Segun Adewale in Bauchi The Outgoing National Youth Service Corps members serving in Bauchi State Government House have honoured the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Comrade Mukhtar Gidado, with an award of excellence. Presenting the award at his office on Wednesday, 2 September, 2026, leader of the corps members, Oluchukwu Esther Emeka, described Comrade Mukhtar Gidado as a caring father and dedicated media professional. She said Gidado’s dedication and effective projection of the state government’s activities influenced her decision to serve in Bauchi, despite initial concerns from her family about coming to the state. Ms Emeka commended the Special…
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By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has scheduled physical screening and documentation for successful candidates enlisted into the Service as part of the next stage of its recruitment exercise. The exercise will hold at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College (NCCSC), Gwagwalada, Abuja, with candidates required to appear on the dates allocated to their respective states and cadres. This was disclosed by the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation on X through its official handle, @FMINONigeria, on Tuesday, 1 September, 2026. According to the NCS, attendance at the screening and documentation exercise is compulsory, and…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Federal Government has reaffirmed its determination to end insecurity in Nigeria, unveiling renewed strategies centred on proactive operations, long-term planning and stronger collaboration with state governments. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Muhammad Matawalle, stated this on Monday, 31 August, 2026 in Kano during a condolence and assessment visit to the Kano State Government House following the Saturday, 29August, 2026, bandit attack on Chiroma Village in Garun Mallam Local Government Area. Matawalle said President Bola Tinubu had constituted a committee to develop a five-year Defence and Security Plan to provide a long-term framework for…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Veteran Nollywood actor Yemi Solade has fired back at comedian Isbae U and his late father following a tense exchange on the comedian’s YouTube show, Curiosity Made Me Ask. The 31-year-old Isbae U, known for asking provocative questions designed to put his guests on the spot, featured the 66-year-old actor in a recent episode of the show. What began as a lighthearted conversation gradually turned heated after the comedian made remarks that appeared to provoke Solade, particularly when he described him as a “coward.” Isbae U first revisited Solade’s earlier claim that female actors could not…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned what it described as the fraudulent use of its identity and accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of actions it said undermine Nigeria’s sovereignty. The party’s position was contained in an official statement issued on Monday, 31 August, 2026, and signed by its National Chairman, Hon Nafiu Bala Gombe, following an emergency joint session of the Board of Trustees (BOT) and National Working Committee (NWC) convened the same day to deliberate on matters it said threatened the integrity of the party and the nation. The ADC condemned and ordered an…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nigerian singer Peter Okoye, popularly known as Mr P of the defunct music duo P-Square, has celebrated his wife, Lola Omotayo-Okoye, with a romantic birthday tribute, dismissing recent speculations about the state of their marriage. The singer made the tribute in a recent post via his official X handle, @PeterPsquare, describing his wife as his queen, his love and his forever. “Happy Birthday to my beautiful Queen, my love, my forever. I’m so blessed to have you by my side. I’d choose you over and over again, in every lifetime. Love you endlessly, my Queen,” he…
A team from the Lagos State Sports Commission led by the Director General, Lekan Fatodu, has met with a woman who complained in a video how officials of a local government prevented her daughter from participating in a sporting competition to represent the state, reports thegazellenews.com Thegazellenews.com recalled that the woman, in the video which went viral on social media, complained how the local government officials locked up her shop which prevented her daughter from taking her racket to play in the trial. The woman stated that even when her daughter went to the council to appeal to the officials…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola US court records, in possession of thegazellenews.com have linked Nigerian-born American policy adviser, Karl-Marx Edward Okeke-Von Batten III to a 2003 domestic violence case in Washington, D.C., while a 2026 Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filing identifies him as an adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar under a $1.2 million annual agreement. The documents, in possession of thegazellenews.com, detailed the court process, ruling and counter-ruling and his journey to name-change in the US. The records reviewed by thegazellenews.com showed that Okeke-Von Batten, who operates through von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., is registered as a policy adviser and…
By Erasmus Ikhide In the shadowed enclaves where foreign political ambition collides with Washington’s multi-million-dollar influence-peddling apparatus, few figures represent a more glaring study in manufactured prestige than Karl-Marx Edward Ikemefuna William George Okeke-Von Batten. Operating under an ever-shifting constellation of self-bestowed titles and high-sounding monikers, this self-styled “Senior Government Advisor” has built a precarious architectural marvel out of recycled press releases, inflated CVs, and lucrative political retainers. Yet when subjected to journalistic scrutiny, the grand edifice of Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. stands exposed as an engine of unprincipled opportunism—a mercenary operation defined as much by a callous disregard for human…
By Seye Oladejo Nigeria’s opposition parties have spent considerable time building an impression of an impending political earthquake ahead of the 2027 general elections. Their rhetoric is loud, their projections are ambitious and their confidence appears limitless. But when one looks beyond the noise and examines the fundamentals of electoral politics, a rather curious picture emerges. Reports indicate that Atiku Abubakar’s African Democratic Congress (ADC) has no governorship candidate in eight states, while Peter Obi’s New Democratic Congress (NDC) has no governorship candidate in twelve states. One is compelled to ask: how serious can a political party be about capturing…