Author: The Gazelle News

•By Dare Ojelade, Lagos  The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been described the Moses of Nigerian politics who possess all the necessary qualities to lead Nigeria if given the opportunity to do so. The Gazelle News.com reports that the Lagos APC has full confidence in the ability of the former Governor of the state to rule the nation and the party is ready to support him if he declares his interest in running for the Presidency. The Gazelle News.com reports that the Secretary of Lagos APC, Lanre Ogunyemi, who stated this in…

The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) has announced a date for its 2020 Business Outlook Seminar. In a statement signed by Jenkins Alumona, AAAN Publicity Secretary, the association said the seminar will hold on Tuesday at L’eola Hotel (formerly Protea Hotel), Maryland, Ikeja. The theme of the seminar is “Nigerian Business Environment in the Year 2020: Implications for Advertising Agencies”. The theme, the statement explained, was chosen to highlight current global economic variables and their effects of the Nigerian economy. President of the Association, Ikechi Odigbo, said the seminar will help create deeper insights into the changing structure…

The speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday, declared that Amotekun, as a security outfit, in the state and the South West has come to stay. Speaking at a public hearing on a bill to establish Amotekun in Lagos state, Obasa said the outfit had become important for the security of lives and properties of the people. “I’m sure we all recall the incidents before the establishment of Amotekun, the killings, maiming, kidnapping and their likes. “In the wisdom of our governors, they decided on Amotekun,” Obasa said. The speaker noted that the idea had resulted…

The Aketi Network Alliance has congratulated Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, on the occasion of the 3rd year anniversary of his government, The Gazelle News.com can  report. According to Engineer Benjamin Akin Akinbobola, state Coordinator of the group, the Governor has performed beyond expectation in the first three years of his administration. “The achievements of Gov. Akeredolu in the past three years is quite unprecedented, particularly in the areas of infrastructure development,” the group said. The Aketi Network Alliance listed the major achievements of the Ondo Governor to include the establishment of: Win Win Textile Industry, MDF Factory for…

Every citadel of learning derives its claim to greatness from the reputation and accomplishments of its students and staff: the great academics and scholars to whom has been given the enormous task of instructing, guiding and inspiring the minds and talents that are destined to define the future. Your task is possibly the noblest anyone could ask for, yet often without great reward or even gratitude. But we thank you today for your great and priceless service to this and coming generations. It is most pleasing to learn that the proverbial seed planted less than a decade ago, the Federal…

The Seriki Hausawa of Alimosho kingdom, Alhaji Ahmed Haruna Kuraja, has called for proper representation of the Arewa community in Lagos state in the formation of the Amotekun Corps. The monarch made this call at the Lagos State House of Assembly’s Public Hearing on a Bill to establish Amotekun in the state. He said giving them a proper representation in the establishment of the security outfit will give the Arewa a sense of belonging in the scheme of things in the state. Kuraja commended the Speaker of the state assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, the entire assembly members for…

The unfortunate death of the Vice Captain of Remo Stars Football Club of Sagamu, Tiamiyu Salaka a.k.a. Kaka, has received the attention of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, The Gazelle News.com can report. The Gazelle News.com reports that the IGP has ordered the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Anthony Ogbizi to take over investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of the footballer. According to a release on Monday, 24 February, 2020 by the Force Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, the IGP gave…

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has renewed its commitment to transforming the rural economy of the Niger Delta region and improving the livelihood of the citizens. Speaking at a project facilitation training of the $129.17 million Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Programme in the Niger Delta, LIFE-ND project in Port Harcourt yesterday, the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, said that the Commission was committed to its partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.  Prof Pondei, who was represented by the NDDC Director Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr George…

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed March 6, 2020, to hear an application filed by the former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, seeking for an oversea medical trip. Okupe is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC alongside his two companies: Value Trust Investments and Abrahams Telecoms on a 59-count charge bordering on money laundering and criminal diversion of funds to the tune of N702,000,000 (Seven Hundred and Two Million Naira). The defence counsel, Akinlabi Akinbade, had on December 24, 2019 and February 11, 2020,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 24, 2020,  re-arraigned the former Plateau State governor, Senator, Jonah David Jang, and a former cashier in the Office Secretary to the State Government (OSSG), Yusuf Pam, before Justice C. L. Dabup of Plateau State High Court, Jos, on amended 17-count charge. The duo of Jang and Pam are being prosecuted by the EFCC for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N30,236,024,219.88 (Thirty Billion, Two Hundred and Thirty-six Million, Twenty-four Thousand, Two Hundred and Nineteen Naira, Eighty-eight kobo). Before today’s resumption…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office on Monday, February 24, 2020, arraigned one Elizabeth Akaa before Justice M. A. Ikpambese of the Benue State High Court, Makurdi, on a one-count charge, bordering on breach of trust, dishonesty and misappropriation to the tune of N9, 000, 000 (Nine Million Naira), belonging to the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, Guma Chapter. Akaa was alleged to have been entrusted with N27, 097,00 (Twenty Seven Million and Ninety Seven Thousand Naira) as the chairman of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employee, Guma Chapter, between 2016 and 2018 but dishonestly misappropriated…

The Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of one Udenze Ikenna Kenneth who was sentenced to three years imprisonment by Justice Nweze of the State High Court, Onitsha, Anambra State. The convict’s ordeal began sometime in 2019 when a petitioner alleged that he falsely presented himself to be one Dickson Amabebe, and opened an account in Access Bank Plc and used same to fraudulently receive the sum of N2.9 Million (Two Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) from a Non Governmental Organisation: Nigeria Interfaith Action Association (NIFAA). Investigation revealed that Udenze was a member of a syndicate that hacks into websites of organisations, then asumme the identity of the organisation using a fictitious name. The…

Mr. Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran has been described as the new face of hope in Lagos State by the people of Badagry division, the division that formed one of the five divisions of Nigeria’s economic capital. The belief by a section of the politically inclined that Badagry division has no qualified sons for Lagos political top seat was put in check after the visit of the Lead Visioner of Team Jandor, who doubles as the grand patron of Ibile Eko Forum, Mr. Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran completed a one week tour of the division. The division comprises of four local Government Areas…

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) has debunked an online report alleging that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has directed the Agency to return all seized vehicles in their custody to their respective owners in the state. A release issued by the Office of the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, refuted the claim that the decision was a follow up to a memo he sent to the Governor seeking for his approval to auction all seized vehicles in order to create space for new ones. Egbeyemi maintained that he was…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on  Monday, February 24, 2020, sought the order of Justice Abdullahi Mikhail of Niger State High Court, to relist the former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu and two others  for trial for money laundering and breach of trust. Aliyu had faced prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, along with his then Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko, and the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Niger State Chapter, Barrister Tanko Beji, on amended seven-count charges, bordering on criminal breach of trust, but the case was however, struck out in…

• By Bolaji Yisa, Lagos Tragedy and shock hit the Lagos State Police Command at the weekend, The Gazelle News.com can report. This medium learnt that a police officer, attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), slumped and died in his office. Christopher Akpan a.k.a. SO, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, The Gazelle News.com learnt was preparing for operation on Saturday, 22 February, 2020 when he slumped and died. He was reported to have entered his office on return from an operation to prepare for another one when death came calling. His death, The Gazelle News.com learnt from WITHIN NIGERIA,…

Mentors come as rainbow, in different colours, all appealing. Their roles in our lives remain the same. They give us direction. They bring out the best in us. They lead us out of the maze of life. They give meanings to our dream. They give us stability in our quest to reach our full potentials, the potentials we may never know lie in us were it not for their discernment. They provide the walking sticks and the braces we need when our knees buckle or weaken from the pressure of life. They provide us the binoculars to scan the horizon…

•By Dare Ojelade, Lagos The abandoned Ifako Ijaiye Public Library located in the Vetland Primary School complex will soon enjoy a face-lift, The Gazelle News.com can report. This medium can  report that the public library was a constituency project of deceased former House of Representatives member for Ifako Ijaiye Federal Constituency, Marufdeen Adeola Adefolabi who represented the Constituency between 2007 and 2011. The Gazelle News.com reports that the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare inspected the project on Saturday, 22 February, 2020 and assured that the project will soon witness a face lift. Dare, who visited the…

•By Dare Ojelade, Lagos A member of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) died on Saturday, 22 February, 2020 in a very bizarre circumstance, The Gazelle News.com reports. The woman, popularly called Alhaja, was reported to have slumped after submitting her promotion examination script and died thereafter. The Gazelle News.com learnt that promotion examinations for NSCDC officers took place throughout the nation on Saturday, 22 February, 2020. The Gazelle News.com reports further that the deceased was attached to AgbadoOkeodo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. She was buried on Sunday, 23 February, 2020 in accordance with Islamic…

“My namesake, I commend your relentless counterinsurgency media campaigns against our enemies, on a pro bono basis without a penny from the military. Please sustain the tempo.” – General Yushau Abubakar General Buratai, the above message was sent to me by the first Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Yushau Mahmood Abubakar, when he was redeployed to the Nigerian Army Headquarters as the Chief of Training and Operation in January 2016. He later died in a very mysterious accident along Damaturu-Maiduguri road two months later in March 2016. It is one of several goodwill messages we receive from top military officers…