Thirty Nigerians under age 35 from diverse backgrounds have been selected as pioneer set of fellows that will undergo a one-year practical training at the Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy (LJLA), following the formal launch of the leadership programme in Lagos on Saturday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The intake of the first cohorts ended the rigorous process of selection of participants out of the 3,313 applications received across the country. The Governor inaugurated the inaugural set at a ceremony held at Lagos Continental Hotel on Victoria Island. The event was attended by immediate family members and associates of the first civilian…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A governorship aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, has said the party’s gubernatorial candidate in the state, Ladi Adebutu should not celebrate his victory yet as the case he instituted against him is still pending at the Supreme Court in Abuja. Showunmi said he is certain that the court would rule in his favour, describing Adebutu, as someone who is not ready for real reconciliation. The PDP chieftain, who made this known while addressing party leaders and supporters in Abeokuta Saturday, 11 February, 2023, vowed not to support Adebutu’s ambition, adding…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Former President of the Senate and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara has disclosed that the Presidential Candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar has vowed to release Nnamdi Kanu if elected as the next President of Nigeria. The IPOB was captured in Kenya, east Africa and extradited to Nigeria over a year ago and since then has been cooling- off in detention. Wabara made this known at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State on Saturday, 11 February, 2023. According to him, Atiku…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A woman named Maimuna, has committed suicide in Sajeri, Gumari ward of Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. Thegazellenews.com gathered that the incident happened around 6:00pm on Saturday, 11 February, 2023. At the scene of the incident, her four-month-old baby was beside her. After the sad development, the deceased children rushed out to inform neighbours that their mother hanged herself in her room. “When we entered, her first son managed to cut the rope and her lifeless body was on the floor,” one eyewitness was quoted to have said. Thegazellenews.com gathered that the deceased, a mother…
By Abiodun Komolafe Defined in general terms, Sociology refers to the scientific understanding and interpretation of social actions. With this in mind, that the Nigerian society consists of very poor people, both in material and spiritual essence is no longer news! Arising from the above, that poverty of ideas has generated the culture and ideas of poverty may also not be too far from the truth! What that means is that, in the struggle for survival, democracy of the stomach plays a very important role. To put it mildly, it is the culture of _‘what we shall eat first’_ that…
Chrisland International School, Opebi is currently trending on Twitter, again for the wrong reason. This time, it is in connection with the death of a 12-year-old student during an inter-house sports event. According to a Facebook post by the father of the child who identified himself as Dr. Micheal Adeyemi Adeniran, the girl left home hale and hearty in the morning and was conveyed to the venue of the sporting event. He said his wife also attended the sporting event and was never told anything happened to their daughter, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, until they moved the child out of the…
As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, a traditional ruler in Osun State, the Olowu of Kuta Kingdom, Oba (Dr) Hammed Adekunle Makama Oyelude (Tegbosun III), has urged politicians in the country to shun campaign of calumny and play politics with utmost fear of God, maturity and decorum. Oba Oyelude, made this advice while receiving the management of OurNigeria News Magazine to his palace on Friday, 10 February, 2023. The Olowu, who underscored the need for all Nigerians, irrespective of religious, political or ethnic affiliations to put national interest above self interest urged every politicians to engage in issue-based campaigns,…
At the continuation of the trial of the medical Doctor, accused of defiling his wife’s niece, Dr Olufemi Olaleye on Friday, 10 February, 2023, in Lagos, Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Sexual Offences Court in Ikeja has fixed Thursday, 16 March, 2023 for the continuation of the trial It will be recalled that Dr Olaleye who is the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation in Surulere area of the state was accused of sleeping with his wife’s 16 years old niece The judge adjourned the trial after the Lagos State Government closed its case against the defendant on Friday,…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested the Founder and General Overseer of Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly, Lagos, High Priest Nnodu Azuka Kenrick; a student of Emmanuel College of Theology, Samanta, Ibadan, Udezuka Udoka; and their freight agent, Oyoyo Mary Obasi over attempt to export methamphetamine and skunk consignments concealed in kegs of palm oil through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos to Dubai, United Arab Emirate. High Priest Nnodu was arrested on Saturday, 11 February, 2023; at his Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly Church located at No 1, Sabbath…
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “The priority of any addict is to anaesthetize the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief.”-Russell Brand on drug abuse. Nigeria at the moment is a nation that is challenged, hobbled by multifaceted, multidimensional problems associated with insecurity. One of the causative agents of violence or rather one of the factors that precipitate violent crime is addiction to drugs by most of those who commit crime or terrorism. This conclusion is unassailable. In the light of the above, can you imagine how the state of violence would look like if Nigeria…