Author: The Gazelle News

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has said he is confronting the challenge of infrastructure deficit in the state despite paucity of funds. Abiodun spoke in a chat with select editors after a facility tour of the sites of ongoing and completed projects in the Ogun East Senatorial District, including the Gateway Agro Cargo Airport at Ilisan, road networks and housing estates on Wednesday, 24 August, 2022. The proposed cargo airport which was initiated about 10 years ago by the Gbenga Daniels’ administration is almost 80 per cent completed. Abiodun, who said he came prepared because he sought the job…

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina state has declared that his state is locked down for the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While featuring as a guest on Journalists Hangout, a current affairs programme Wednesday evening on TVC, Masari dismissed the candidate of the Labour Party as an unknown quantity and said Tinubu will sweep the state in the February 2023 election. “I don’t know Obi. How many Katsina people know Obi?”, he said about the prospects of the former Anambra Governor, Peter Obi. “Who is better than Tinubu? We are talking of…

It took the intervention of the personnel of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) to restore normalcy in Ijanikin and Otto-Awori communities on Thursday, 25 August, 2022 as youths from both towns engage themselves in a violent clash that allegedly led to the death of one person with several people injured, reports thegazellenews.com. This medium learnt that the youths of the towns have always been at loggerheads over minor issues but the one on Thursday was more than what the elders in the two communities bargained for. According to eye-witness account, for almost six hours, youths from both towns engage themselves in…

    The globally acclaimed game show, ‘Family Feud’ is set to grace screens across the nation from October 7, 2022 courtesy of leading technology company and headline sponsor, MTN Nigeria in partnership with Nigeria’s foremost production company, Ultima Studios. MTN’s support for the show was announced at an event on Wednesday at the company’s Ikoyi head office, during which popular actress, Bisola Aiyeola, was named as the show host. The show promises hilarious and inclusive entertainment as it showcases a diverse range of Nigerian families in a battle to win cash and other prizes. Each show will feature two…

By: Shehu Bashir Esq Nigeria is a blessed nation, so blessed with everything a nation needs to grow to eternal prosperity. However, from military to civilian administrations, we have been successively ruled by people who are stone-heartedly unconscionable and ungodly. We have lacked the fortune of leaders whose conducts and actions are directed by ideology and vision for profound institutionalized developments. Nothing in the preach of piety and admonition, using the words of God has been convincing enough to make them act like people whose focus and fear is of the life after death. Some even think they will live…

The Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Dele Alake, has identified three major factors that will determine the outcome of the 2023 elections. In an interview on Journalist Hangout, a TVC current affairs programme on Tuesday, 23 August, 2022, Alake said the economy, security and the vision of the candidates to deal with them, will influence voting decisions. Alake said Nigeria needs a leader with vision, knowledge and courage, attributes which, he said, Tinubu embodies. “Tinubu is not concerned about cash and carry or container economy. He is for something more enduring,” Alake…

The FirstBank CR&S Week is a dedicated week designed to offer opportunities for employees to give their time & resources to defined causes in line with the Bank’s CR&S strategic approach. The FirstBank CR&S Week is held in Nigeria and 7 other countries: United Kingdom, Ghana, DRC, Guinea, Sierra Lone, Senegal and Gambia. Since its maiden edition in 2017, the FirstBank CR&S week in 2017 is fast becoming a household name in the Bank’s host economies. In furtherance of its continued commitment to impacting the lives of individuals in its host communities across 7 Countries: Nigeria, United Kingdom, Ghana, DRC,…

Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) have successfully brought to a close case of murder which seemed unsolved with the arrest of some notorious suspects involved in criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, and kidnapping in June 2022. The arrest followed a charge on the tactical and operational squads by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on the need to ensure cases are investigated to a justifiable and reasonable conclusion. The suspects: Hashimu Galadima (aka Kan-Wuka) aged 48, Abdulwahab Alhassan (aka Emeka) aged 31, Abdulwahab Ahmed (aka Dan-Mama) aged 35, and Alh. Modu Saleh, all of…

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of CP Abubakar Lawal, to the Kano State Police Command as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the State. The IGP also ordered the posting of CP Kolo Yusuf, and CP Ahmed Ammani, to head the Zamfara, and Enugu State Police Commands respectively. CP Abubakar Lawal, posted to the Kano State Police Command due to the retirement of the former Commissioner of Police, CP SS Dikko, is a native of Daura in Katsina State, holds a Bachelors Degree in Sociology from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.…

By Philip Agbese The Peter Obi phenomenon seems to be losing steam as the days go by. The recent outing at the Nigerian Bar Association Conference in Lagos buttressed this point. He is an intelligent chap. He plays the mind game to those that have elected to be gullible. He churns out facts and figures by impulse. And as usual, he gets cheered not for the veracity of the claims but for his ability to articulate his views on crucial issues. Peter Obi reminds me of the trader who would sugarcoat you with sweet words to sell his goods. Just…

