Author: The Gazelle News

A mother of one of the abducted students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State, has passed away after she learnt that her daughter was impregnated by a terrorist in captivity, PRNigeria learnt from credible sources. The sources, who pleaded for anonymity, said the mother died as a result of ‘grave emotional and psychological trauma’. The pregnant young mother is among 11 remaining female students yet to be released after gunmen abducted over 100 students and eight teachers after killing a policeman in the mixed boarding school on June 17, 2021. A few days after the abduction, security operatives succeeded…

(Published in The PUNCH, on Monday, November 28, 2022) Welcome to Ìwó, the ancient Yoruba land where the parrot sings in paradox the poetry of truth and treachery. The parrot is not a treacherous bird. For the Yoruba, the parrot is a sacred bird of historic symbolism, bearing on its head the feathers of truth, trampling underfoot the evil of treachery. Abomination! Even though they domesticate it, the Yoruba don’t kill the highly revered bird, whose prized tailfeathers they use in ritual performance. In Ìwó and many other Yoruba towns, the parrot is sentineled at home to keep an eye…

The Governorship Candidate of the Accord Party in Akwa Ibom, Emem Coffie has lamented the high rate of poverty and youth unemployment in the state despite its huge oil earnings. Coffie, who spoke during the party’s official campaign flag-off at the weekend in Uyo, observed that the living condition of Akwa Ibom people was not reflective of the state’s enormous crude oil income. According to him, the next governor must be someone who has compassion for the people, adding that intelligence and huge resources without compassion cannot alleviate the sorry plight of the people. “It is very sad and unfortunate…

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) early morning today (Sunday) arrested two notorious one-chance robbers at Ikate, Lekki-Ajah area of Lagos The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba disclosed that they were nabbed by the patrol team of the Agency while on duty monitoring and controlling traffic around Lekki-Ajah axis of the State. According to the General Manager, “our officials while on traffic patrol heard passengers with loud voice shouting thieves! thieves!! inside an unpainted T4 commercial bus (AAA 750 XX), while trying to stop the driver he drove dangerously and our men pursued them with…

Veteran nollywood actor, Prince Dele Odule is shutting down his hometown, Oru Ijebu in Ijebu North Local Government area of Ogun state on 29th December, 2022 with a stage play. The event is billed as one of the activities marking this year’s Oru Day celebration. He is expected to perform alongside with  other heavyweights in Nollywood such as: Peju Ogunmola, Femi Adebayo, Yomi Duro Ladipo, Gbemisola Faleti, Pa Tunbosun Odunsi (a.k.a Baba Amoye) and a host of others. In a press release signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of Oru Peoples’ Day 2022 Planning Committee, Comrade Akeem Temitope…

The operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have cautioned motorists particularly commercial bus drivers against driving vehicles with loaded  containers filled with petroleum products to guide against fire outbreak. The General Manager LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba gave this warning over the weekend in his office at Lastma Headquarters, Oshodi, Lagos According to the General Manager, “We are all aware of queues at different petrol filling stations right now but, it is a great risk and very dangerous for motorists particularly commercial bus drivers to be moving around with petroleum products in jerry cans inside booths of their…

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Saturday, 26 November, 2022 disclosed that his administration is leaving behind for the incoming government a total sum of N14 billion cash in the state’s coffers. Oyetola also revealed that his government had successfully paid N97 billion from the total debt inherited in 2018 when he assumed office. He disclosed that his administration didn’t borrow a dime anywhere in the world to finance the economy of the State, saying he successfully kept faith and maintained fidelity with his electoral promises since the assumption of office. Governor Oyetola made the disclosures in his farewell…

By Abiodun Komolafe There is a need for a society to exist, to be conscious of its existence, and to have a vision. The values of the society determine the type of politics it gets. The type of politics it gets determines the profile and approach of governance obtainable within the given society. And the kind of governance determines whether or not a nation will be built. To put it bluntly, while a society’s vision determines its development, the society dictates the type of politics that is doable, and the kind of governance pattern feasible, because politics is not something…

Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has called for community participation in the fight against insecurity, saying that the government should not he left alone in the task of providing security the country. Aregbesola said Nigerians, individually and collectively, should be involved in providing adequate security for lives and property. The Minister stated this while receiving an Award of Excellence from the first indigenous group in Ijesaland, Egbe Atunluse Ile-Ijesa, on Saturday, 26 November, 2022 in Ilesa, Osun State. Aregbesola who was represented by his Media Adviser, Mr Sola Fasure, noted that Nigeria is winning the war against…

Surulere – the Lagos city that hosted the first All Progressives Congress (APC) convention after the party was formed in 2014 – became a beehive of political carnival on Saturday, 26 November, 2022. A mammoth crowd thronged the main bowl of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, as the ruling party returned to the city for its inaugural 2023 presidential rally in the Southwest region. Clad in various shades of APC-branded vests, caps and Ankara brocade, a mass of the party’s supporters, who filled the 24,000-capacity stadium to the brim, defied the searing heat from the sun…

The family and associates of Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. (Oloye) Abubakar Olusola Saraki will on Monday, 28 November, 2022 hold a public memorial lecture in honour of the late medical doctor and politician who died on November 14, 2022, at the age of 79. The lecture titled ‘The Leadership and Followership Debate’ will be delivered by the popular Kenyan anti-corruption crusader and public intellectual, Prof. Patrick Lumumba at the Chida Events Centre, Utako, Abuja. It was earlier scheduled for International Conference Centre (ICC), Central Business District, Abuja, before the shift of venue. The public lecture headlines the series of…

All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called on Nigerians not to allow the Peoples Democratic Party anywhere near the Nigeria’s commonwealth again because of the destruction the party wrought on the country. Tinubu made the call on Saturday, 26 November, 2022, in Lagos at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere venue of APC Presidential Campaign’s mega rally where he also recalled how Lagos gave him a chance to deploy his talents for national progress and preservation of progressive politics. “I thank the Almighty Allah and the good people of Lagos State for a place to stand, from…

THE Ministry  of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, headed by Sadiya Umar Farouq, has written a letter to the Ministry  of Finance, Budget and National Planning, headed by Mrs Zainab Ahmed, seeking clarification on the N206 billion inserted into its  2023 Appropriation Bill. Farouq insisted that she knew nothing about how the controversial figure was inserted into the budget. It is not only the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development who is accusing the Finance Ministry  of budget padding. The Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd), also told the Senate during budget…

A political leader in Ifako Ijaiye and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Hassan Ajeigbe popularly called AMJE is dead, reports thegazellenews.com. Ajeigbe died early Friday, 25 November, 2022, in a private hospital at Somolu area after a protracted illness. Alhaji Ajeigbe was a veteran politician in Lagos and a deep rooted grassroots politician and also a close associate of the National Leader of the APC and Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He was the owner of the popular and now defunct AMJE Hotel and AMJE International School. He was pioneer Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy…