Author: Soffiyyah Olamide

Four governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former governors of Ondo and Ekiti states and leaders of the party across the country, on Thursday, 5 January, 2023, converged on Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to seek the support of Oyo State residents for the re-election of the state Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde. The governors and former governors, under the aegis of the G-5 and the Integrity Group, included the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu; Ayodele Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti State and his Ondo…

Ambassador Adejare Bello, Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, has acknowledged seven qualities of the Presidential Candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying his efforts towards stabilising democracy in Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized, while also throwing his weight behind his presidential bid. The seven qualities, according to Bello, are: detribalised Nigerian, focused, readiness to help others, non-religious bigot, unparallel developmental strides and a strategist. According to him, these qualities stand him out as the candidate to beat in the forthcoming presidential election in the country. He called on all Nigerians to rise up and vote massively for him.…

The Principal of the Federal Government College, Ijanikin, Lagos, Tofunmi Akamo, has confirmed the report that some students of the school were found to have lodged at an hotel near the school and engaged in immoral activities. Mrs Akamo, a lawyer, said the management should be commended for its efforts towards addressing indiscipline among the students, saying the unruly students were found out by the school and disciplinary action was taken against them appropriately. Punch Newspaper had earlier on Wednesday, 4 January, 2023, reported that some male and female students of the school had lodged in a hotel for sex…

The media profession in Nigeria lost another icon early Friday, 6 January, 2023 as the Photo Editor of the Guardian newspapers, Femi Kuti gave up the ghost, reports thegazellenews.com The ace photo journalist died at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Abeokuta after a brief battle with illness that has to do with liver failure. This medium learnt that Kuti died at about 2am on Friday, 6 January, 2023 while plans were at an advanced stage to transfer him to the prestigious St Nicholas Hospital in Lagos. Thegazellenews.com learnt further that the late photo journalist will be buried later today, Friday,…

By Raheemat Adeniran The Lagos State University’s TETFund Desk Office recently announced call for applications from staff members for TETFund’s local and international Conference Attendance (CA) intervention “applicable to conferences with scheduled dates from April to June, 2023”. Ideally, this should be good news for the university community, offering academic and non-academic staff the rare opportunity to travel for conferences and workshops to any part of the world, fully-funded. It was also coming after TETFund’s long suspension of conference attendance sponsorship travels occasioned by alleged diversion of previous CA sponsorship grants and prolonged by the COVID-19 disruptions. Unfortunately, that enthusiasm…

Former President Obasanjo is so well known to all that no one needs to describe who he is. But, four things we will like to say: One is that he will not stop attacking President Muhammadu Buhari because the former President won’t stop being jealous of anyone who beats him to a new record in the nation’s development process. President Buhari is ahead of Chief Obasanjo in all fields of national development and to do that is cardinal sin to Obasanjo whose hallucinations tell him that he is the best ever to lead Nigeria and there will never be another…

By Dele Alake On the whole, the latest epistolary misadventure by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is a gratuitous insult on the collective intelligence of Nigerians. In particular, his laborious attempt to prey on the innocence of much younger generation constitutes a grievous assault on public morality, seeking to force morsels of sheer falsehood down the throats of a demography perhaps too young to comprehend events which Obasanjo furiously tried to misrepresent. It is noteworthy that it was the Obasanjo administration that abolished the teaching of history in Nigerian schools ostensibly to aid this kind of historical revisionism he routinely engages in;…

By Bwala Daniel Happy new year fellow citizens and best wishes for the future. In Nigeria today, we have at least 5 former presidents of Nigeria who are alive and minding their businesses whilst playing the role of fathers of the nation, peace-builders etc, non is so domineering, controlling and meddling with the affairs of the nation like Obasanjo. For the records, Obsasanjo also referred to as OBJ has served two terms as a democratically elected president from 1999-2007. The traditional posture and role of former presidents has been that of statesmanship, one who guides, promotes and nurture democratic growth…

The immediate past Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, was on Monday, 2 January, 2023, received with funfair in Osogbo, the State capital, as members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and well-wishers trooped out in large number to welcome him at the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign, Office. Oyetola who was given a tumultuous welcome and excitedly ushered into the Campaign Office, marvelled at the huge crowd awaiting his arrival. The ecstatic party’s loyalists sang solidarity songs to express their unalloyed support for Oyetola and his wife, Alhaja Kafayat. The immediate past Governor had attended an interdenominational prayer session organised by the State…

Wale Oluwo is the Lagos State Governorship Candidate of the Boot Party. In this interview with thegazellenews.com’s crew in Lagos, he speaks on how he intends to dislodge the Sanwo-Olu administration via the 2023 general elections. Q: What is the ideology of the Boot Party? A: We are a centre left party and our ideology is capitalism on the basis of welfarism. As we encourage capitalism, we encourage wealth we also embraced welfarism to help the weak members in the society. Q: Is this a new party? A: No. The party was registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…

