The Divisional Police Officer of Rano Local Government Headquarters in Kano State has died from injuries he sustained when a mob invaded his office on Sunday, 25 May, 2025 and inflicted injuries on him. Several vehicles were also vandalized by the rampaging mob said to be protesting the death of an indigene of the town in police custody. The officer, M.A Baba was accused by the leaders of the mob of arresting the man who died in custody. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, on Monday, 26 May, 2025, visited the scene of the incident while some…
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The recent announcement by the Federal Government to sell a massive real estate property linked to former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele is not only troubling but also patently illegal. The said estate, comprising over 753 housing units and sitting on more than 150,000 square metres in Abuja, was purportedly recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and forfeited to the government via an order by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the FCT High Court on December 2, 2024. While the EFCC trumpeted this as the “largest single asset recovery” in its history, what has gone largely unreported is…
The Authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have refused entry to Islamic Cleric Sheik Abubakar Gumi and Prevented him from performing this year’s pilgrimage. Sheik Gumi who arrived Saudi Arabia on Saturday May 24 with other clerics was disallowed from entry in spite of his valid visa and had been deported back to Nigeria. The Islamic cleric said the Saudi authorities were uncomfortable with his presence in Hajj. He cited his views about world politics as the main cause of their action. The Sheik confirmed the development in this post on his social media handle : My Hajj 2025!…
Pastor Joseph Apata, a self-proclaimed prophet and the General Overseer of the Vineyard of Deliverance Ministry (popularly known as The Rock Church) in Ibeju Lekki, openly lives in Nigeria with his three wives. His father had five wives, and his mother, wife number three, gave birth to seven sons, most of whom tragically died young. Apata, too, reportedly died at the age of two along with his twin brother. However, he claims he was resurrected five days later by a prophet who declared he would be a mouthpiece of God. That prophecy, Apata believes, shaped the course of his life.…
The Review Proper Foregrounding In Back to Life, Omololu Kassim is back to the energy sapping but fulfilling business of writing on a grander height because the author of Back to Life was in the league of the best crop of reporters with optimal visibility prior to the June 12-induced shutdown of the Concord titles. However, with the indulgence of this august audience, I dare say so much water had passed on…In this 98-page volume, Kassim has combined the dexterity of a nosey and crafty reporter with the panache and precision of a medical sociologist to make the world better…
The former Commissioner of Science and Technology in Niger State, Abubakar Katcha has raised an alarm over the discovery of a radioactive battery hidden inside his wife’s brazziers. Katcha said the brazziers imprinted “made in China” was bought from the Kure Market in Minna and caused his wife to develop symptoms that were feared to be cancer. The ex-Commissioner who made this known further disclosed that while his wife battled with the treatment of the ailment on her breast for several months, their newborn baby surprisingly has refused to suck from her breast milk. According to Katcha, “What happened to…
The Youth Alliance for Good Governance (YAGG) has commended the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the comprehensive success recorded during the recently concluded primary elections for the coming council elections in the state. The YAGG is a group within the APC in Lagos State. The primary elections, conducted on Saturday, 10 May, 2025 to Chairmanship and Councillorship candidates for the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) was generally regarded as resounding success by majority of party members. YAGG, in a press statement signed by Adeola Otapo and Salisu Musa, Chairperson and…
Edo State government on Thursday, 22 May, 2025 said it has uncovered a brothel inside a primary school in Esan West Local Government Area of the state. The government said it has also sealed the brothel. The development was disclosed at a press briefing in Benin City by State Coordinator for the Protection of Government Property (PGP), Eugene Okolosie. Okolosie also disclosed that over 2,000 plots of land encroached upon have also been recovered from land grabbers in the state. According to him, over 150,000 houses in the state were built on government lands. “The community came to inform us…
Four Nigerian stowaways were rescued on the Atlantic Ocean after being thrown overboard by the crew of a foreign vessel. The young men, seeking to escape Nigeria’s economic challenges, had boarded the ship in secret with hopes of reaching foreign shores. The crew of the vessel, upon discovering the stowaways, allegedly responded with violence, casting the men into the open sea. The situation could have ended in tragedy were it not for the swift intervention of a maritime logistics company owned by a France-based Ekiti-born business mogul, Mr Harrison Niyi Alonge. The Public Relations Officer of the firm, Olawale Ezekiel,…
The new bread making waves in the public is City Tasty Bread, reports thegazellenews.com When this medium visited the bakery of the wave-making loaf on Friday, 16 May, 2025, we discovered why the bread has suddenly the talk of the town in recent years. Thegazellenews.com discovered that the unique selling points of the bread: standard, prompt delivery to customers and good customers’ relations make its productions the sought after loaf not only among distributors but also consumers. “Our unique selling points are: the quality and standard of our products, our prompt delivery and good customers relations,” Kayode Kolade, Managing Director…