Author: The Gazelle News

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, 3 March, 2020, inaugurated a Joint Committee of the National Assembly and the Executive to ensure seamless passage of bills into law. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and some other Federal lawmakers and Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami were at the inauguration of the committee. Lawan said the purpose of the committee is for the ninth National Assembly to do things differently with respect to law making and with the participation of the executive arm of government. “We believe the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Tuesday, 3 March, 2020, in Kano handed over four rehabilitated/reconstructed internal roads in Bayero University Kano to the authorities of the institution describing Federal Government’s interventions as critical contributions to support Education in the country. Fashola, who was represented at the event by the Federal Controller of Works Kano State, Engr. Idi Saje said, “The gap of our infrastructure needs is steadily being bridged by a gradual process of repairs, renewal and construction on major highways and it has reached the schools.” The Minister, who was later given an Award by…

•Senator Kabiru Gaya; Chairman, National Assembly Service Commission, Ahmed Kadi-Amshi; President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, and Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, during the courtesy visit by the National Assembly Service Commission to the Senate President at the National Assembly on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured members of the board of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) of the support of the National Assembly in the discharge of their responsibilities. Lawan gave the assurance when members of the newly inaugurated board paid a courtesy visit to his office at…

Wonders, they say shall never end! The man and woman in this photo are lovers. The woman is old enough to be his mother but the man does not care. For the past eight years, he has been sleeping with the woman. His prize: he has not paid any house rent since he started sleeping with the woman. “I’m not ready to stop because I’m not ready to start paying house rent yet,” he confessed to some of his friends.

A world Yoruba centre, the International Centre For Yoruba Arts and Culture, will be opened in April, inside the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, by eminent Yoruba leaders. The Centre which will be filled with books, documents, artefact, records, art works etc is being put together by the Alaroye Newspapers Group as a one-stop shop where researchers, journalists, writers and members of the general public interested in Yoruba history, arts and culture can approach to source for all materials needed. Not only this, the Centre will locate lost or forgotten Yoruba historical materials, music and arts, and make same available at…

      The trial of Aisha Alkali Wakil (also known as Mama Boko Haram) continued on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting more evidence against her and two others. Wakil, the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Complete Care and Aid Foundation alongside Programme Manager and Country Director, Dahiru Saidu Daura, and Prince Lawal Shoyade are standing trial for a five-count amended charge involving N111,650,000 fraud. Testifying as the fifth prosecution witness, Shehu Usman, an investigator with the EFCC, while being led in evidence as…

A 38-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Azeez Adebowale, has been arrested with a mini coffin containing fetish materials found in his possession, when his house was raided by operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 2, 2020. Adebowale, who claimed to be using the coffin as a soap rack, was among six persons arrested by operatives, following weeks of piecing together intelligence report on their alleged involvement in internet fraud. A lady, Toyinsola Bolumole, was among those picked up by operatives at locations around Oluyole and Alao-Akala Estates of the ancient city. Others are Ifelowo Ololade, Sonuyi Ayodeji, Folarin Oladele Olayinka and Aluko Olawale. Items recovered from them…

•Hon. Nurudeen Saka-Solaja Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday, 3 March, 2020 called on Hon. (Mrs.) Sola Adeolu, former Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture in the state over poor performance of the 2019 Greater Lagos Fiesta. This is sequel to the motion moved by Hon. Nurudeen Saka-Solaja, Chairman House Committee on Tourism Arts and Culture for the need to question the ex-Commissioner on how funds allocated for the Fiesta was expended. Hon. Solaja, in his submission, said that Lagos State has been known for organising the Greater Lagos Fiesta, since Governor Babatunde Fashola’s regime which is meant to…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, 3 March, 2020, called for the urgent establishment of more isolation centers across the country as part of proactive measures against any further outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Lawan gave the advice at an interactive session between the senate leadership and officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and Nigerian Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) on the nation’s level of preparedness to contain the spread of the disease. “I imagine that we should have a standard set by the ministry or National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) rather than allow states do…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the bill on Amotekun, a security outfit of the the South West. The bill was passed after the speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, and his colleagues read it for the third time. The bill seeks to unify the proposed law that would guide the security outfit jointly established by the South West governors. Prior to the passing of the bill, the Lagos State House of Assembly had organised a public hearing which was attended by top residents of the state. Recall that at the hearing, Speaker…

