Author: The Gazelle News

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been nominated for the prestigious Honorary Award of a Fellow of National Institute of Credit Administration (NICA), in recognition of his tremendous and sterling performance in raising the bar of good governance in the State. The recognition and choice of the Governor for the coveted Award came on the heels of the thorough assessment of the outstanding performance and monumental achievements he recorded in four years in office. The Award, according to the Institute, would be bestowed on Oyetola and his Lagos State Counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at her investiture, on Tuesday, November 22,…

Arise Television has apologised to the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over a fake report that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced a forfeiture investigation against Tinubu. Arise TV had reported that INEC has commenced investigation into a case of criminal forfeiture against Tinubu. But in a retraction on Sunday morning, 13 November, 2022, the Management of Arise TV apologised over the fake report after INEC publicly dismissed it as fake. The station said: “Of criminal forfeiture of funds, linked to narcotics, smuggling conspiracy and money laundering against the presidential candidate…

Doyin Ojora, wife of Tayo Ayinde, Chief of Staff to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is dead, reports thegazellenews.com Doyin reportedly died early Sunday, 13 November, 2022 in Lagos. She gave birth to their second child in London few months back and was reported to have came back to Nigeria 24 hours before her sudden death. Circumstances leading to her death are still sketchy as at the time of writing this report. Doyin was from the Oniru Royal Family. Full details later!

Fleeing Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Alhaji Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed) has finally been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) 10 days after he was declared wanted for offences bordering on exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering. The Agency had on Tuesday,.1 November, 2022 declared the suspect wanted following his failure to honour NDLEA invitations and an order granted by a Federal High Court in Lagos, he was uncovered as the sponsor of some traffickers arrested by the anti-narcotics agency in their recent attempt…

    By Segun Dipe “Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.” -Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings The Fayemi-Oyebanji continuity of governance in Ekiti is a change of sort. Change in the sense that never in the democratic history of Ekiti had it happened that a party would produce two succeeding governors back to back. In other words, the only transition known to the seat of government in the State is for one party to take over from another after the mandatory four years, hook, crook or straight. Of…

The Special Adviser on Security to Governor Seyi Makinde, CP Fatai Owoseni (rtd), has stated that Oyo and Ogun States are working assiduously to end the activities of kidnappers on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Owoseni, who noted that progress has been made to that effect, added that the two states are equally putting measures in place to ensure that such incident does not occur again. He stated this while speaking to journalists in Ibadan over the weekend, maintaining that deployment of security personnel to the axis is being streamlined by the two states. He explained that following the recent attack, extensive…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has made a strong case for those engaged in livestock business to be assisted by the Federal government. Lawan made the appeal at the weekend during the flag off of the Free Mass Animal Vaccination which he sponsors every year, since 2018, for his constituents in Yobe North Senatorial District, Yobe State. This year flag off ceremony held on Saturday, 12 November, 2022 at Jajuwa in Jakusko Local Government Area. In his remarks at the flag off ceremony, the Senate President said: “It is our belief here that the livestock industry in Nigeria…

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party and its subsidiary Labour Party having realised they have no sure path to victory in the February 2023 presidential election upped their  campaign of calumny, disinformation and misinformation on Saturday by sponsoring fake news against the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They did it by forging the letterhead of the Independent National Electoral Commission and the signature of its national commissioner, Festus Okoye. The forged statement purportedly issued by INEC was disseminated to deceive the gullible public that INEC was investigating allegations against Asiwaju Tinubu that, they desperately hoped, will ultimately…

Popular Islamic Singer, Saoty Arewa’s mother has died at the age of 77, reports thegazellenews.com. Alhaja RahamatLahi Nihinlolawa Salami, mother of Alhaji Abdul Azeez Abiodun Ajiroba, who is popularly known in music circle as Saoty Arewa, breathed her last early Thursday, 10 November, 2022. Late Alhaja Salami reportedly celebrated her 77th birthday last September. She was reported to have died from complications from diabetes ailment. The late Alhaja Salami was buried same day she died, Thursday, 10 November, 2022.

