Author: Khadijah Olowode

World Athletics has given sprinter Tobi Amusan the green light to compete in the upcoming world championship in Budapest, Hungary In an announcement on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed that Amusan “did not commit an anti-doping rule violation.” It said, “A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, has today found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within 12 months. “AIU Head Brett Clothier has indicated the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) is disappointed by this decision and will review the reasoning in…

Popular actress, Debbie Shokoya has lost her pregnancy, thegazellenews.com reports. Narrating her experience in a short video posted on her Instagram page, the delectable actress, in tears lamented that she lost her pregnancy which is eight month old. According to the actress, she had travelled abroad to have her baby but lost the baby when she was eight months gone. Debbie said the incident occurred about a month ago but decided to go public herself so that people won’t be spreading unfounded rumours and falsehood about her.

A 20,000 hectares rice farm is to be sited in the Yewa axis of the Ogun State. This would make the Gateway State, the rice capital of the country. The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, stated this on Wednesday, 16 August, 2023 during the commissioning of the 7-kilometre Ibooro-Imasai- Ayetoro road in Yewa North Local Government Area of the state. The Governor described Yewaland as the food basket of the state, noting that 20,000 hectares of land was needed for the rice project. He said: “Yewaland is no doubt the food basket of this state and even the country. We…

Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun has solicited the support of General Managers of broadcasting outfits in the State on efforts of the State Government to ensure free flow of information and all round development of the State. Rt. Hon Olatunbosun who made the appeal in Ado Ekiti during a meeting with the General Managers of broadcasting outfits in the State, promised to concentrate on developmental information that would focus on areas of massive potentials of the State without bias to partisan politics. Assuring that Government would engender free flow of information, Olatunbosun vowed to allow the…

Political actors in the forthcoming November Governorship Election in Kogi State have been asked not to whip up parochial sentiments that can divide the heterogeneous state. The National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Chris Isiguzo, MFR, gave the advice at the Grand Finale of the 2023 Press Week of the Kogi Council held in Lokoja. He urged journalists to be wary of reporting such political actors so as not to overheat the polity, adding that discerning journalists would be able to separate this set of politicians from genuine ones. According to Isiguzo, most of those in this…

Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has been named the Minister-designate for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reports thegazellenews.com. Wike’s portfolio was revealed on Wednesday, 16 August, 2023 as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assigned portfolios to Ministers-designate cleared by the Senate. Another former Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola was named the Minister-designate for Transport while Festus Keyamo, SAN was named Minister-designate for Aviation. Below is the full list of the Ministers-designate and their portfolios: Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Bosun Tijani, Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management – Ishak Salako Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the…

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has directed the commencement of the immediate reconstruction of Ita-Oshin-Ayetoro road in Ogun West Senatorial District. Consequently, the Governor has directed the state Ministry of Works to carry out an assessment of the road preparatory to the reconstruction plan. Governor Abiodun who made this known during the commissioning of the 7 kilometre Ibooro/Imasayi/Ayetoro road in Yewa North Local Government Area, said that it has become expedient to reconstruct the federal road which he said would not make movement from Abeokuta to Ibooro and other communities enjoyable if left undone. Abiodun, while noting that…

Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has paid a visit which she termed “solidarity visit” to the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Senator Oluremi Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. The former First Lady thanked Senator Oluremi Tinubu for how she has impacted the lives of Nigerian women so far. She said it is imperative for her as a former President’s Wife to also support and encourage Senator Oluremi Tinubu on things that would move the nation forward. Dame Jonathan commended women groups for their supports for President Bola Tinubu and his wife and pleaded that they…

The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has called on women, especially mothers to see to the re-orientation of the youth in the nation to get them back on the path of good values and morals. She spoke while playing host to the National Executive of the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) in her office at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday, 16 August, 2023. The First Lady pointed out that as mothers, the Council and indeed all women must be deliberate about seeking the youth and get them out of the clutches of the negative aspects of…

The Campaign For Advancement of Nigeria (CFAN) has debunked and repudiated the recent claims and assertions made by a group of faceless individuals regarding the remarkable stewardship of Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire in her capacity as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). CFAN categorically dismissed these claims as stemming from a place of ignorance, hate and envy. Barth Osondu, the spokesperson of CFAN, issued a strongly worded statement in response to the unverified and unsubstantiated statements propagated by an anonymous figure named Ogbeni William Odewale, supposedly representing the dubious entity known as the New Nigeria…

A special panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday [today], 16 August, 2023, affirmed the decision of the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which had earlier struck out all allegations of vote-buying and voter inducement that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its guber candidate in Ogun State – Ladi Adebutu – levelled against Governor Dapo Abiodun and APC. The Court, in its lead judgment read by Justice MB Idris, also upheld another decision of the tribunal which confirmed the validity of the defence filed by Governor Dapo Abiodun. Recall that on 22 May 2023,…

As part of efforts by the administration of Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu in fulfilling its T. H. E. M. E. S.+ Agenda to ensure sustainable water transportation service as a reliable mode of transportation, in the matrix of multi-modal Public Transportation Systems of Rail, Road and Water; the Lagos State Government is adopting technology-driven water transportation with the berthing of the Lagos Ferry Services (LAGFERRY) Electronic Fleet (E-Fleet) Surveillance System. This system drives home the innovative dexterity of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s administration and justifies the steady investments by the government to make life abundantly meaningful for the residents of and visitors…

For more than two decades, succeeding administrations at the helms of affairs in the country have been shying away from taking bold steps to tackle myriads of economic challenges confronting the nation. Thus, leaving sordid trails of policy summersaults, dis-incentives of foreign investors, astounding, systemic corruption, de-industrialisation, and humongous debt profile. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu since assumption of office just about three months ago, has been taken some bold steps, in terms of policy initiatives, towards reforming the economic situation and re-positioning the country for greater prosperity. As civil trenches, social stakeholders, our Coalition notes with grave foresights the pangs…

Crisis has broken out in The First African Church Mission over what some members have described as the dictatorial administration of the Primate of the Mission, Primate Sunday Matilukuro, thegazellenews.com has exclusively gathered. This medium learnt exclusively that the crisis occured when Primate Matilukuro announced the merger of some Dioceses of the Mission which invariably would lead to the premature retirement of seven archbishops of the Mission. Thegazellenews.com learnt that Primate Matilukuro announced the merger of the Dioceses during the last annual conference of the church which took place at Ijebu Oru in Ogun State between Wednesday, 9 August and Sunday, 13…

Four armed bandits who disguised themselves in Hijab (the veil for Muslim women) have abducted a businessman popularly known as Haji Isiya in Zamfara State. PRNigeria gathered that the incident happened between 9:30 and 10pm, on Monday, at Hayi area of Maru Local Local Government. A credible source who disclosed how the abduction of the Zamfara businessman happened, said that the terrorists stormed Maru area in a convoy of about three motorcycles. “After invading Haji Isiya’s residence, they thereafter abducted him before any intervention could come from the security personnel. “The armed bandits, who were dressed in Hijab, left immediately…

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has lauded Google’s N1.2 billion grant initiative for the Tinubu administration’s one million jobs scheme for Nigerian youths. A statement by Olusola Abiola, Director, Information Office of the Vice President, disclosed this on Tuesday, 15 August, 2023 when Shettima received some Google executives at the State House in Abuja. According to the Vice President, the announcement of a grant of N1.2 billion to support the Tinubu administration’s digital jobs initiative was commendable and worthy of emulation by other companies. “Let’s think outside the box and create more job opportunities. We need to walk the talk.…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for a return to the Lagos Treaty of 1975 which encourages inclusive governance system in order for the advancement of political and security stability in the member countries. Vice President of ECOWAS Commission, Mrs Damtien Tchintchibidjaa made the call on Tuesday in Abuja, at the launch of the project; Citizens Participation for Accountable and Inclusive Democracy (C-PAID), organised by West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Tchintchibidjaa noted that, member states of the ECOWAS must remain focus in their collective endeavour in the…

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has observed that Africa is the best investment proposition of the 21st century, in view of its natural resources, arable land and massive population. She said: “The long term structural endowments of our continent are as strong as ever, most of the world’s natural resources are in Africa and 60% of the world’s arable land and a massive population of motivated youth, Africa is the best investment propositions of the 21st century.” She gave the verdict at the second edition of the Africa Social Impact Summit co-convened by the Sterling One Foundation and the…

The Oyo State Government has reiterated its policy thrust to develop sports at the primary level, saying its pupils will soon dominate sporting events at the National level. The Co-ordinating Director, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr. Jacob Dairo made this known at the distribution of sporting equipment donated by Oyo State Government, in collaboration with Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to 82 primary Schools held at the Board’s headquarters, on Tuesday, 15 August, 2023. Dairo said that the Board is not only poised to restore the leading position by the state in primary sporting activities, but to take…

The 15-man Palliative Committee on Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) has assured residents of the state that it will start disbursement of palliatives soon. The Committee, headed by the Chief of Staff, Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi has divided itself into 5 sub-committees to fast-track the implementation of the palliatives, as directed by the Governor Seyi Makinde. This is contained in a statement signed by the State Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade on Tuesday, 15 August, 2023 in Ibadan. Ogunwuyi said the state government was not unaware of the anticipation by citizens to benefit from the palliatives promised…