By Abimbola Ogunnaike A 51-year-old cleric, Nduka Anyanwu, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja for defiling and impregnating two biological sisters. Justice Abiola Soladoye committed the Lagos-based pastor on Tuesday, 14 February, 2023 of impregnating a 13 and a 17-year-old, both of whom have been delivered of babies. The clergymen, who was said to have defiled and impregnated the duo on the pretext of having prayer sessions with them, was arraigned before the court over an offence he committed on June 3, 2020, at Arowojobe Street in the…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has sympathised with the people of the state on the continuous scarcity of the naira as a result of the recent CBN’s currency redesign policy. In a statement on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023, the Governor appealed to the people of the state to remain calm and peaceful, and not give in to any frustrations over the naira scarcity. “I testify to the inconvenience this development has brought. We are in this together, and we are not missing any opportunity to work with the CBN and the Federal Government to bring ease to the people within…
By Kayode Oladele In December 2022, the Federal Government through Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced the demonetization Policy which has necessitated the redesigning of new Naira notes to replace the old ones. The policy also set February 10, 2023 as the deadline for the phasing out of high-value naira notes, otherwise known as Naira swap throughout the country. As a result of the serious hardships caused by the “disruption to the economy, trade and business and worried by the effects the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s naira redesign policy is having on the residents of their states, the State…
Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that his administration has spent up to N40 billion on the construction and reconstruction of different roads that link Oke Ogun to other zones of the state. The governor, who stated this on Tuesday, during campaign visits to several communities in Iwajowa Local Government, also said that his administration will explore solid mineral potentials of communities in Iwajowa Local Government. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, on behalf of the Media Committee of the Governor ‘Seyi Makinde Campaign Council, indicated that the Governor met with…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has warned that the state government will shut any bank that refuses to accept old naira notes in the state. This is coming on the heels of an application filed at the Supreme Court, to join an ongoing suit against the Federal Government over the new naira policy implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The warning is sequel to complains received from the people that some commercial banks and some filling stations are rejecting the old naira notes. Governor Abiodun gave the warning on Tuesday, 14 February, 2023, during his re-election campaign tour…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, explained why its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, did not obey a court order that committed him to prison for contempt. The Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, who spoke to the press in Abuja, said the Commission believed it was denied fair hearing and that as a law abiding institution, the EFCC had approached the appellate court, for a stay of execution. He did not say whether the stay of execution had been granted to forestall the order for the arrest of Bawa by the Inspector-General of Police. Uwujaren, however, alleged that…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Beta Edu has assured that the party would mobilise APC women with door-to-door packages to woo voters as part of a strategy to deliver the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Edu stated this at the APC Northern Female Stakeholders Strategy Session, with the theme, “Progressive Northern Women Playing a Pivotal Role Towards 2023 Election Victory” on Sunday, 12 February, 2023, in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The APC Women Leader, who called on APC women to do everything legally possible to ensure they deliver…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The ambition of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress(APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu received a major boost on Monday, September 13, 2023 after leaders of Labour Party (LP) and party members in the Southwest defected en mass to the ruling party. The LP chieftains who were received into the APC by the National Chairman of South West Agenda For Asiwaju Tinubu (SWAGA) 2023, Dayo Adeyeye, were led by the Southwest Chairman of the party, Banji Omotosho. Omotosho, who said they decided to decamp to APC after realising that LP is not viable and lacked the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The presiding pastor of House on The Rock in Abuja, Pastor Uche Aigbe is now in police net in Abuja for allegedly carrying an AK-47 to the pulpit. Thegazellenews.com gathered from a reliable source that the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, under the Force Intelligence Bureau(FIB) whisked the pastor away from his church. The cleric is seen preaching in church on Sunday, 12 February, 2023, while carrying the rifle on his left shoulder. This medium also gathered that one Inspector Musa Audu allegedly handed his service weapon to Aigbe. The officer is expected to face an orderly room…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has earned our trust and a right to serve more for the next four years on account of his performance, his respect for traditional institution, and his uncommon care for the people, Etsu Patigi Alhaji Ibrahim Umar Bologi II said on Monday. The Etsu said he would continue to speak to “our people to reward your good nature with another term of four years”. The monarch spoke in Patigi, the capital city of Patigi local government, as the Governor, Senator Sadiq Umar and other APC candidates from the axis arrived on a campaign stop to…