Author: The Gazelle News

I had a close shave with death on Sunday night in Abuja as I was returning home at about 9p.m. after a visit to Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi. I was driving on the first lane of Shehu Shagari Way when I noticed a convoy emerging from one of the feeder roads. I counted in the centre lane, four vehicles ahead of me. I slowed down  on my own lane to  give a wide berth to the convoy. My slowing down turned a mistake as a Toyota SUV emerged from the same road where the convoy had earlier emerged. It headed straight…

It is laughably tragic that the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY and Arise News Television, Mr.Nduka Obaigbena, has the temerity to pretend to be a guardian of public morality in contemporary Nigerian media practice. The fact that this character is an unscrupulous hustler  and blackmailer who has done tremendous damage to the journalism profession in the country, is well known within and beyond the profession. Hiding under his media houses so-called Boards of Editors, Obaigbena, who is one of the most irresponsible media owners in the country, with scant regard for corporate good governance and ethics,  issued a statement Monday…

  The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday, 12 December, 2022 urged the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai to prevail on his Governor colleagues to encourage their respective state Houses of Assembly to transmit back to the National Assembly their responses on the Bills sent to them on the Constitution amendment. The National Assembly in March passed 44 Bills to amend some key provisions of the 1999 constitution and transmitted same to the 36 states for their endorsement or otherwise as part of the constitutional amendment process. The process requires the endorsement of not less than…

Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Monday, 12 December, 2022, applauded the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for the  excellent work it has been doing towards ending gender-based violence in the state. The Governor, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Strategy and Political Matters, Hon. Babatunde Oduyoye, made the commendation while receiving the coordinator and members of the Oyo State chapter of NHRC. Oduyoye also received, on behalf of the governor, a communiqué issued at the final validation meeting by the stakeholders on the theme: ‘unite; end violence against women and girls to commemorate the 2022 International…

Out of the rubble of ruins, construction of a modern complex for Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has begun. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, 12 December, 2022 performed the sod turning for the redevelopment of the oldest courthouse in the country, two years after the iconic colonial vestige was razed by rampaging hoodlums in an unrest that trailed a protest in October 2020. The courthouse is being reconstructed by Rebuild Lagos Trust Fund (RLTF) set up by Governor Sanwo-Olu in November 2020 through the Executive Order EO/BOS/2020. The Fund is saddled with the responsibility of…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to the residents of the State, who are of voting age to pick up their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), from the various Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in their localities. He made the appeal on Monday, 12 December, 2022, when he stopped by at INEC office in the Sura area of Lagos Island Local Government Area to pick up his reprinted PVC alongside the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and some of his cabinet members. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the All Progressives…

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos West Senatorial District Candidate, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule, has inaugurated members of her Campaign Team. Tagged the “Winning Team,” they were unveiled and presented certificates of membership at the Lagos West campaign office in Ikeja GRA, Lagos. The Campaign Team is led by Chairman of Odiolowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area, Honourable Rasak Olusola Ajala, who was named the Director General of the Campaign Team. Some leaders of the team include: Deputy Director-General, Ikeja Division, Saka Fafunmi; Deputy Director-General, Badagry Division, Abayomi Sodiq; Director of Women Affairs, Regina Iyabo Obasa; Assistant Director of Women…

In continuation of his engagements with religious groups and leaders in the country, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday again spoke of his plans to retool the economy for the benefit of all Nigerians. Speaking at a TownHall meeting with Muslim Leaders from South West in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the APC standard bearer also commended religious leaders in the country for their continued prayers and sermons, which he noted, had contributed to unity and peaceful coexistence. Describing the forthcoming 2023 general elections as “Nigeria’s momentous encounter with destiny”, Asiwaju…

  By Segun Dipe The suit instituted by Kayode Ojo against the emergence of Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) in the January 27, 2022 shadow poll of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has come and gone. Even when it did not cast any iota of doubt on the landslide victory recorded by BAO both at the primary and the general stages, it still left something for posterity to chew. Now, the story of the ruling party and democracy in the state in general will not be complete without mentioning the KO matter. The Nigerian legal system inherited the supremacy of the…