By Kehinde Bamigbetan The Peoples Democratic Party of, PDP and its presidential candidate, Abubakar would wish to sedate Nigerians or at least put them under a spell of amnesia that would make them forget the past. Why? Only voters who are ignorant of PDP: an anti-people pedigree or have forgotten its reckless abuse of power could imagine putting their thumb beside its logo in the forthcoming general elections. In 1999, the PDP was elected to fulfill its promise to improve the welfare of Nigerians and their progressive development. However, with Olusegun Obasanjo as president and Abubakar Atiku as vice president,…

We read with amusement the endorsement of Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential Candidate by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his New Year message on Sunday. Following calls by journalists from various media houses who asked for our reaction we decided to make this preliminary statement, though we didn’t consider the so-called endorsement to be of any value. We respect the democratic right of former President Obasanjo to support and endorse any candidate of his choice in any election. Except that he made it known formally in his new year message, any discerning political watcher in Nigeria knows that…

The largest pastoral nomadic group in Nigeria better known as the Fulani or Fulata came together Friday, 30th December, 2022 at the iconic Lafia Square in Nasarawa State, to endorse Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Presidential Elections of 2023. The multitude of Fulani people representing vast rural communities and local government areas gathered under the auspices of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-cultural Association, where its National President, Alhaji (Dr) Abdullahi Bodejo stated that Fulani Nomads spread all across Nigeria, along with their families; have resolved to vote for…

On September, Adewale Ajayi, an Ekiti State-based car dealer, was happy when Adedayo Aderuku, a customer, approached his stand to purchase two vehicles. After an agreement was reached on the cost of the two cars, a Toyota Camry commonly referred to as ‘BigDaddy’ and the one popularly called ‘Muscle’, Aderuku, a student at the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, transferred a total of N6.9 million to Ajayi’s Access Bank account. However, trouble started when on September 9, Ajayi, after making use of part of the proceeds from the sale, could no longer access the remaining funds in his account. Ajayi immediately contacted…

2023: DG APC PCC Engages Stakeholders In Shendam, Assures On Party’s Victory The Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong has continued his engagement with stakeholders towards ensuring the victory of the APC Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all candidates of the party during the forthcoming elections. Lalong who arrived his hometown of Shendam Local Government in Plateau State for the new year celebrations met with stakeholders comprising of different interest groups as well as party members from the zone. He said he was at home…

Wema Bank PLC has announced the retirement of its Managing Director/CEO., Ademola Adebise. Outgoing MD/CEO Ademola Adebise Adebisi will retire from the bank with effect from 31 March, 2023 but will be proceeding on terminal leave on Monday, 2 January, 2023. Adebise has served the bank in various capacities for 13 years. Moruf Oseni, current Deputy Managing Director will take over as the new Managing Director/CEO while Wole Akinleye, Executive Director, becomes the new Deputy Managing Director and Tunde Mabawonku is appointed Executive Director. Incoming CEO Moruf Oseni Ademola Adebise was appointed as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Wema…

The Faleke Free Medical Outreach was recently held in three centres in Ikeja Federal Constituency: Ikeja Local Government Secretariat, Onigbongbo LCDA Secretariat and Oluwole Tarmac, Ojodu LCDA. The Free Medical Outreach programme was powered by Honourable James Abiodun Faleke, Member, House of Representatives for Ikeja Federal Constituency Over 3,000 constituents, irrespective of party affiliation trooped out in their numbers to benefit from the programme which covers treatments of various ailments such as: fibroid, cataracts, prostate cancer among others. Beneficiaries went through ultra sound scans, lab tests and eye screening to ascertain the extent of their ailment. Over 100 surgical operations…

The Muslim Students’ of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has mourned the death of six of the mothers of their members on Ijebu Ode-Ore Expressway. The deceased were buried at the Muslim Burial Ground, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps Ogun Sector Command, the accident happened on Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 around 3pm along Ijebu-Ode Expressway some metres after Odogbolu. Seven persons died while others were injured in the accident involving a Mazda with registration number AGL886YD. The Amir of MSSNLagos Miftahudeen Thanni, who led a delegation to attend the burial, commiserated with the families of…

Contrary to some newspaper reports that the G5 Governors, led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who are opposed to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have resolved to back the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi for the 2023 election, facts have emerged that the governors actually reached an agreement to pitch their tent with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard-bearer. Competent sources informed WesternPost that the G5 Governors held a meeting with the APC Presidential Candidate during the week in London. At the meeting, they foreclosed working with the former Vice…

A doctor at CBD Specialist Hospital and Maternity in Zimbabwe has been accused of causing the death of woman following an alleged mistake during a surgical process. Dr Felix Simango is accused of mistakenly cutting the intestines of late Kudzai Gweme who was giving birth through a C-section at the hospital he works at. 34-year-old Kudzai was buried on Unity Day in Domboshava. Local publications reported that second operation carried out after her tummy swelled, showed that Dr Simango had mistakenly cut part of her intestines. It was gathered that Kudzai was referred to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for further…