Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Monday, 20 February, 2023, took his re-election campaign to Oluyole and Ido Local Government Areas of the state, ahead of the general election starting on February 25. The Governor noted that his administration has delivered on his promises to the people of the state across the four pillars of his administration, adding that the government would up the ante of performance under Omituntun 2.0. While flagging off the 4.7 kilometres Odo-Ona Kekere-Arapaja-Asunle Road in Oluyole Local Government, Governor Makinde stated that his administration has ensured that communities are involved in his administration’s development efforts…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike United States police have arrested a suspect after a shooting incident left one person killed and four others injured in New Orleans. The gunfire erupted late evening on Sunday, along the route of a popular parade which is held ahead of Mardi Gras Day, on February 21 — the last day of the Carnival season. Chief Deputy Superintendent Hans Ganthier , who confirmed the incident, said it is unclear what led up to the shooting. “We were able to find two weapons on scene and also apprehended what we believe to be a shooter. Whether he’s the sole…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Jigawa State government has confirmed that 38 persons have died of suspected Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Salisu Muazu, confirmed the development while briefing journalist in Dutse, the state capital on Thursday, 16 February, 2023. Muazu, who stated that the state recorded a total of 398 suspected cases between October 2022 to date, added that the disease was detected in 56 political wards across seven local government areas of the state that boarder the Niger Republic. According to him, the outbreak was initially from the neighbouring Niger Republic, and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report No fewer than five people were killed on Sunday, 19 February, 2023 when Israel launched a fresh missile attack on the Syrian capital Damascus and areas around it. Syria’s health ministry said five people died in the strike, including one soldier, while fifteen others were wounded, some of whom in critical condition. According to Syria’s official SANA news agency, the country’s air defenses responded to Israel’s new missile attack, which took place early Sunday, intercepting most of those missiles. Following the attack, SANA said, the Israeli missiles hit a number of residential buildings mostly in…
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report circulating in the social media, claiming that operatives of the Commission raided the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming presidential elections and recovered a humongous sum of N400billion. The Commission wishes to state that no such operation was carried out by the EFCC. The public is enjoined to disregard the report as fake news. Wilson Uwujaren Head, Media & Publicity 19/02/2023
All is set for the grand finale of the All Progressives Congress- APC- Presidential Campaign on Tuesday, 21 February, 2023, in Lagos – home of the Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The venue is the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos Mainland. President Muhammadu Buhari will lead the Presidential Campaign Council comprising the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; Director General of the PCC, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State; all APC State Governors, members of the National Assembly and other prominent leaders of the party. The rally will bring to a befitting climax the campaign, which has…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The body of former Chelsea and Newcastle winger Christian Atsu, who died in Turkey’s earthquake, was flown home on Sunday. The 31-year-old player was killed in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Syria and Turkey on February 6, killing over 44,000 people in both countries. The country’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday, 19 February, 2023, said that his remains will be accompanied by his family and Ghana’s Ambassador to Turkey on a Turkish airline flight and will arrive in Accra, Ghana’s capital, on Sunday, 19 February, 2023, at 7:40 pm. The Ministry, on Saturday, 18 February, 2023, said that…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A middle-aged woman popularly called Mama Dada residing in Oke-Keesi, Itoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, has committed suicide after setting herself on fire over a N70,000 debt. The woman was said have set a rented apartment she lived in, on fire on Saturday, 18 February, 2023. The gazellenews.com gathered that deceased was burnt beyond recognition as the entire building was also razed down. According to her neighbours, the woman had taken a loan from Lapo Microfinance Bank popularly known as “Gbomu le lantern”, but got depressed over her inability to repay the loan. On the fateful, the woman was…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has just stumbled on a rogue website, www. Igbotimesmagazine.online, out to disseminate false and malicious information about Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress. In its latest false news, the site claimed that some EFCC operatives, on the order of President Muhammadu Buhari raided the “underground home” of Tinubu. It claimed that N400 billion of the new notes was recovered from there. The story, which notably lacked the essential “when, where and how” ingredients of any news story, went viral. The EFCC has since issued a formal statement…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Many bank customers over the weekend in Lagos expressed their anger as banks remained closed instead of opening for customers to get the much needed Naira notes, just as while their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) were not dispensing cash to people. When thegazellenews.com visited most of the banks in Ikeja and Alimosho areas customers loitering around customers hanging around hoping to get some Naira notes. Some of the customers went to banks hoping that banks would attend to them but unfortunately reverse was the case. Most of them waited endlessly and when they could not achieved their mission, they…