•By Ademola Rasak, Ilorin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given insight into how N5 billion belonging to the Kwara State was siphoned and shared by prominent people in the state, The Gazelle News.com can report.  The Head of the Ilorin zone of the anti-graft agency, Isyaku Sharu, disclosed on Tuesday, 3 March, 2020 in Ilorin that the N5 billion was siphoned from the covers of the state Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS).  The Gazelle News.com reports that the EFCC zonal head spoke during the handover of N263.327 million recovered from the state looted fund to the state Governor,…

I came into Abuja last night on Turkish Airline and I was impressed with what I saw and experienced. This was contrary to to the story of unpreparedness I was inundated with while away. Right from inside the plane and one hour before landing we were issued a form to complete . It was comprehensive. It asked  personal details such as your local address, phone numbers , date of birth as well as details of where you came from . We were asked information about our health,  ailments, symptoms as well as medications we have taken since we traveled. Even…

By Omogbolahan Adisa, Ibadan  The Excellers Hitters of Ibadan have won the U-16 category of the 2020 District 01 Girls Softball Tournament, The Gazelle News.com can report. The Gazelle News.com reports further that Excellers Hitters defeated the Badagry Angels by 9 runs to 2 in the final of the competition played at the Obafemi Awolowo stadium, Ibadan. In the U-12 category, the Bishop Braves defeated Ibadan Acumen by 10 runs to 3 to lift the trophy. The tournament, The Gazelle News.com learnt, was supported by the United States Consulate General, Lagos. Speaking at the closing ceremony, Russell Brooks, Public…

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, 2 March, 2020 swore in Rt. Hon. Friday Konbowei Benson as Secretary to the State Government (SSG), charging him to see his appointment as a call to higher service for the overall benefit of people of the state. Dr. Benson was a three-term Speaker of the state House of Assembly. At a brief ceremony inside the Exco Chambers of Government House, Yenagoa, the governor in a statement by his Acting Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said the SSG’s mandate is to liaise with the Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries towards…

Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the results shows positive performance across all financial indices, reaffirming the Bank’s position as one of the most profitable and well managed financial institutions in Nigeria. Profit before tax stood at ₦231.7billion, representing a growth of 7.5% over ₦215.6billion recorded in the corresponding year ended December 2018. The Bank’s Loan Book grew by 19.0% from ₦1.262trillion in December 2018 to ₦1.502trillion in December 2019, while customers’ deposits increased by 11.4% to ₦2.533trillion from…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open to the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu urging him to use his leadership position to “instruct the Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi to immediately, fully and effectively enforce the judgment stopping all Lagos hospitals and health facilities from demanding compulsory blood donations from any patients or their relatives as precondition for medical attention either in antenatal and maternal or any other health services.” Following a suit brought by SERAP, Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos High Court yesterday held that demanding compulsory blood donation from those seeking medical attention including maternity…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has acquired a license to operate a radio station. The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu stated this in his address at the 2020 International Civil Defence Day Celebration. He confirmed that the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, granted the radio station license to the Corps, and this is his gift to the defenders to mark this year’s International Civil Defence Day. This is to make the Nigerian populace play an active role in national security and disseminate security matters effectively to the public, Gana stated.

Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then, he will have to take some serious steps for it to become a reality. Charity, they say, begins at home! For him to be sellable to the majority of Nigerians, Tinubu must metamorphose into that political leader and presidential candidate with the most intense national outlook, farthest outreach, and most acceptable leadership character! He has to start working on the homogeneity of the Yoruba aspirations for a start. And there is only one thing that can unite the race, which the late MKO Abiola got…