Author: The Gazelle News

Jandor is welcome home. We’re happy that he now appreciates the fact that Lagos State is still better and safer in the hands of the Progressives who have enjoyed uninterrupted trust and confidence of our people since the inception of this dispensation. We believe there’s sufficient opportunity for him to contribute his quota to the continuous success of our government and growth of our party. We’re expecting more decampees in the days ahead. However, we read the laughable lame excuse that’s characteristic of the opposition PDP that Jandor was planted to destabilize their party towards the 2023 national elections. It…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, Kaduna State. Additionally, the President appointed principal officers for the university, including Prof. Qurix Williams Barnabas as Vice Chancellor, Sanusi Gambo Adamu as Registrar, Ibrahim Dalhat as Bursar, and Prof. Daniel Abubakar as university Librarian. President Tinubu also approved the appointment of Mr Thomas Etuh, representing the North Central; Chief Fabian Nwaora, South East; Prof Femi Taiwo, South West; and Zarah Bukar, North East; as members of the university’s…

The House of Representatives through its Public Accounts Committee has recovered ₦28.7 billion from two oil companies indebted to the Federation Account. House spokesman, Akin Rotimi, in a statement, stated that the Committee is currently investigating 45 oil companies collectively owing the Federal Government $1.7 billion in outstanding liabilities, as contained in the Audit Report released by the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation for the 2021 financial year. The House noted that Chorus Energy Limited remitted ₦1.2 billion while Seplat Production Development Limited fully settled its obligation of ₦27.6 billion, all paid in dollars between Monday, 10…

Nigeria’s annual headline inflation eased to 23.18% in February, the country’s statistics agency said on Monday, 17 March, 2025 a month after it rebased its Consumer Price Index to reflect changes in consumption patterns. The National Bureau of Statistics said the headline inflation rate had dropped from 31.7% a year earlier and was down 1.3% percentage points from January . Food inflation, a key driver of the headline rate, stood at 23.51% in February compared with 26.08% the month before. Annual inflation fell sharply from 34.80% in December to 24.48% in January, the first major drop in over a decade, after the NBS…

By Oni Olalekan In yet another demonstration of exemplary representation, the lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) James Abiodun Faleke, is set to empower 2,100 constituents through a comprehensive training and financial support programme. Few weeks ago, Dr. Faleke invited nominations from party leaders, market women associations, Community Development Committees (CDC), Community Development Associations (CDA), youth groups, religious and traditional leaders, among others, to submit names of prospective beneficiaries. The selection process has now concluded, the names of successful candidates have been released, and the training and empowerment initiative is scheduled to commence…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has approved revocation of 4,794 land titles, over non-payment of Ground Rent, for more than 40 years. In the Central Area, Garki I and II, Wuse I and II, Asokoro, Maitama and Guzape, a total of 8,375 property owners have not paid Ground Rent in the last 43 years. This was made known in a press briefing by the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Director of Lands, Chijioke Nwankwoeze. “It should be noted that the FCTA made numerous…

The Managing Director of CHEC, Jason Wang has congratulated the Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi on his emergence as the Silverbird Minister of the Year 2024. Wang noted that the Minister’s dedication to his duties won him the award. He added that CHEC is gratified that in the lofty vision of the Renewed Hope agenda of the President Bola Tinubu to unlock Nigeria’s economic potential, priority attention has been given to the works sector with the appointment of an astute and passionate man to supervise the Ministry. According to him, this is done in the determination of the President…

Baring any unforeseen circumstances, the Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Lagos State in the 2023 General Election, Dr Olajide ‘Jandor’ Adediran is set to return to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) reports thegazellenews.com This medium exclusively gathered that Adediran will make his official return to the party he left to contest for the governorship seat of the state this week. Few days ago, Adediran, thegazellenews.com reports, resign his membership of the PDP citing indiscipline on the part of party members among other allegations. Since he officially resigned from the PDP, Adediran has been engaged in…

Following the notice of pardon from Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) and its leadership to the Federal High Court, Lagos, reprieve on Thursday, 13 March, 2025, came the way of four bloggers who were charged for cyber stalking GTCO, the CEO and its management as the Bank withdrew the criminal charge filed against them by the police after reaching terms of settlement with them, the accused persons. With the notice of pardon and desire to withdraw charge announced in court by the prosecution counsel, Chief Ajibola Aribisala, SAN, the trial court presided by Justice Ayokunle Faji consequently struck out the…

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Comrade Dr Kayode Opeifa, @DrOpeifaKayode has assured that the corporation would leverage the success of the recently reactivated freight movement to open more routes for massive freight movement across the country. He hinted at plans by the corporation to reactivate century old lines like the Nguru line in Yobe, Idogo in Ogun State, among others to expand cargo movement across the country. Opeifa spoke at the NRC headquarters in Lagos while hosting the leadership of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIOTA), led by the National President and Chairman of the…

