Author: The Gazelle News

The Olorunda Chapter of Ibile-Eko Forum was on Wednesday, 19 February, 2020, inaugurated with full presence of Political leaders and traditional institutions in Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Speaking on behalf of the  traditional institutions present after the inauguration, the host, High Chief Taiwo Semawon Jacob Oriade, Baale of Mosafejo, Ajiyon I; charged the newly inaugurated executives to take their new appointments as a call to service in a bid to unite all indegenes of Lagos State. The Baale, also sang praise of the Grand Patron of Ibile-Eko Forum, Mr. Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran, assuring him of the…

I joined The Guardian newspapers in 1985 and was made to report for The Guardian Express, the stable’s afternoon paper. My daily chore took me to every nook and corner of Lagos and its environ. One of the most troubling assignment I was saddled with at this early period of my career as a journalist was to report on the refugee camp in Oru Ijebu, Ogun State. There camped, were those who escaped the war in Liberia. I mingled with the refugees, listened to their stories and observed their lives from morning to night. After spending two days in that…

Ibeshe Kingdom was agog on Tuesday, 18 February, 2020, as Ibile-Eko Forum, a socio-political group for Lagos Indigenes, inaugurates Local Government Area Coordinators and other executives in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area and Oriade Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Speaking at the event, the lead Visioner of Team Jandor who doubles as the Grand Patron of Ibile Eko Forum, Mr. Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran told the people that it is not enough to come every four year to empower the people in the name of politics, rather uplifting the people have to come regular if there is genuity in…

Ultimate Love, the24/7 romantic reality television show on DStv and GOtv, has delivered its first surprise with Uche’s voluntarily check out of the Love Pad on Monday.   Uche expressed his dissatisfaction at being coupled up with Chris after the live show. He communicated his dissatisfaction to Aunty and requested to be checked out of the Love Pad immediately. However, that did not happen as Aunty needed him to be sure of his request. She then gave him 24 hours to reconsider his decision which would also provide time for certain modalities to be put in place.   Nevertheless,…

Accelerate studios joined forces with Inkblot productions to present their 12th feature film “Who’s The Boss”. The movie is centered on the life of an over worked advertising executive who comes up with crazy plans to prevent her mean boss from finding out about her side-hustle startup agency. Things go from bad to worse as she gets increasingly successful. “Who’s the Boss” is Accelerate’s first move into the world of feature length productions. The content creation hub has a long history of producing short films through its Accelerate Filmmaker Project initiative. At this point, all indications show that Accelerate is…

Worried by the incessant fire outbreaks and the resultant negative effects on the economy, the Federal Government has directed the Federal Fire Service to carry out measures that would prevent the trend across the country through rendering effective services to Nigerians. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who gave the directive at the commissioning of 2,200 regular Fire Service Cadet Officers, 150 drivers and 6 new firefighting trucks, instructed the Service to ensure effective service delivery to Nigerians, through the deployment and utilization of the huge firefighting assets for optimal impact wherever they may be needed and further prevent…

The University of Lagos has been ranked 1st  in Nigeria and 8th in Africa, by uniRank University Ranking™, the leading international higher education directory and search engine featuring reviews and rankings of over 13,600 officially recognized Universities and Colleges in 200 countries. uniRankTM, in a bid to answer the question of “What are the most popular Universities in Africa and Nigeria?”, published the 2020 African University Ranking of the top 200 recognized higher-education institutions in Africa and of 160 Nigerian higher-education institutions in Nigeria respectively. The ranking was done based on the uniRank’s selection criteria stated below: The University must be…

•By Ademola Akanni, Abuja The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has expressed worry over report of 13 million out-of-school children in the North, The Gazelle News.com reports. According to the Senate President, The Gazelle News.com reports, is dangerous not only for the North but also for the entire country. Lawan, therefore, called on the federal government to immediately introduce policies that would return the over 13 million out-of-school-children back to school, so as to curb the rising number of illiteracy in Nigeria. The Senate President, The Gazelle News.com reports further, made this known in a speech delivered at the…

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has called on security agencies in the country not to give up the fight against terrorism, armed banditry and all forms of crimes and criminality, but to embrace the spirit of patriotism, commitment and love for fatherland in order to ensure a peaceful nation. Ogbeni Aregbesola made the call at a patriotism advocacy programme tagged, “Do the right thing: Fall in love with Nigeria” organised by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Monday, 17 February, 2020, in Abuja. According to him, love for one’s country is “undoubtedly a good trait that imbued people…

