The Onilado Royal Family has announced the passing of Mrs. Christine Mary-Blythe Johnson, former wife of the late Oba Adeyinka Oyekan II. The late Olori peacefully transitioned in the early hours of Friday, 10 October, 2025, at the age of 93 — just five days before the 70th birthday of her eldest son, Oba Mobadenle Oyekan, Onilado of Ilado, Inagbe & Lagos. She is survived by: Miss Offiong Brodie-Mends • Oba Mobadenle Oyekan • Prince Isiola Oyekan • Prince Ademiju Oyekan (Retired Commissioner of Police) • Pastor (Prince) Adeyinka Oyekan • Miss Belinda Orubu May her soul rest in perfect…
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From Cyril Mbah, Abuja The number of states controlled by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will increase on Tuesday, 14 October, 2025 when the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah joins the party with his cabinet members, federal lawmakers and state assembly members, reports reaching thegazellenews.com This medium learnt exclusively that the Governor has cleared the ground and will certainly move to the party on the said date. The newly appointed Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye told the newsmen on Friday, 10 October, 2025, that the Governor has agreed…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman announce this in a statement, on Thursday, 9 October, 2025. Onanuga said the National Council of State has approved Amupitan’s nomination. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented Amupitan as the nominee to fill the vacant position, following Professor Mahmood Yakubu’s exit.” “Yakubu served from 2015 till October 2025. President Tinubu told the council that Amupitan is the first person from Kogi, North-Central state, nominated to occupy the position and is apolitical. “Council members unanimously supported the…
By Rabiu Isyaku Rabiu During the public presentation of the book “Ten Years of Impactful Progressive Governance in Nigeria,” authored by the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Executive Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Governor Hope Uzodinma, I reflected on Nigeria’s decade-long journey under successive progressive administrations as Chief Presenter. Though time did not allow me to deliver my written remarks, the message remains vital to our national conversation on leadership, governance, and reform. There are moments for politics and moments for governance. Once elections are over, governance must take precedence. Our duty as citizens is to move…
Christopher Kolade, doyen of the boardroom, broadcaster, and teacher, is dead, reports thegazellenews com This medium learnt that Kolade died peacefully early Thursday, 9 October, 2025. He died at the age of 93. Dr Kolade was born in Erin-Oke, Osun State, Nigeria, in 1932. He was the son of an Anglican missionary and completed his secondary-school education at Government College, Ibadan, after which he studied at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone. He worked as a broadcaster and was Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation. He was Chief Executive and Chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Plc and formerly the Nigerian…
By Rabiu Isyaku Rabiu During the public presentation of the book “Ten Years of Impactful Progressive Governance in Nigeria,” authored by the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Executive Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Governor Hope Uzodinma, I reflected on Nigeria’s decade-long journey under successive progressive administrations as Chief Presenter. Though time did not allow me to deliver my written remarks, the message remains vital to our national conversation on leadership, governance, and reform. There are moments for politics and moments for governance. Once elections are over, governance must take precedence. Our duty as citizens is to move…
The Lagos State Government has sealed off Nordic Hotel in Lagos for contravening environmental laws of the state, reports thegazellenews.com The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on Thursday, 9 October, 2025 via his Facebook page. According to the Commissioner, the sealing off took place on Thursday, 9 October, 2025. The exercise was carried out by the state Waste Water Management Office (LSWMO). The Commissioner wrote: “following public complaints and in pursuant of safer, sustainable and cleaner Lagos, the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO), on Thursday 9th October, 2025, sealed off Nordic Hotel…
A 35-year-old man, Kalu Uchendu, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s 15-year-old girl by covering her mouth and using a knife to subdue her. The incident occurred on August 26, 2025, at approximately 2200 hours, at Prince Rabiu Adio Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos, where they reside. According to the Police, the suspect lured the victim into his apartment, forcefully closed her mouth, and used a knife to threaten her. She became afraid and allowed him to proceed out of fear for her life. Having satisfied himself, he allowed her to leave and warned…
A Nigerian Army officer, Lieutenant Samson Haruna, has died after sustaining severe burns in a domestic incident allegedly involving his wife at Wellington Bassey Barracks, Ibagwa, Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Reliable sources confirmed that the tragic incident occurred on Monday, 22 September, 2025 following a heated argument between the officer, who was also a medical doctor serving as the Regimental Medical Officer (RMO) of 6 Battalion, and his wife, Mrs. Samson Haruna. According to reports, the altercation escalated, leading to the suspect allegedly dousing her husband with petrol (PMS) before setting him ablaze. The officer sustained…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has officially proceeded on terminal leave. In a brief ceremony at the commission’s headquarters on Tuesday, 7 October, 2025, Yakubu handed over to National Commissioner, May Agbamuche. Mahmood’s exit as INEC Chairman marks the end a 10-year tenure across two terms. He was appointed by late President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. The Federal Government has thus commenced the process to appoint a successor of Professor Mahmood. Sources told thegazellenews.com that President Bola Tinubu has scheduled a meeting of the Council of State for this Thursday, 9 October, 2025, to…