As construction work continues on the Abeokuta-Ifo-Sango-Ota-Lagos expressway, motorists and commuters have expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work done so far on the ever-busy road. It will be recalled that the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on the 23rd of August last year, flagged off the reconstruction of the expressway with an 18-month completion timeline. Five gangs are working simultaneously at Olomore, Midgad/Metroxide, Papanlanto Junction, Owode, and the Toll Gate axis, where earthwork, stone base, and drainage have been completed while asphalt is being laid. The failed portions at Brewery, Obada, and Itori Junction up to Lafarge…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
Football fans will pay the sum of N3,000 and N1,000 respectively to watch Saturday, 6 September, 2025 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Amavubi of Rwanda at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo. Tickets for the VIP section will go for N3,000 and the popular seats will sell for N1,000 at designated centres within the Uyo metropolis from Friday, 5 September, 2025. NFF’s Director of Marketing and Sponsorship, Alizor Chuks, said on Wednesday, 2 September, 2025, : “It is important to let the general public know that the NFF Security Committee has declared…
The Chairman of Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area, Honourable Jimoh Olawale Soliu, has assured incident but brilliant students in the council area of the support of his administration in their struggle to achieve their education desire, reports thegazellenews.com Honourable Soliu gave this assurance on Wednesday, 3 September, 2025, at the council secretariat in Ijora during the distribution of free GCE forms to students in the council area. “We will support you to achieve your aim. But you must study hard and ensure you pass the examinations. We won’t support failure,” he said. The Apapa-Iganmu LCDA Chairman assured the beneficiaries that if…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has informed the general public on the progress made in the management of passenger tracing, the injured, recovering its rolling stock, and restoration of the tracks following the derailment incident involving the Abuja–Kaduna-bound train, reports thegazellenews.com Thegazellenews.com recalled that on Tuesday, 26 August 2025, the Abuja–Kaduna train service experienced a major derailment involving a locomotive and several coaches between Kubwa and Asham stations. However as Tuesday, 2 September, 2025, seven days after the incident, the NRC engineers have successfully recovered a locomotive and four coaches (out of two locomotives and eight DMU coaches), which have been railed to…
By Emmanuel Oladesu A chapter closed in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State and political headquarters of the Southwest, yesterday. On one hand, the ancient town is bereaved. Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, who ascended the throne barely a year ago, joined his ancestors. He was 90. Fulfilment of ambition: But the town is also in a joyous mood. Sympathisers moved from the palace to the residence of the Otun Olubadan, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, who automatically and instantly became the Olubadan. It is his life’s ambition. Senator Ladoja, an engineer, prominent politician and former governor of Oyo State, had openly declared that…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to issue a service-wide circular to all Ministries, Extra-Ministerial Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) on the implementation of mandatory health insurance in line with the National Health Insurance Act, 2022. However, President Tinubu called for further, closer and constructive engagement with the Private Sector on the Act to ensure that businesses are not unduly constrained. The President’s directive covers five key areas. First, all MDAs must enrol their employees in the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) health insurance plan. Where desired, MDAs may take up supplementary private…
President Bola Tinubu declared on Tuesday, 2 September 2025, that his administration’s bold economic reforms, which aim to restore Nigeria to its enviable position, are achieving favourable results. The President said that the country’s economy is now stable and attracting interest from around the world. He stated this at the State House when he received His Imperial Majesty, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Oladunni Olaoye, Orumogege III, the Soun of Ogbomosoland, in audience with some other royal fathers. President Tinubu said, “Years of neglect and self-deception, fake records, smuggling, and all of that denied Nigeria the necessary revenue for progress and development.…
The Presidency has welcomed the latest revenue figures for January–August 2025, showing that Nigeria is achieving unprecedented growth in non-oil collections, a direct result of reforms to improve the government’s fiscal position, strengthen compliance, and digitise tax administration. President Bola Tinubu made a pointed reference to this positive growth trajectory in non-oil revenue mobilisation on Tuesday, 2 September 2025, while addressing a delegation of the Buhari Organisation led by Senator Tanko Al-Makura, which a section of the media has reported out of context. The President highlighted the significant growth in non-oil revenues accruing to the Federation, federal, state, and local…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the redeployment of DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi to Delta State from his position as the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), reports thegazellenews.com Adejobi has been posted to Delta State as the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations. Adejobi was recently promoted from Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). He was first appointed in an acting capacity on 16th February 2022 while serving as a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), taking over from then CP Frank Mba. His appointment was later confirmed by the then Inspector-General of…
A boat mishap has claimed 29 lives in the Gausawa community, Malale Ward of Borgu Local Government Area, Niger State. Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He said the incident occurred on Tuesday, 2 September, 2025, at about 11:30 a.m. when the boat, carrying 90 passengers, including women and children, took off from Tungan Sule in Shagunu Ward and was heading to Dugga for a condolence visit. According to him, the boat collided with a tree stump, leading to the tragedy. Baba-Arah said: “As at the time…