We make this brief statement in reaction to the Press briefing held earlier today by the defeated candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, wherein (in his now well-acknowledged penchant for spewing falsehood) he made the outlandish claim before the world that he won the 2023 Presidential Election, but he was robbed of the victory. Having been officially declared winner of the 2023 Presidential Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission and having received his Certificate of Return (along with his Vice-President Elect), the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would have ignored this continuous false claims being peddled by…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Twelve-year-old student of Chrisland International School, Whitney Adeniran, who died during the school’s inter-house sports activities at Agege Stadium, Lagos State, was laid to rest on Thursday, 2 March, 2023. The school management had released a statement after her death that she slumped in “public view and not under any hidden circumstances.” However, Blessing, the mother of Whitney revealed in an Instagram live video on Wednesday that an autopsy carried out on her daughter revealed she died of electrocution during the school’s sports activities.
Ahead of Saturday, 11 March, 2023, governorship and House of Assembly elections, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has pledged their support toward the re-election of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, saying Igbo people living in the State will ensure that the Governor is re-elected for another term. The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State said Igbo people in the State will gladly vote for Governor Sanwo-Olu come March 11 because the governor represents everything Ndigbo needs to prosper and execute their businesses and professional calling. Lagos State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo leaders gave the assurance on Thursday, 2 March, 2023,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Lagos State Government has confirmed that the late Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old Chrisland School student, died from asphyxia and electrocution. This is contained in a statement from the office of the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), on Thursday, 2 March, 2023 in Lagos. The statement said that the post-mortem report issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on Wednesday, 1 March, 2023, showed that the deceased’s cause of death revealed asphyxia and electrocution. The statement, made available to thegazellenews.com via-email.com explained that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had been…
I join the leadership of our party, starting from President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR; the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, GCON; the National Chairman of our Party and other members of the National Executive Council (NEC), members of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC); other leaders of the party, members nationwide and admirers to congratulate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President-elect, and Alhaji Kashim Shettima, the Vice President-elect, on their victory at the February 25, 2023 Presidential election. It has been a long and arduous journey, from the Primrose Circle, the Senatorial bid and victory, Justice Forum/June 12/NADECO struggle, to Sunday Adigun/BATCO…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A sad story has emanated from Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Thursday, 2 March, 2023 as a police sergeant killed his female lover and later shot himself dead in a school premises. The incident, it was gathered, occurred around 8am at the premises of the Chapel of Redemption, Agba Dam Housing Estate, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin, where Redemption Model Nursery and Primary School is located. The MOPOL sergeant, was identified as Olalere Michael attached to 15 PMF, Ilorin. It was gathered that police officer was also attached to the Kwara State Government House, Ilorin by the police command…
We watched with dismay today’s press conference addressed by the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi where he made very weird and wild claims about the outcome of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections, an election in which he emerged a second runner up, according to the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. We welcome the decision of Mr. Obi to seek redress in court as an aggrieved party if he is convinced of the evidences of electoral frauds he will present before the tribunal as alleged. Going to court is part of the…
Former Auditor-General for Local Government in Lagos State, Muhammad Mubashiru Hassan has congratulated the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; on his winning the Saturday, 25 February, 2023, Presidential Election. Hassan described the result of the election and subsequent declaration of Tinubu as President-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a confirmation of his acceptance by majority of Nigerians. “It was a keenly contested election and the emergence of Tinubu is a clear confirmation that he’s the most preferred Candidate for the office. He worked hard for it and he surely deserved the victory,” he said. Hassan assured Nigerians…
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has written to congratulate the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to him “I warmly congratulate the flagbearer of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his victory at the 2023 Presidential Elections, and his declaration as President-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “I also congratulate His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima on his declaration as Vice President-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” Addressing the President-elect, the VP stated that “in your previous years of public service, you have demonstrated…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Former Nigerian Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.), has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his election as the President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement issued by his Media Office, IBB as he is popularly called, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for midwifing an election which he said would lead to a new Nigeria. Babangida also commended Nigerians for coming out en masse to exercise their voting rights and electing someone like Tinubu as the next president. “It’s a thing of joy that this is happening in my lifetime. I…