•Speaker, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat; Executive Director and Head, North-East Division of Guaranty Trust Bank, Haruna Musa; and Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, at the finals of the Lagos International Polo Tournament held at the Polo Club ground in Lagos… on Sunday No fewer than 140 young and talented people from eight states of the Niger Delta have graduated from the special Shell LiveWIRE Nigeria entrepreneurial training programme, which provides business and financial support to enable them to establish…

The Oyo State Government has inaugurated the Park Managers in 33 local governments across the state. Also inaugurated on Monday, 17 February, 2020, are the two Disciplinary Committees which are to intervene whenever conflicts arise between the Oyo State Government and Park Managers on the operations of the parks. The Oyo State Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Raphael Afonja, who inaugurated the Park Managers and the Disciplinary Committees at the Conference Hall of the Ministry, said that the new Park Management System, PMS, would bring sanity in the management of motor parks in the state. Afonja, who…

Justice Agatha Anulika Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday, February 14, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Nwalozie Onyebuchi Julius, alias Dr. Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria to three years imprisonment without an option of fine. The convict was arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge, bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N4.5million.  Nwalozie’s journey to jail began on December 6, 2019 when he was arrested by the operatives of Uyo Zonal Office of…

•Buhari and Monguno (rtd) There is an established cold war and ongoing battle for supremacy in the affairs of nation’s security between the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) and the Chief of Staff (COS) to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari. In what seems to indicate that Kyari has the upper hand, a circular from the Office of the NSA accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s COS of hijacking the coordination of security leadership of the country, a role which was legally sanctioned for his office. PRNigeria gathered that this has created confusion, lack of leadership and outright side-lining of…

Award-winning investigative journalist, Ms Tobore Ovuorie, has won the first round of her N15 million lawsuit against the University of Lagos (Unilag) and its Vice-Chancellor at a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged unlawful breach of the Freedom of Information Act and her right of access to information. The presiding judge, Justice Maureen Adaobi Onyetenu, who granted her leave to proceed with her action to compel Unilag to obey the Law, fixed March 4, 2020 for further hearing in the matter. With the court’s decision on the preliminary motion, the stage is now set for the hearing of the substantive…

•By Dare Ojelade, Lagos Billionaire politician, Ned Nwoko, has confirmed that his wife, Regina Daniels, is pregnant. The Gazelle News.com learnt from www.ghgossip.com that an insider close to the family told an online medium that Nwoko told her that Regina is four months pregnant. According to her, Néd confirmed when she visited the Abuja home of the Nwoko. There have been rumours of Regina being pregnant before their marriage but it turned out to be untrue. But the husband has now confirmed that she is indeed pregnant now.

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the arrest of a former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu issued the bench warrant against him for his continued failure to appear in court in respect of corruption charges instituted against him and two others by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission. The judge, in issuing the arrest warrant, refused to accept his lawyer’s explanation that the defendant was ill and on admission in London. Dikko’s lawyer, Solomon Akuma (SAN), who had previously undertaken to produce him in court, only presented…

•By Dare Ojelade, Lagos Bariga Local Council Development Area of Lagos State will get another slot in the state cabinet, the state Governor has assured.  The Gazelle News.com reports that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance in Bariga on Friday, 14 February, 2020. He was in the council area to commission network of roads and other projects by the council Chairman, Kolade Alabi.  The Gazelle News.com can also report that the Lagos State Governor commissioned 11 roads, three blocks of classrooms and a modern health centre.  He was so impressed by the quality of the projects commissioned that he promised…

•By Omogbolahan Adisa, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that part of the diverted N3 billion Light Up Kwara project was used to buy a house in Gusape in Abuja, The Gazelle News.com can report.  The Zonal Head of EFCC in Ilorin, Isyaku Sharu while speaking in the state capital on Friday, 14 February, 2020. The Gazelle News.com reports that he spoke during the anti-corruption walk organised by EFCC and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Sharu, The Gazelle News.com gathered, insisted that the anti-graft agency is on top of the…

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Kidney Transplant Team has performed another successful kidney transplantation. The Consultant Nephrologist and Head of the Kidney Transplant team, Prof. Olugbenga Awobusuyi said the 47-year old patient’s kidney started functioning immediately after the surgery. “So far so good, the patient and the donor are doing well, kidney function started working immediately after the surgery, there is no major issue or complications after the transplantation”, he said. The Nephrologist also briefed on the plan by the transplant team to use cadaveric donors for transplantation in the future saying, “We are working on a plan…