As the first phase of the 2023 general election is a couple of days away, Ojo Federal Constituency Campaign Council is not holding back in its critical engagements and interaction with stakeholders and electorates. This is in its commitment to engender massive support and votes for All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates. It is this quest that led the Campaign Council to Iba Local Council Development Area, LCDA, to meet the leadership of Market Men and Women and League of Imam/Alfas and Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Tuesday, 14 February, 2023, in two separate events. After the welcome address by…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Nine days to the presidential election, All Progressives Congress campaign train berthed on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, to a tumultuous reception where its Presidential Candidate, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, spoke on the need for unity, stability and non-violence. Addressing an impressive rally at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium Port Harcourt, Tinubu said without peace and unity, the country cannot progress and achieve prosperity. He urged the people of the state, particularly youths to ensure the next election is hitchfree and devoid of violence. “Let us work hard and build a nation, a nation where peace, …
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, visited Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike at Government House, Port Harcourt, after his campaign in Rivers on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023. Governor Wike, leader of the G-5, a group of five People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors at loggerheads with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who have refused to campaign for the party’s Presidential Candidate and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, welcomed the APC’s Presidential Candidate to his office. Thegazellenews.com learnt while Atiku canceled his campaign in Rivers after a series of controversy, Tinubu got the…
More Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations joined over 120 CSOs to continue with the agitation for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday, as they said they had uncovered plans by the EFCC boss to hurriedly raise what they called questionable groups all in the name of CSOs to protest in solidarity with him. The activists, their members and supporters, who, again, trooped out on the streets of Lagos in their thousands, said, unfortunately for Bawa, Nigerians were aware of what the fight against corruption had turned to in Nigeria under his…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Minister of Science and Technology, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Mamora, a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly and two-term member of the Senate, who represented Lagos East Senatorial District between 2003 and 2011, will clock 70, tomorrow, Thursday, February 16, 2023. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023, described the Minister of Science and Technology as a shining star, a seasoned technocrat, a diligent public servant and administrator, who…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Chidozie Kingsley Nwachi, (a.k.a Dozie) for allegedly marrying an American: Nicole Kierulff Sayers falsely, and defrauded her $200,000(Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in the process. Nwachi was arrested in Abuja on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023, based on the claims of Sayers, alleging that the suspect lured her into a false marriage and defrauded her of her savings. “I was accustomed to transferring money to him and further felt I had no choice, since I had just married him, even though I did not feel confident in my…
The Supreme Court has said its Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, order barring the Federal Government and its agencies from enforcing the Friday, 10 February, 2023 deadline for the use of old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes still subsist. The court made the clarification on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023 following complaint by lawyer to Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states, Abdulhakeem Mustapha (SAN) that the Fed Govt and its agencies have failed to comply with the order and have allegedly directed the rejection of the old notes. Mustapha said the plaintiff filed a notice of none-compliance with the Court Order made…
The Lagos State Government wishes to put on record the patience and calmness of Lagosians following the controversy generated by the Naira shortage crisis. The State Government has joined the dispute at the Supreme Court, which today adjourned the hearing of the matter till February 22. When the matter first came up on February 8, the Apex Court said the old notes remained legal tender. That position has not changed. The State Government hereby warns those rejecting the old notes to desist from doing so or face prosecution. It is against the law to reject the old notes as doing…
Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has again, called on residents of the state to demonstrate restraints over the biting hardship occasioned by the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), noting that violence would not solve the problem on the ground. This is just as Security Commanders in the state have declared that they would be firm against hoodlums who might try to hijack the peaceful protests by Oyo State residents over the ongoing scarcity of new Naira notes. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that while the…
As the general elections draw nearer, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has passed vote of no confidence on the state Commissioner of Police, CP Patrick Kehinde Longe, accusing him of partisanship. This is even as the party leadership called on the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman to immediately transfer Longe as a matter of duty and public importance as part of efforts to avert the civil unrest perpetrating in connivance with the members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Addressing a Press Conference on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023 at the Tinubu/Shettima…