Author: Olamide Obayemi

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied claims about the inability of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting PLC, just as it also denied claims that it plans to shut down commercial banks in a geo-political zone. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday, 10 February, 2023, by CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, made this known in a statement. In the statement obtained by thegazellenews.com Nwanisobi said Nigerians should disregard a report making the rounds in the media that NSPM is experiencing insufficient printing materials. He clarified that the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, told…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike No fewer than nine people were confirmed dead and several others injured on Friday after a passenger microbus collided with a truck on El Wahat Road in Giza province southwest of the capital Cairo, Egypt. Spokesman of the Health Ministry, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, said “Nine people were killed and nine others wounded in the accident,” adding that some of the wounded were in critical conditions. Traffic accidents claim thousands of lives in the most populous Arab country every year. Most of the accidents were caused by speeding, negligence of traffic rules and laws, and poor maintenance of roads.…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher has said Mohamed Salah is not a great striker in the mold of former Reds star, Fernando Torres, a Spaniard. Carragher believes Salah reminds him of Torres, adding that the Egyptian international is not a great player. Speaking about Salah on the Across the Park podcast, Carragher, former Liverpool defender, “He will end up with 25, close to 30. We judge Salah so highly. Yeah, the team is not playing well, so Salah isn’t going to be at his best. “I have never believed Salah is a great player as such, he is a…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Muhammadu Buhari met with the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu on Friday, 10 February, 2023, to strategise on how Asiwaju will excel at the 2023 presidential election slated for this month. A source at the Presidential Villa, said Buhari met with Tinubu at his official residence at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on the night of Friday, 10 February, 2023. Tinubu confirmed the meeting with Buhari during the ‘Meet the mentor’ dinner held in his honour by the APC Progressives Sisters Network at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. Speaking at the meeting, Tinubu…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Niger State Government on has instituted a lawsuit against the Federal Government of Nigeria over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Supreme Court. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Justice Nasara Danmallam, in Minna stated this in a statement issued in Minna, the state capital on Saturday. In the statement obtained by the gazellenews, Danmallam said the case with suit number SC/CV/210/2023 was filed on Friday, with the Niger State Government as the plaintiff. The statement said that the Niger State government was seeking an extension of…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate in the July 16 2022 Governorship Election, Adegboyega Oyetola, has approached the Appeal Court to further seek the disqualification of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun. It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), had on July 17 announced Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the July 16 Governorship election. But Oyetola and his party, the APC, approached the Tribunal to challenge the victory on the grounds that there was over-voting and that Senator Ademola Adeleke was not eligible to run at the time. After weeks of sitting, the Tribunal agreed…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani has challenged the legality of his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party on Friday, 10 February, 2023, expelled Nnamani and seven others from the party in Ekiti and Imo States over allegations of anti-party activities. The verdict of the party means Nnamani and others are no longer members of the party. The gazellenews gathered that some of them are candidates in the next election. Nnamani, in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, said the decision of the party offends the procedure…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Bank customers in Lagos State have lamented they are tired of what they going through, considering the failure of both the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and commercial banks to dispense cash to their customers in the state. Most of the bank customers interviewed by thegazellenews.com said that for several days, they have been in the banks without accessing their money deposited in their bank accounts. They lamented that the bank customers might organize demonstrations at the CBN in Lagos State and the State Government House if the current trend continues. According to on one Adegboyega Yekinni, a customer…

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has called on the Nigerian Army to continue to remain professional before, during and after the coming elections. The Governor stated this, on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, when he hosted the new General Officer Commanding, 2 Mechanised Division, Odogbo Barracks, Ibadan, Major-General Takuti Usman, at the Courtesy Room of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the governor, who pledged the continuous support of his administration to the Nigerian Army and other security agencies in the state, commended them for the…

The Kogi State Commissioner For Education, Science and Technology, Hon Wemi Jones, has described as absolute falsehood a report making the rounds in some section of some online media that Gov. Yahaya Bello has reportedly ordered the sack of Kogi teachers who are not All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters. Hon. Jones in a statement issued to journalists in Lokoja, while reacting to the misinformation, described the news as fake, baseless and a figment of the imagination of unscrupulous individuals masquerading under the guise of opposition with the intention to create disaffection amongst teachers and workers in the State. The Commissioner…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Despite cash crisis in the country, the Naira on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, exchanged at 461.10 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. The figure has an increase of 0.02 per cent compared with the 461.17 it exchanged on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023.. The open indicative rate closed at N461.25 to the dollar on Thursday, 9 February, 2023. An exchange rate of N462 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N461.10. The naira sold for as low as N439.96 to the dollar within the day’s trading.…

By Emmanuel Oladesu The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), 9 February, 2023, explained why Lagosians should reject the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Jide Adediran, at the poll. He said the main opposition candidate, who worked with him as a cameraman and consultant when he was Governor, lacked the required maturity, experience, competence and capacity to run Lagos, which is the fifth largest economy in Africa. Fashola maintained that being a cameraman and following the Governor to state functions do not qualify Adediran to be Governor. The PDP Candidate, former reporter with the Lagos Television when…

My attention has been drawn to disparaging statements made by my Boss, former Governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola earlier today at an event in Lagos. He reportedly referred to me as a cameraman who is not ready to govern Lagos. Well while this may come as a shock to many, who may have heard me speak well of him and his achievements in Lagos, despite being the flag bearer of the main opposition party in the same Lagos, let me quickly signpost a reminder that this is the season of calumnies and the APC are expectedly under pressure to sell…

Twenty nine opposition parties in Lagos State on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, endorsed All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the elections of Saturday, 25 February and Saturday, 11 March, 2023, respectively. The Convener of ‘Coalition of Political Parties in Lagos State (COPPILS), Akinola Obadia, told reporters in Lagos that Tinubu was endorsed based on his track records as former Governor of the state. He said:”Based on his achievements, we openly endorse Asiwaju Tinubu today as the best man for the job, to govern Nigeria and take it out of the woods…

If All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, must record an overwhelming victory in the February 25 presidential elections, Lagos State must play a leading role in the candidate’s electoral success at the polls, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Thursday. Sanwo-Olu said the five million votes pledged by the APC supporters in Lagos to deliver the State to Tinubu were not impossible, given the strength and structure of the campaign employed by the party in Lagos. The Governor said it was time for the party’s canvassers to embark on mass voter enlightenment in order to minimise void…

President Muhammadu Buhari has yet again drummed support for the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying the candidate is his long term ally. Speaking separately at the palace of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and at the APC campaign rally in Sokoto, the President said Asiwaju had demonstrated capacity and would do well if elected to lead the country. “He understands Nigeria very well and he is ever supportive of people wherever they may have come from in Nigeria,” the President told the Sultan. “I have gone with…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, urged the people of Sokoto State to vote for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the forthcoming polls. Lawan also urged the Sokoto people to cast their votes for the APC Governorship Candidate in the state, Ahmed Aliyu and other APC candidates in the 2023 polls. The Senate President made the appeal at the APC Presidential Campaign Rally which was attended by President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed at the township stadium in Sokoto. Lawan expressed…

Defying the harrowing fuel and new naira notes scarcity, textile traders in the popular Idumota Market have reaffirmed their unflinching support for the anticipated victory of the Presidential Candidate and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The traders gave the reassurance when they staged a solidarity walk on Thursday, 9 February, 2023 in the popular Lagos Island market. The solidarity walk which was organized by Alhaja Kudirat Oyinlomo Danmole kicked off from beneath the pedestrian bridge into the market as leaders and traders from 10 textile divisions of the market all donning APC-branded…