The All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate in the July 16 2022 Governorship Election, Adegboyega Oyetola, has approached the Appeal Court to further seek the disqualification of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun. It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), had on July 17 announced Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the July 16 Governorship election. But Oyetola and his party, the APC, approached the Tribunal to challenge the victory on the grounds that there was over-voting and that Senator Ademola Adeleke was not eligible to run at the time. After weeks of sitting, the Tribunal agreed…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani has challenged the legality of his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party on Friday, 10 February, 2023, expelled Nnamani and seven others from the party in Ekiti and Imo States over allegations of anti-party activities. The verdict of the party means Nnamani and others are no longer members of the party. The gazellenews gathered that some of them are candidates in the next election. Nnamani, in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, said the decision of the party offends the procedure…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Bank customers in Lagos State have lamented they are tired of what they going through, considering the failure of both the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and commercial banks to dispense cash to their customers in the state. Most of the bank customers interviewed by thegazellenews.com said that for several days, they have been in the banks without accessing their money deposited in their bank accounts. They lamented that the bank customers might organize demonstrations at the CBN in Lagos State and the State Government House if the current trend continues. According to on one Adegboyega Yekinni, a customer…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has called on the Nigerian Army to continue to remain professional before, during and after the coming elections. The Governor stated this, on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, when he hosted the new General Officer Commanding, 2 Mechanised Division, Odogbo Barracks, Ibadan, Major-General Takuti Usman, at the Courtesy Room of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the governor, who pledged the continuous support of his administration to the Nigerian Army and other security agencies in the state, commended them for the…
The Kogi State Commissioner For Education, Science and Technology, Hon Wemi Jones, has described as absolute falsehood a report making the rounds in some section of some online media that Gov. Yahaya Bello has reportedly ordered the sack of Kogi teachers who are not All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters. Hon. Jones in a statement issued to journalists in Lokoja, while reacting to the misinformation, described the news as fake, baseless and a figment of the imagination of unscrupulous individuals masquerading under the guise of opposition with the intention to create disaffection amongst teachers and workers in the State. The Commissioner…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Despite cash crisis in the country, the Naira on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, exchanged at 461.10 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. The figure has an increase of 0.02 per cent compared with the 461.17 it exchanged on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023.. The open indicative rate closed at N461.25 to the dollar on Thursday, 9 February, 2023. An exchange rate of N462 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N461.10. The naira sold for as low as N439.96 to the dollar within the day’s trading.…
By Emmanuel Oladesu The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), 9 February, 2023, explained why Lagosians should reject the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Jide Adediran, at the poll. He said the main opposition candidate, who worked with him as a cameraman and consultant when he was Governor, lacked the required maturity, experience, competence and capacity to run Lagos, which is the fifth largest economy in Africa. Fashola maintained that being a cameraman and following the Governor to state functions do not qualify Adediran to be Governor. The PDP Candidate, former reporter with the Lagos Television when…
My attention has been drawn to disparaging statements made by my Boss, former Governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola earlier today at an event in Lagos. He reportedly referred to me as a cameraman who is not ready to govern Lagos. Well while this may come as a shock to many, who may have heard me speak well of him and his achievements in Lagos, despite being the flag bearer of the main opposition party in the same Lagos, let me quickly signpost a reminder that this is the season of calumnies and the APC are expectedly under pressure to sell…