The Chief of Staff to Oyo State Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, has commended the efforts of a support group, Young Appointees for Seyi Makinde’s Re-election (YASR) for actively engaging in initiatives aimed at re-electing Governor Makinde in 2023. Ogunwuyi, who gave the commendation on Tuesday, 23 August, 2022 during a courtesy visit to his office by the group to intimate him on its programme and agenda, noted that the team should not rest on its oars but remain committed in its continuous efforts at propagating the gospel of the current administration. While noting that the Makinde led-administration had made tremendous…

A yet to be identified Mobile police officer attached to an Access Bank branch in Coker Aguda, Surulere area of Lagos has been killed by unknown gunmen. The incident which occurred this afternoon, Wednesday, 24 August, 2022, around Cassette bus stop thrown the entire area into confusion as businesses were forced to close. The Access Bank branch in which the late Mopol is providing security is on Enitan Street in the area. A reliable source said the Police officer was returning to the Bank when the gunmen in Marwa tricycle suddenly appeared and shot him in the neck at close…

  The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged the relevant authorities particularly the Police to ensure speedy justice for the Islamic Cleric in Yobe State, Sheikh Goni Aisami who was alleged to have been killed by a soldier on Friday, 12 August, 2022 Lawan made the appeal on Wednesday, 24 August, 2022 while on condolence visit to the family of the late Cleric in Gashua, Yobe State. The Senate President and his entourage joined the family members to offer prayers for the repose of the late Sheikh after which he spoke to journalists. “I’m taking this opportunity to…

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, arraigned Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, a Manager with Cubana Group, alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, also known as Cubana Prime Minister, and Ofure were arrested recently by operatives of the Commission, following credible intelligence received about their involvement in the fraudulent activity. Items recovered from them include the sum of $164, 000. 00 (One Hundred…

A socio-political group, the One Nigeria Movement (ONM) has said that the display of arrogance by former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido and others around the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will cost him the 2023 election. The group said utterances of Lamido in recent times are not only inimical to the unity of Nigeria, but a sign that the PDP presidential candidate was already being caged by a group who appeared to see others as nobody. According to a statement on Wednesday, 24 August, 2022, by its Convener General, Ahmed Sodiq-Mugoro and Secretary, Babatunde Aliyu, ONM,…

The funeral event for the late Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), the Yeye-Sewa of Lagos Chief (Mrs.) Titilola Olukemi Nelson commenced on Tuesday, 23 August, 2022, with Evening of Songs and Tributes at the Haven Event Center, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. The event was hosted by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG City of David, Lagos with songs and lots of tributes for the former Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Olukemi Nelson, the immediate past South-West Zonal Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Member of the Lagos State Governance Advisory Council (GAC), slept…

The Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday, 24 August, 2022 inaugurated the Implementation Committee for the proposed University of Ilesa. He said the upgrade of the existing Osun State College of Education, Ilesa, to a full-flegded University was ‘not a product of fanciful effort’ but rather a product of thorough and rigorous interrogation, characteristic of the culture of deep engagement for which his administration is noted for. This is even as the Governor noted that the proposed University has been carefully conceived as a thoroughly entrepreneurial and innovative institution that would be funded through a mix of sources…

The Pastor of Truth and The Spirit Prophetic Church in Lagos state, Mercy Okocha, 50, and nine of her church members have been arrested for allegedly stoning a 25-year-old traditional worshipper, Agboola Akeem, to death during a clash on Tuesday, August 23 at about 6.30pm. According to a police source, officers attached to the Oko Oba Police Division received a distress call that the church located at 2, Sanni Taiwo Lawal street in Oko Oba, was about to be set ablaze. The officers immediately stormed the church premises. Preliminary investigation showed that the traditional worshippers were celebrating their Oro festival…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has appealed to the Canadian Government to remove stringent conditions in procuring Visa for Nigerians to have easy access to their country to boost investment and accelerate economic growth in both countries. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the appeal when the High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria James Christoff alongside his team paid him a courtesy visit in his office on Tuesday, 23 August, 2022, in Abuja. The Minister said that Canadian government should assist Nigeria in sharing her technological innovations that will promote installation of facilities to monitor movements in Nigeria…

Photos of Nigeria’s Super Falconets sleeping on chairs and floor at a Turkish airport in Istanbul, Turkey, have emerged online. The football team performed well at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Female World Cup in Costa Rica until Monday, August 22, 2022s, when Netherlands eliminated them at the Quarter Finals stage. The Nigerian team was reportedly making it back to the country via a connecting flight to Abuja when they ran into logistical challenges in Turkey. Posting the photos to his social media pages, a Super Eagles’ ex-Media Officer, Collin Udoh, said, “Nigeria’s #Falconets have been travelling from Costa Rica since…