By Owei Lakemfa IT was stunning. If it were a football match, it would have been said to be against the run of play. Nicaraguan youths who had risen against the brutal regime of Anastazio Somoza Debayle, on July 17, 1979, rode into Managua putting an end to the reign of the United States-backed butcher. Somoza was so bestial that even his main backer had to publicly distance itself from ...

GistReel A beautiful bride has gone viral on her wedding day after promising to support her husband’s football club, Arsenal FC, even if they lose. The moment was captured in a video that is making waves on TikTok. In the clip, the bride holds a microphone as she exchanges vows with her husband. Bride melts hearts on wedding day. During her turn, she reads from a book, pledging to be honest and ...

Two Fulani herders – Musa Haruna, 25, and Saliu Sanusi, 27, on Friday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged unlawful grazing. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, were charged with unlawful grazing. The prosecutor, Insp Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on September 30 at about 10:00a.m in Ado-Ekiti. Adeniyi ...

The Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command in collaboration with other security agencies in Imo State have raided a notorious ESN/IPOB camp in Ezioha forest in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo State. During the operation, several kidnap victims including a 69-year-old traditional ruler of Umuorji Mgbidi community in Oru west Local government were rescued by the security ...

GistReel Demola Olarenwaju, the Special Assistant on Digital Media Strategy to former PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is intimidating Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, by using the Nigeria Police Force and the court system. Olarenwaju charged Wike with attempting to ignite Rivers State ...

Many Nigerian workers have expressed growing frustration over the persistent rise in fuel prices, saying they now spend over half of their salary on transportation. The workers expressed their frustration in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday, October 4, 2024. This year alone, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has adjusted petrol pump prices upwards ...