(Published in The PUNCH, on Monday, December 12, 2022) The wine from the palm tree intoxicates the gourd in Iwo. Explaining the meaning of Oduduwa, the first ruler of Ile-Ife, the Oluwo says Oduduwa means a child that came into the world black – Ó-dúdú-wá. Coming from a supposed custodian of Yoruba culture and tradition, who expectedly should undergo a three-month tutoring on Yoruba mores in ‘ipebi’ – royal tutelage – this definition of Oduduwa is sad and insulting. To put a needle to the inflated balloon of Oluwo’s ignorance, a simple reasoning will suffice in this regard. For the…

Co- founder and Deputy Managing Director of Vetiva Capital, Olaolu Mudashiru, son of former Lagos State Military Administrator, late Air Commodore Gbolahan Mudashiru is dead. Reports said he died following an accident on Sunday morning, 11 December, 2022. The businessman was riding with a team of cyclists when a car rammed into him on Gerrard Road in the upscale neighbourhood of Ikoyi, Lagos. Mudashiru and the two other cyclists whose identity is unknown for now,  were rushed to the Lagoon Hospital on Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, where Mudashiru eventually died from injuries sustained. Mudashiru was trained as a medical doctor at…

Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has congratulated the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) and the state’s contingent to the National Sports Festival, Delta 2022, on their respective successes at the weekend. The Oluyole Warriors, as the 3SC is proudly known, won the Nigeria Professional Football League’s Dozy Mmobuosi Super Cup at the weekend and were rewarded with a N100 Million Prize money, while Team Oyo, comprising athletes in different games at the just-concluded National Sports Festival, finished fourth on the medals table. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the 3SC’s…

We need to warn Nigerians to be wary of the sugar-coated promises of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party as they embark on their inordinate and desperate campaign to gain power at all cost. A party that should be eternally shameful about its appalling record in governance between 1999-2015 is now busy rewriting history, embellishing the locust years as if it was a golden era in our history. Of course, this is fake history at its worse. We are not fooled. Nigerians should also not be fooled about the boldfaced lies, being articulated by the candidate…

The foremost and pioneer Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals (IIFP), is once again bringing together the largest gathering of stakeholders in the Islamic Finance industry in Nigeria through its 2022 Annual Islamic Finance Stakeholders Conference and Dinner/Award Night. The conference which is third in the series is themed, ‘The Future of Islamic Fintech in Nigeria: Products, Policies and Sharia Compliance’ is slated to hold from 15th-16th December 2022 at Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos. The President of the institute, Prof. Tajudeen Yusuf, said the conference will involve 20 prominent speakers representing about 15 Islamic Finance institutions. Those expected to…

The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) otherwise known as Pyrates Confraternity has called for the re-engineering of Nigerian foreign missions fir optimal performance. The body, in Abuja on Friday listed some of the factors responsible for the underperformance to include inadequate budgetary provision, corruption, low competence among Nigerian diplomatic staff, inadequate staff strength, the politicisation of foreign service, the appointment of non-professionals or political diplomats and lack of synergy between the diplomatic missions and the headquarters, among others. In a research document unveiled in Abuja and titled ‘State of Nigerian Embassies and Consulates,’ NAS said the issue of Nigerian embassies…

The leading and foremost civil rights advocacy group; the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has named the Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA); Buba Marwa the Human Rights Man of the Year for 2022 HURIWA in a statement in lieu of the December 10 International Human Rights Day described Mohammed Buba Marwa as the most influential Nigerian in 2022, adding that he is one person who has officially and personally affected the news and lives more than any other Nigerian from whatever standpoint one looks at it. “Several polls conducted have shown a…

The United Nations (UN) has said it takes all to fight corruption to a standstill with the states, government officials, civil servants, law enforcement officers, media representatives, the private sector, civil society, academia, the public and youth all having a role to play in ending the scourge. The was it’s message during the occasion of the 2022 International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) celebrated in Abuja. The 2022 International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) seeks to highlight the crucial link between anti-corruption and peace, security, and development, and at its core is the notion that tackling this crime is the right and responsibility of…