network mounted by th
  • PHOTOS: 65 Year-Old Landlord Molests 7 Year Old Girl For Rituals In Lagos

    . PHOTOS: 65 Year-Old Landlord Molests 7 Year Old Girl For Rituals In Lagos

     In another case that has highlighted the increasing child sexual abuses in Nigeria, a 65-year-old landlord, in Akowonjo area of Lagos, Mr. Ganiyu Sani, has allegedly raped a seven-year-old girl, Blessing. But this time, the parents of the victim believe he did it for ritual purposes.According to the civil servant mother of the victim, on Monday, A
  • Angry Villagers Brutally Beat To Death Restaurant Operator Accused Of Using Juju In Abia

    . Angry Villagers Brutally Beat To Death Restaurant Operator Accused Of Using Juju In Abia

     A middle aged woman, Akudo Onyendi of ,  village in Osisioma Local Government Area of Abia State has been beaten to death by some villagers for allegedly visiting a native doctor.The victim, until her death, was said to have operated a restaurant at Owerrinta in Isiala Ngwa LGA.She was reportedly dragged to a village hall at Owerinta by the a
  • PHOTO: Nigeria Police Gets First Female Force Public Relations Officer

    . PHOTO: Nigeria Police Gets First Female Force Public Relations Officer

     In his determination to advance change over stasis, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, fdc, NPM has appointed Acting ACP Olabisi Alofe Kolawole as the new Force Public Relations Officer. Ag. ACP Kolawole becomes the first female police officer to be appointed as National Police spokesperson.This appointment is geared towards ha
  • GRAPHIC: Horrific Accident In Benin City This Afternoon (Viewers Discretion)

    . GRAPHIC: Horrific Accident In Benin City This Afternoon (Viewers Discretion)

     An unidentified man was on Friday smashed to death in the presence of his wife by a mass transit bus at Ekae community in Oredo local government area of Edo State.It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 12:30pm when the couple were waiting to board a vehicle to Warri, Delta State.The bus marked ED110-B28 and owned by Edo State Governme
  • LOLITICS: Gov Fayose Appoints A Carpenter Of Buhari's Age As Local Government Chairman

    . LOLITICS: Gov Fayose Appoints A Carpenter Of Buhari's Age As Local Government Chairman
  • Muslim Students Attack WAEC Office For Fixing Exams on Their Prayer Days

    . Muslim Students Attack WAEC Office For Fixing Exams on Their Prayer Days

     The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has faulted the timing of some subjects of WAEC examinations for Nov./Dec private candidates. Speaking with newsmen at a news conference in Abeokuta yesterday, the zonal coordinator of the group in the southern states, Alhaji Mushafau Alaran, said the timetable placed some subjects at a period when Mus
  • Nigerian Ambassador To US, Prof Adebowale Adefuye Dies Of Heart Attack Few Days To End Of Tenure

    . Nigerian Ambassador To US, Prof Adebowale Adefuye Dies Of Heart Attack Few Days To End Of Tenure

     Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States, Prof Adebowale Adefuye is dead.Adefuye, whose tenure as ambassador ends on August 31, 2015 died after suffering from an heart attack in a Washington, DC hospital.Born in Ijebu-Igbo, in 1947, Adefuye received his First Degree in History at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1969, and in 1973 earned a
  • APC Leaders Angry As Buhari Appoints More Northerners

    . APC Leaders Angry As Buhari Appoints More Northerners

     THERE was an outrage in the ruling All Progressives Congress on Thursday over the announcement of new appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari.Leaders of the APC, who spoke to The PUNCH, complained that the appointments tilted in favour of the North and said the party must move fast to cope with the backlash of expected rumblings in the polity.�
  • BREAKING: EFCC Begins Probe Of Rotimi Amaechi’s Administration

    . BREAKING: EFCC Begins Probe Of Rotimi Amaechi’s Administration

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced probe on the administration of the immediate past governor of Rivers state, of Rotimi Amaechi. According to a report by ThisDay, the probe comes after a Port Harcourt-based group, The Integrity Group, petitioned EFCC on July 29th, accusing the former governor of corruption, graft and abuse
  • Buhari Appoints Chief Of Staff and Secretary To The Government Of The Federation SGF

    . Buhari Appoints Chief Of Staff and Secretary To The Government Of The Federation SGF

     President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following appointments:Engr. Babachir David Lawal – Secretary to the Government of the FederationAlhaji Abba Kyari – Chief of Staff to the PresidentCol. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs ServiceMr. Kure Martin Abeshi – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Ser
  • INEC Says Delta State Governor Had More Votes Than Accredited Voters in the State

    . INEC Says Delta State Governor Had More Votes Than Accredited Voters in the State

     INEC officials who appeared before the Delta state Election tribunal sitting in Asaba the state capital, yesterday August 26th, told members of the tribunal that after the April 11th governorship elections had been concluded, it was discovered that the state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa who was declared winner of the election, had more number of votes
  • Plainclothes Policemen Spotted Carrying Out Stop and Search in Lagos (Photos)

