Former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has appealed to all Lagos State residents, especially the electorate to re-elect Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the forthcoming gubernatorial poll, saying the Governor has done so well and deserved to be re-elected. Speaking during the Journalist Hangout Programme on Television Continental (TVC) on Sunday, 5 March, 2023, Osoba, a renowned journalist and former Editor and Managing Director of Daily Times Newspaper, said Governor Sanwo-Olu has done so much in Lagos State and based on his performance he deserved to be voted for en-masse on Saturday. Osoba, who expressed his displeasure over the…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
Justice R.I.B Adebiyi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, March 6, 2023, further adjourned till March 24, 2023 for the adoption of final written addresses in relation to the no-case submissions filed by both Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and Ezekiel Bala Agaba, who are facing trial over an alleged N754.8 million fraud. Akpobolokemi and Agaba, who are alleged to have defrauded NIMASA, were initially charged alongside Governor Juan, Vincent Udoye, Ekene Nwakuche, Adegboyega Olopoenia and a company, Gama Marine Nigeria Ltd., before the charge was amended to…
A soldier of the Nigerian Army, Lance Corporal Nwobodo Chinoso, has shot dead the Commander of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Rabah in Sokoto State, Lt. Sam Oladapo. The incident happened at the weekend. Chinoso, also shot the FOB Rabah Command Sergeant Major (CSM), Sgt. Iliyasu Inusa, and another private soldier, Attahiru Mohammed, after he had killed Oladapo. PRNigeria further gathered that, after gunning down his army colleagues, Chinoso thereafter committed suicide by opening fire on himself. But credible military sources in Sokoto when contacted, however could not ascertain the mental stability of the trigger-happy soldier. One of the sources…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Few days after Supreme Court had nullified the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and extended the validity of the old naira notes to 31 December, 2023, business owners, transport owners, landlords, artisans, betting shops and several others have refused to accept old Naira notes in Lagos State. Investigation carried out by thegazellenews.com also revealed that various churches across state on Sunday, March 5, 2023 also joined the bandwagon of those refusing to accept old notes for offerings and tithes. However, few residents thegazellenew.com spoke with expressed their disappointments as foodstuff sellers, artisans, market women,…
Adamawa Gubernatorial candidate for Labor Party (LP), Alhaji Umar Mustapha Madawaki (Otumba) has withdrawn from the race ahead of the coming Governorship and State Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, 11 March, 2023. Otumba at a press conference today, Monday, 6 March, 2023, said he was withdrawing from his aspirations and is collapsing all his campaign structure to Senator Aishatu Ahmed Dahiru Modibbo (Binani), the All Progressives Congress Gubernatorial Candidate. He said the endorsement of Binani became imperative knowing that she has all it takes to be the next Governor of Adamawa State. According to him Binani’s records are unbeatable and…
Few days to the Saturday, 11 March, 2023, Governorship and State Assembly polls, former lawmaker, Wahab Alawiye-King has appeal to Lagosians to renew the mandate of the state Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwoolu and his Deputy, Dr Kadir Obafemi Hamzat. Hon Alawiye-King, who is also the Chairman of the state Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) also urged Lagosians to vote for all APC state Assembly candidates in the coming elections. According to him, voting for Sanwo-Olu and all APC candidates will ensure the continuation of the good work the Sanwo-Olu administration has been doing…
By Kazeem Akintunde The 2023 presidential election has come and gone. It is now time to do a postscript and examine issues that define the poll. One of those issues is the dismal number of voters that turned out to cast their ballots. On February 25, 2023, a little above 24 million Nigerians went to the poll to elect a new president. This dismal number is far less than the 93.4 million Nigerians that registered to vote. Many Nigerians are shocked by the low turnout of voters on election day and have attributed it to the late-hour cashless policy introduced…
A Political Scientist, Dr Babatunde Adewunmi has described the recently concluded Presidential Election as highly competitive. He said if the election was rigged as claimed in some quarters, Peter Obi could not have defeated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos and Atiku could not have won in Katsina, hokd state of President Buhari. For him, that the margin between the first three contenders was so close showed that the votes of the people counts at the Election. Dr Adewunmi however said that the decision of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP to head to…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Honourable Adewale Jafojo has launched a door-to-door campaign for the re-election bid of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr Kadir Obafemi Hamzat, reports thegazellenews.com. The former Chief of Staff to Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly also launched a food bank on Sunday, 5 March, 2023 and distributed food items during the door-to-door campaign. Speaking at the event, Jafojo stated that ensuring the re-election of Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat is a task that must accomplished hence all hands must be on deck to achieve…
Thousands of women professionals from Kogi Central Senatorial District, on Sunday, trooped out to express their gratitude to voters for turning out en masse to vote, overwhelmingly, for the All Progressives Congress’ candidates in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. The women, who thanked Kogites and Governor Yahaya Bello of the State for the peaceful conduct of the election, said the ‘Thank You’ road walk became necessary in order to demonstrate that women in Central and in the state, generally, were solidly in support of the Governor for giving them the share of voice they had been clamouring…