The suspended Executive Director of Rural Electrification Agency (REA) March, 2025, before Justice Celestine Obinna of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Netufo Olaniyi Alana and another staff of the agency, Hassan Arivi Sodiq have appeared before Federal High Court, Maitama Abuja, on a four and three-count charge respectively, bordering on currying favor and conferring unfair advantage through office, amongst other corruption charges. They were arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). It would be recalled that the Presidency had last year approved the indefinite suspension of certain senior figures at REA including Mr. Alaba, over…

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed the reasons behind the state’s request to the Federal Government to turn the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) into a federal institution, reports TheGazelleNews.com. TASUED, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, was established by the Ogun State government in 2005. Speaking during an interview with newsmen in Abeokuta on Wednesday, 12 March, 2025, Abiodun said the move was meant to not only meant to ensure balance in the distribution of federal educational institutions in the state but to attract more funding so as to make it a model center of academic excellence in the country.…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Mr. Abubakar Mohammed Aseku, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), for allegedly drawing salaries from two additional government agencies while still employed by the NIS. Aseku appeared on Tuesday, 11 March, 2025, before Justice Binta Dogonyaro of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja, on a nine-count charge bordering on abuse of office and corruption. According to the ICPC, the defendant allegedly received N4.2 million in salaries from the Nasarawa State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology in 2015 while working…

The Oyo State Government has assured of quality delivery on the ongoing limited rehabilitation of 83.82 kilometres Iseyin-Okaka-Saki Road. The government gave this indication on Thursday, 13 March, 2025, noting that the project is being properly supervised by Resident Engineers from the Oyo State Ministry of Public Works and Transport. It added that the state Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, Prof. Dahud Shangodoyin and a team of engineers had been monitoring the project by paying visits to the site, adding that the team even visited the site on February 20, 2025. A resident of the state had in a…

The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has recommended the exemption of military personnel from personal income tax in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Committee, James Abiodun Faleke announced the proposal on Thursday, 13 March, 2025 during a clause-by-clause review of four tax bills forwarded to the parliament by President Bola Tinubu in October 2024. Addressing the session, Faleke stated, “Mr. Speaker, honourable colleagues, the committee has proposed that the personal income of military personnel should be exempted from tax. This is due to the critical nature of their duties.” The proposal received unanimous approval from the lawmakers.

The Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Lagos State in the 2023 general election, Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran has met the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his office in Abuja, reports thegazellenews.com The meeting with the President took place on Thursday, 13 March, 2025 at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. This medium learnt that Jandor as the young politician is popularly called arrived the Presidential Villa around 2 pm and had discussion with the President for about two hours. He departed the Presidential Villa at about 4 pm. No details were given about the…

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has continued to showcase its achievements as it marks twenty five years of impacting communities in the Niger Delta region. One of the landmark achievements of the commission is the construction of a solar-powered water project in Abraham Ojo Ama Community, Okobo, Eastern Obolo L.G.A, Akwa Ibom State. This project, the NDDC says has significantly improved access to clean and sustainable water for the community, transforming their daily lives.

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has left its trail in virtually every area in the Niger Delta region, with major projects attesting to its achievements in the last twenty five years. For instance in Umeh, Isoko South Local Government Area in Delta State, the commission bequeathed a solar powered water project to the community providing clean and safe drinking water and in the process reducing the community’s dependance on unsafe water sources like rivers, ponds or poorly maintained wells. The solar powered water project, according to the NDDC has improved public health by reducing waterborne diseases like cholera, typhoid…

By Pelumi Olajengbesi, Esq. Growing up, I had a natural disdain for people in power and, more so, for their children. It was as if they had personally wronged me. My belief was that the children of Nigeria’s political elite lived in a world far removed from the struggles of everyday citizens. Their lives, often characterized by privilege and detachment, seemed to follow a predictable script—overseas education, luxury, and a lack of interest in governance. Public perception reinforced this: while their parents dominated the political landscape, they remained distant, passive in state affairs, and, in some cases, indifferent to the…

By Dare Ojepe In a historic move that underscores the Federal Government’s commitment to the young people, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Planning Committee for the National Youth Conference, setting a new impetus for the country’s future. As the Senior Special Assistant on Youth Engagement, I am inspired by the President’s visionary leadership and the opportunities this initiative presents for young Nigerians. A Turning Point for Nigeria’s Youth The President’s address at the inauguration highlighted a pivotal truth: the prosperity of our nation rests significantly on the shoulders of our youth. As more than 60% of our population, young Nigerians…