    . Plainclothes Policemen Spotted Carrying Out Stop and Search in Lagos (Photos)

     A Gistmania member shared these photos of plainclothes policemen stopping passerby’s and searching them indiscriminately.Even those passing on bikes,are stopped,pockets searched,phones etc They are said to be officers from Soloki police station in Surulere,Lagos. Is this legal?
  • SUICIDE MISSION: Woman Throws Child Into Lagoon, Jumps In Too

    . SUICIDE MISSION: Woman Throws Child Into Lagoon, Jumps In Too

     What could have led a young woman to fling her son into the lagoon as she also jumped into it in a suicidal bid? This is the riddle that many on the Lagos Island are yet to find an answer to.It was Tuesday evening at the Leventis Bus Stop area of Ma­rina and normal business ac­tivities were going on when the young woman whose identity remains un
  • Imo State Police Command Arrest Ritual Killer Over Murder

    . Imo State Police Command Arrest Ritual Killer Over Murder

     Homicide squad of Imo State Police Command yester­day smashed a ritual syn­dicate in the state.Parading the suspects before newsmen in Owerri, acting Commissioner of Police, Dave Akinremi, said operatives acting on a tip-off arrested one Joy Emmanu­el, a member of the syndi­cate, who is a nurse resident at Amafeke, Orlu, and a na­tive of Ezio
  • NDDC Boss Meets President Buhari, Says No Money Was Missing As Claimed By Auditor-General

    . NDDC Boss Meets President Buhari, Says No Money Was Missing As Claimed By Auditor-General

     Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC), Mr. Dan Abia, yesterday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari, describing as false the allegation by the Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr. Samuel Ukura that N183.7 billion was misappropriated by the commission.Ukura had recently said that the NDDC had a case to answer, following an
  • Nigerian Man Caught With Over $40,000 by Customs Agent at US Airport

    . Nigerian Man Caught With Over $40,000 by Customs Agent at US Airport

     Customs and Border Patrol agents on Sunday seized over $40,000 in unreported currency from a Nigerian traveler at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. According to CBS Baltimore, the individual initially declared that he had $5,000. Then he later stated he had $22,000. But then officials say customs agents ultimately disco
  • Shocking Details Of How Oronsaye, Maina, Others Allegedly Stole N1 Billion From Pension Funds

    . Shocking Details Of How Oronsaye, Maina, Others Allegedly Stole N1 Billion From Pension Funds

     In a little over a month, the sparks will start to fly in what might turn out the most celebrated trial of this year as the prosecution of the former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye; former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina; and others accused of siphoning over N1 billion from pensioners
  • Obasanjo, Jonathan And Others Promoted Corruption In The Oil Sector – Buhari

    . Obasanjo, Jonathan And Others Promoted Corruption In The Oil Sector – Buhari

     President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday accused past governments of encouraging corruption in the oil sector.Buhari said he was disappointed at the way Nigeria’s oil industry had been handled since he left office as a former petroleum minister and as a military Head of State in 1985.Buhari was quoted in a statement by the President’s Senior Special
  • NDLEA Storms ARIK HQ To Investigate Its Staff, Chika Egwu Udensi Caught With Cocaine In London

    . NDLEA Storms ARIK HQ To Investigate Its Staff, Chika Egwu Udensi Caught With Cocaine In London

     Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday night stormed the headquarters of Arik Air in Ikeja Lagos following the arrest in London of a crew member of the airline for allegedly being in possession of cocaine.The Arik crew member, identified by the anti-narcotics agency as Chika Egwu Udensi, was arrested on Monday night by o
  • BREAKING NEWS! Five Killed As Suicide Bomber Hits Damaturu In Yobe State

    . BREAKING NEWS! Five Killed As Suicide Bomber Hits Damaturu In Yobe State

     Reports reaching GISTMANIA has it that a suicide bomber struck at a busy area in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital this morning.At least five people were killed from the explosion with more than 20 others injured.Director of Media and Publicity to Yobe State Governor, Abdullahi Bego, confirmed that the dead have been evacuated to the mortuary while
  • Nigerian Officials Give Reason Why They Issued Top ISIS Leader, Ahmed Al-Assir a Visa

    . Nigerian Officials Give Reason Why They Issued Top ISIS Leader, Ahmed Al-Assir a Visa

    it has been revealed why Nigerian officials gave Ahmed Al-Assir, a top ISIS terrorist a Visa into the country. Radical Lebanese Islamic cleric, Ahmad Al-Assir, who was arrested last week as he attempted traveling to Nigeria, got an entry visa into Nigeria because the country’s embassies do not capture applicant's’ biometric data, an offic
  • Buhari Orders Immigration Office To Cancel All Diplomatic Passports Issued To Unauthorized Holders

    . Buhari Orders Immigration Office To Cancel All Diplomatic Passports Issued To Unauthorized Holders

     According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Nigeria Immigration Service has been directed by the Nigerian Government to retrieve all valid diplomatic and official passports from those who are not entitled to hold such documents.The statement signed on Monday, by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Interior, Yusuf Isiaka and made avai

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