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said the 11.1km Osi-Obbo-Aiyegunle Road will be delivered this year — a feat monarchs and community leaders say is a dream come true in 50 years. Already, the travel time on the border road has gone from 45-minute excruciating journey to barely 10-minute drive. The Governor said the work on the road is in fulfilment of his campaign promise to the people. AbdulRazaq was speaking at Obbo-Aiyegunle Day in Ekiti Local Government Area where he bagged the title of Jagunmolu Atayero of Obbo-Aiyegunle. Followed by a retinue of…

By Chris Osa Uhunmwangho The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has donated the sum of 40 million Naira to victims affected by flood in Edo State. Tinubu who was represented by the Deputy Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Saturday, 12 November, 2022, stated that the Presidential Candidate got information of how residents in the affected areas have been sacked from their houses by flood, decided to send his support to help in this very critical times. Oshiomhole said, “Our Presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu sent…

Almost three years since the gruesome murder of popular trado- herbal medicine practitioner, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf aka Oko oloyun, one of his wives, Alhaja Silifat Wura Yusuf,  has remarried. She got married to her new hubby, Aremu Abiola. They reportedly had their wedding at a colourful ceremony in Lagos and is she now referred to as Mrs Wura Abiola. Alhaji Fatai Yusuf was killed on January 23, 2020 when unknown assailants opened fire on his two-car convoy on the Abeokuta-Iseyin road in Oyo state. It’s almost three years since his gruesome murder and the case remains unsolved till date. Oko…

Nigeria has been elected to host the next conference of Heads of Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (HONLEA) Africa in 2023. This was the unanimous decision of the continental network at the close of its 2022 annual meeting in Nairobi, Kenya at the weekend. According to a statement on Friday by the spokesman of the Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency. Femi Babafemi, the move by other heads of anti-narcotics agencies in Africa to have Nigeria host the 2023 conference followed the country’s good relationship with others on the continent and NDLEA’s exemplary performance in the renewed fight against substance abuse and illicit drug…

The Special Assistant to the Senate President on Media, Mohammed Abdulkadir Isa, is dead, reports thegazellenews.com. Mohammed Isa died on Friday evening, 11 November, 2022, while undergoing treatment for injuries he sustained in a motor accident on Sunday, 6 November, 2022, along the Minna-Suleja road, in Niger State. His remains are scheduled to be buried this afternoon, Saturday, 12 November, 2022, in Funtua, Katsina State in accordance with Islamic rites. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has expressed sadness over the tragic death of Isa. Lawan described Isa’s death as “shocking, heart-rending and a great loss.” He said Isa was…

The Governor of Oyo state, Engr. Seyi Makinde has appointed Alhaji Asiwaju Yekini Abass Oladapo popularly known as Y.K Abass as the 1st Babaloja General of Oyo state. The event which took place at the state Ministry of Trade, Industry Investment and Cooperatives on Friday, 11 November, 2022 was as a result of the ratification of his nomination as 1st Babaloja General by the State Market Leaders’ Council at its meeting which was held on 27 September, 2022. Presenting the Certificate of Recognition and Letter of Appointment to him, the state Commissioner for Trade, Industry, Investment and Cooperatives, Chief Bayo…

Nigerian businessman and billionaire, Femi Otedola has reportedly gifted a £5million country home, to celebrate his daughter, DJ Cuppy’s 30th birthday on Friday, 11 November, 2022. In a trending screenshots of a conversation between Cuppy and her dad, the billionaire said, “Ifemiii of course not! I could never forget #CuppyDay! Happy Birthday to my Angel Ifemi. “I’ve instructed Andy at Barclays Bank to buy you a £5,000,000. (Five million pounds) country home as your 30th birthday present. “Can’t think of any other befitting present you deserve for this special birthday. You have continuously made Papa proud year by year and…

The content creation industry is gaining more momentum and becoming a mainstream career option for Nigeria’s large youth population, riding on the viral media. The #Viralityincontentcreation panel at the 2022 New Media Conference (NMC) observed that the emergence of viral media technology has revolutionized the content creation industry and opened economic opportunities. The 2022 NMC conference was held on Saturday, October 29, 2022, in Lagos at the British Council Nigeria office with attendees from across the continent. The conference, organized by Oluwatosin Ajibade, founder of OloriSuperGal (OSG) Media, focused on how viral media is shaping different facets of human interaction…

Governor Nyesome  Wike of Rivers state has again come under scathing criticism by antartica/South Pole explorer Prince Ned Nwoko who accused him of instigating  crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) since he lost the  presidential primary to Atiku Abubakar and the party’s vice presidential nomination despite wasting huge sums of money belonging to Rivers state trying to bribe some party officials. Earlier this week in an interview with journalists at Asaba Airport, Prince Nwoko who is the PDP Delta North Senatorial District  Candidate had called for the expulsion of Wike, labelling him a nuisance. But the Rivers state Governor,…