Manchester United lost key midfielder Casemiro to a red card in the first half of Sunday’s Premier League clash with Southampton at Old Trafford. Casemiro was sent off against Southampton for foul on Charly Alcaraz. He will now miss four games. WHAT HAPPENED? Manchester United suffered a huge blow in the first half of Sunday’s Premier League clash against Southampton. The Red Devils lost Casemiro to a red card for a studs-up tackle on Alcarez. The Brazilian was initially booked for the tackle but the yellow card was upgraded to a red after a VAR review. The sending off is…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The Arewa people in Lagos State will vote massively for the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Governorship and State Assembly Elections coming up on Saturday, 18 March, 2023, reports thegazellenews.com The Leader of the Arewa Movement in the state, Architect Kabir Ahmed Abdullahi gave this assurance during an exclusive Interview with thegazellenews.com on Sunday, 12 March, 2023 in Lagos. According to him, “we Arewa have transfered the love we gave for President Muhammadu Buhari to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and invariably to Governor Sanwo-Olu and other APC candidates in Lagos. We will vote…
The leadership of the Labour Party has been warned against any form of protest which is aimed at destabilizing the country and its nascent democracy. The Labour Party had threatened to truncate the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) activities with protest over inability to inspect election materials of the last Presidential election. But a statement signed by Secretary, of Support Group Coordination of the All Progressive Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Tosin Adeyanju, on Sunday, 12 March, 2023, described the Labour Party’s leadership statement as “mischief makers” and warned them to desist from any protest. According to him, “we have uncovered…
A rehabilitated ex-fighter of Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu and the traditional ruler of Kajola, a border community between Ondo and Edo states, Baale Akinola Adebayo are among 37 persons arrested over 2.2 tonnes of illicit drugs seized by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and in raids across 12 states in the past week. A statement by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday said as part of ongoing operations to mop up illicit drugs across the country ahead of the next round of elections,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged through a highly contested presidential election and all things being equal he is expected to be sworn in as the 16th president of Nigeria comes 29 May this year. The former Lagos State Governor, who contested under the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for having the highest vote cast in the presidential election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu as the winner at the International Collation Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, 1 March, 2023. Yakubu announced that…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Indonesia Disasters Management Agency has confirmed that it recovered 44 bodies, while the search for the 11 people missing is going on after the landslides that struck the country’s western province of Riau Islands Monday, 6 March, 2023. The Head of the Operation Unit of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency of Natuna Regency where the disaster occurred on Monday, Raja Darmika, on Saturday, March 11, 2023, said: “Of the 44 bodies recovered, 43 of them have been identified.” According to Secretary of Natuna Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency, Syariffuddin Muhammad, heavy downpours were blamed for the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Tanzanian Police have arrested three suspected poachers after they were found in possession of six elephant tusks in the country’s northern region of Manyara, police said on Saturday, 11 March, 2023. The Manyara regional police commander, George Katabazi, on Saturday, March 11, 2023, said the suspected poachers were arrested on Friday at 9 p.m. local time in Madunga village in Babati district in the region. “The suspects were riding on two motorcycles that they used to ferry the tusks,” said Katabazi. According to him, suspects were arrested during a joint crackdown conducted by police and game…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Abia State Government has threatened to sanction any business entity, person or group that rejects the old N500 and N1000 naira notes for business transactions in the state. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Chris Ezem, Secretary to the State Government and made available to newsmen in Umuahia. Ezem, in the statement released on Saturday, 11 March, 2023, and made available via email to thegazellenews.com, said the decision was in line with the Supreme Court ruling extending the validity of the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes as legal tender. The Supreme Court had…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The driver of the Lagos State staff bus crushed by a train at the PWD/Shogunle railway line, Oluwaseun Osinbajo has revealed the reason behind Thursday, 9 March, 2023 collision which claimed six lives and injured about 84 others. Osinbajo said the bus developed a mechanical fault on rail track, claiming that the crash was not his fault. According to Vanguard, he was overheard narrating to some of his relatives who were waiting for him there. Osinbajo, who has been detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) in Yaba, however, begged families of the victims to forgive him…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Saheed Aderinto, a Professor of History and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University, for winning the prestigious Dan David Prize — the global largest financial reward for excellence in the History discipline. The President, in a statement issued Saturday, 11 March, 2023, by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, commended the selection committee of the international award, created 21 years ago, for recognizing the vital and scholarly contributions of the Nigerian to the study of History, which sheds light on the human past. In the statement obtained by thegazellenews.com, Buhari said with delight that in…