The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised the people of Kebbi State major investments that will boost the state’s agricultural profile. Speaking while addressing the APC presidential campaign rally at Haliru Abdu Stadium in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, Asiwaju Tinubu commended farmers in the state for the revolutionary venture especially in rice farming. “We are going to invest in education and agro-allied industries to make prosperity a very simple thing. “We will manage water resources to make sure that Nigeria becomes a leading agricultural country in Africa,” he said. The APC…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike, with Agency Reports The Somali National Army (SNA) and Galmudug regional forces backed by international partners have confirmed killing 117 al-Shabab militants in a fierce fighting in the central part of the country on Friday evening, a military official said. SNA Infantry Commander Mohamed Tahlil Bihi confirmed the killing, saying the militants were killed during an eight-hour fighting in Donlaye, near Amara town “The al-Shabab were driven out of their trenches. We are currently in pursuit of the remnants that fled into the forest after the heavy loss,” Bihi told Somali National News Agency on Friday, 10…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report Millions of Iranians took to the streets across the country to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed Pahlavi regime in 1979. The rallies in the capital Tehran began at 9:30 a.m. local time (06:00 GMT) on Saturday, with demonstrators from various social strata and different parts of the city marching toward the iconic Azadi (Freedom) Square. People waved photos of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and legendary General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a 2020 US…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Rescuers in Turkey have rescued two women alive who were trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings for 122 hours after the region’s deadliest earthquake in 20 years. A day after Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, criticised the response of rescuers and relief forces and said that they should have reacted faster to the big earthquake, the number of victims in southern Turkey and northwestern Syria neared 25,000. The number of deaths in Turkey alone rose to 20,923 on Saturday, 11 February, 2023, while more than 3,500 were killed in Syria. United Nations confirmed that up to 5.3…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Nollywood actress and Deputy Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Funke Akindele has spoken about the death of her mother, RB Adebanjo Akindele, detailing impact of her late mother on her life and the family The news of her mother’s demise was announced on Tuesday, 7 February, 2023, in a statement posted on Instagram by the actress’s sister, Olubunmi Akindele. Since that sad incident, Funke has not made any official statements addressing the loss till now. But on Friday, 10 February, 2023, the actress-turned Politician, spoke extensively on her Instagram page saying…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied claims about the inability of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting PLC, just as it also denied claims that it plans to shut down commercial banks in a geo-political zone. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday, 10 February, 2023, by CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, made this known in a statement. In the statement obtained by thegazellenews.com Nwanisobi said Nigerians should disregard a report making the rounds in the media that NSPM is experiencing insufficient printing materials. He clarified that the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, told…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike No fewer than nine people were confirmed dead and several others injured on Friday after a passenger microbus collided with a truck on El Wahat Road in Giza province southwest of the capital Cairo, Egypt. Spokesman of the Health Ministry, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, said “Nine people were killed and nine others wounded in the accident,” adding that some of the wounded were in critical conditions. Traffic accidents claim thousands of lives in the most populous Arab country every year. Most of the accidents were caused by speeding, negligence of traffic rules and laws, and poor maintenance of roads.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher has said Mohamed Salah is not a great striker in the mold of former Reds star, Fernando Torres, a Spaniard. Carragher believes Salah reminds him of Torres, adding that the Egyptian international is not a great player. Speaking about Salah on the Across the Park podcast, Carragher, former Liverpool defender, “He will end up with 25, close to 30. We judge Salah so highly. Yeah, the team is not playing well, so Salah isn’t going to be at his best. “I have never believed Salah is a great player as such, he is a…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Muhammadu Buhari met with the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu on Friday, 10 February, 2023, to strategise on how Asiwaju will excel at the 2023 presidential election slated for this month. A source at the Presidential Villa, said Buhari met with Tinubu at his official residence at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on the night of Friday, 10 February, 2023. Tinubu confirmed the meeting with Buhari during the ‘Meet the mentor’ dinner held in his honour by the APC Progressives Sisters Network at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. Speaking at the meeting, Tinubu…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Niger State Government on has instituted a lawsuit against the Federal Government of Nigeria over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Supreme Court. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Justice Nasara Danmallam, in Minna stated this in a statement issued in Minna, the state capital on Saturday. In the statement obtained by the gazellenews, Danmallam said the case with suit number SC/CV/210/2023 was filed on Friday, with the Niger State Government as the plaintiff. The statement said that the Niger State government was seeking an extension of…