A mammoth crowd of party supporters and other residents on Monday, 13 February, 2023, thronged the All Progressives Congress campaign rally in Gombe where the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, unveiled his plans for the state and canvassed support for his aspiration. Tinubu, who landed at the Gombe International Airport around 12:30pm, was received by his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima; APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; the host-Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, among other party chieftains. Hundreds of party faithful joined in the reception party at the airport, creating a long convoy of vehicles. The…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
By Quadri Adeniyi Olorunfunmi Who is a vandal? A vandal is someone who deliberately damages things especially public property. In general, vandalism may be motivated by malicious greed, the wish to draw attention to a particular condition, a political ideology, the desire for revenge on a particular person, frustration, or misguided playfulness. Is vandalism in Nigeria? In November 2013, a data gathered by NOIPolls Limited indicated a general level of apathy towards public property in Nigeria. The poll conducted on the issue of public property vandalism in Nigeria indicated that about 6 in 10 Nigerians (61 per cent) believe that…
Lagos Business Community got a message of reassurance from the Number One citizen of the State on Monday, 13 February, 2023. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu reiterated the commitment of his administration to sustain strategic investment in infrastructure to bolster productivity, energise business growth and protect private investments. The Governor had an interactive meeting with the Organised Private Sector at Oriental Hotels, where he spoke of the State’s economic redistribution plans aimed at expanding the Lagos business district to suburbs in the western and eastern parts of the State. The dialogue was part of the strategic stakeholder engagements initiated to keep business…
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 13, 2023, arraigned an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on tampering with the redesigned Naira notes. One of the count reads: “That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28n day of January, 2023, at Monarch Event Centre Lekki, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst dancing during a social occasion, tampered with the sum of N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by…
Justice Abdul Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State on Monday, 13 February, 2023, convicted and sentenced one Abah Stephen to two year imprisonment for fraud. Stephen was arraigned on one count charge by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the EFCC for fraudulent impersonation. The charge reads: “That you, Abah Stephen, sometime in 2022, at Makurdi, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by deceit pretended to be Johnscot, an American Military Doctor on peacekeeping mission for the United Nations at Kabul, Afghanistan, by use of an email account – alexanderscot99@gmail.com induced and defrauded one Jana Bilkara…
The Chairman/CEO of The Address Homes, Dr Olabisi Onasanya has been conferred with an Honourary Doctorate Degree (Honaris Causas) in Finance at the 7th Convocation ceremony of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) held at the Main Campus, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Saturday, 11 February, 2023. The conferment was approved by the University Senate in recognition of Onasanya’s professional excellence, illustrious persona as an excellent banker and brilliant Chartered Accountant, as well as his exemplary leadership in contemporary Nigeria with positive impacts on the lives of the vast majority of people. Onasanya, a former Group Managing Director/CEO of First Bank Plc,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Leaders of Fulani communities (Ardos) from across the country under the under the umbrella of Fulbe United for Peace and Development have endorsed the Presidential Candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, just as they also conferred on him the title of Barkindo (the blessed one) which they described as a revered title among the Fulani. The Special Assistant to the APC Presidential Candidate on Media and Publicity, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, disclosed this in statement issued on Monday, 13 February, 2023. In the statement obtained by thegazellenews.com, Abdullazis said the leaders of Fulani on took the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Some youths in Anaku community in Ayamelum local government council of Anambra State have kidnapped one of the soldiers sent to maintain peace in the troubled area. They also took away his service gun. Security operatives, including soldiers, were deployed to restore peace to the area when the youths led by their kingpin popularly known as Vulture reportedly killed eight persons and injured many in Omor Community last Monday. The state Governor, Charles Soludo, has directed youths in the community to release the soldier and return his gun to him immediately. Soludo’s’s directive was disclosed by the Transition…
Abimbola Ogunnaike The Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress(APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)to allow the old and new naira notes to co-exist as legal tenders for the next 12 months. The APC standard bearer also asked the Apex Bank to stop all charges associated with online transactions and bank transfers till the current crisis is over. The spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shetima campaign, Festus Keyamo, disclosed this in a statement issued over the weekend and made available to thegazellenews.com. Keyamo, who stated that the CBN must act quickly to save Nigerians from the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike All Progressives Congress(APC) Presidential Candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima, has disclosed the reason why Northerners should not vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Shettima said Northerners should ditch Atiku for opposing the Islamic legal system in the region. The APC Vice Presidential Candidate said this while speaking with APC faithful at the party’s local government conference in Daura, Katsina State over the weekend The APC Presidential Running Mate urged Northern voters to reject Mr Abubakar at the February 25 polls because he fought against Sharia. “This person you call your own says you…