Tragedy struck during a flight from Miami to Chile, as an airline pilot died after collapsing in the aircraft’s bathroom while carrying 271 passengers. Captain Ivan Andaur began experiencing discomfort approximately three hours into the journey aboard the LATAM Airlines flight from Florida to Santiago. Following his collapse in the restroom, the crew promptly administered emergency medical assistance, as reported by Simple Flying. In response to the situation, the flight was diverted to Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport by the flight assistant, a process that took approximately thirty minutes. Tragically, upon landing, first responders pronounced Captain Andaur deceased. With 25…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Chairman of Odiolowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area, Honourable Razaq Olusola Ajala has taken the institution of palliatives to the people to cushion the effect of the removal of the petroleum subsidy to another height. Giving full details of the relief packages on Thursday, 17 August, 2023, at the council secretariat at Ilupeju, Ajala was emphatic in stating that the measures to be put in place by his administration will sustain and enhance welfare of the people of the area. “Our intention is to put in place enduring measures which will stand the test of time,” he said at the…
17th August, 2023. The Chief Editor, The Gazelle News. Contact: +234-802-304-5855 tgnews2013@gmail.com Beloved of God, REJOINDER ON THE “EXCLUSIVE: CRISIS HITS THE FIRST AFRICAN CHURCH MISSION OVER ATTEMPT TO RETIRE ARCHBISHOPS PREMATURELY”. The attention of the General Council of The First African Church Mission has been drawn to your publication of August 16, 2023 on the above subject matter. For record, The Mission’s 132nd Conference – In – Session, never resolved to collapse Dioceses nor to retire 7 Archbishops as published by your news media. Rather, the Conference – In – Session resolved that the “ongoing restructuring, re-engineering and harmonization…
Famous Nigerian cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly called Bobrisky, evaded the camera during the funeral rites of his late father, Kunle Okuneye. In a viral video, the crossdresser was seen at Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State where a funeral service was conducted for his father. Bobrisky was spotted appearing in black attire and a black scarf as well as dark shade to conceal a portion of his face. However, he was seemingly distressed covering himself and looking away from the camera at the funeral rites. In the video clip, Bobrisky from time to time felt uncomfortable whenever the camera…
A married church evangelist and mother of 5 has been found dead in a hotel room, allegedly during a marathon sex session with her church Overseer in a Guest House in the Ovom area of Aba metropolis in Abia State. It was gathered that she decided to seek solace in the arms of the church Bishop when nature calls, most likely because her husband works outside the state. According to a source, the deceased evangelist (names withheld) had lodged in a hotel with the Bishop and General Overseer of the church located in Obikabia Junction Aba, Abia State. The source…
World Athletics has given sprinter Tobi Amusan the green light to compete in the upcoming world championship in Budapest, Hungary In an announcement on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed that Amusan “did not commit an anti-doping rule violation.” It said, “A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, has today found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within 12 months. “AIU Head Brett Clothier has indicated the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) is disappointed by this decision and will review the reasoning in…
Popular actress, Debbie Shokoya has lost her pregnancy, thegazellenews.com reports. Narrating her experience in a short video posted on her Instagram page, the delectable actress, in tears lamented that she lost her pregnancy which is eight month old. According to the actress, she had travelled abroad to have her baby but lost the baby when she was eight months gone. Debbie said the incident occurred about a month ago but decided to go public herself so that people won’t be spreading unfounded rumours and falsehood about her.
A 20,000 hectares rice farm is to be sited in the Yewa axis of the Ogun State. This would make the Gateway State, the rice capital of the country. The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, stated this on Wednesday, 16 August, 2023 during the commissioning of the 7-kilometre Ibooro-Imasai- Ayetoro road in Yewa North Local Government Area of the state. The Governor described Yewaland as the food basket of the state, noting that 20,000 hectares of land was needed for the rice project. He said: “Yewaland is no doubt the food basket of this state and even the country. We…
Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun has solicited the support of General Managers of broadcasting outfits in the State on efforts of the State Government to ensure free flow of information and all round development of the State. Rt. Hon Olatunbosun who made the appeal in Ado Ekiti during a meeting with the General Managers of broadcasting outfits in the State, promised to concentrate on developmental information that would focus on areas of massive potentials of the State without bias to partisan politics. Assuring that Government would engender free flow of information, Olatunbosun vowed to allow the…
Political actors in the forthcoming November Governorship Election in Kogi State have been asked not to whip up parochial sentiments that can divide the heterogeneous state. The National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Chris Isiguzo, MFR, gave the advice at the Grand Finale of the 2023 Press Week of the Kogi Council held in Lokoja. He urged journalists to be wary of reporting such political actors so as not to overheat the polity, adding that discerning journalists would be able to separate this set of politicians from genuine ones. According to Isiguzo, most of those in this…