By Adetutu Audu The High Court of Lagos State has removed the estate of late Nigerian industrialist Labode Oladimeji Akindele from private hands and placed it under the control of the state’s Administrator-General, six years after his death and while his children contest the validity of the document meant to govern it. Justice Tanimola Ajorin-Ajose who is appointed the Administrator-General as interim administrator pending the hearing and final determination of the substantive suit, and directed that quarterly reports be filed on the administration of the assets. The suit, LD/10/2020, was brought by Oladipo Alade Akindele, who describes himself as the…
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Courtney Clenney a 30-year-old former OnlyFans model, has been sentenced to six years in jail on Monday, 10 August, 2026 for killing Nigerian born -American man, Christian Tobechukwu “Toby” Obumseli. Obumseli was s fatally stabbed by Clenney, in Miami, United States, in 2022. She pleaded guilty to manslaughter with a deadly weapon on Monday, 10 August, 2026 and was sentenced to six years in prison, followed by five years of probation, Fox News reported. Clenney had initially faced a second-degree murder charge over the April 3, 2022 death of Obumseli, 27, at their luxury apartment in Miami’s Edgewater neighbourhood. Under…
Popular British medium, BBC reported on Tuesday, 11 August, 2026 reported that 28-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years for murdering his Nigerian roommate in a “violent and unprovoked attack” in Norwich, United Kingdom. The BBC in the report Benjamin Katabana was convicted of murdering 33-year-old Uchenna Okirie, a former University of East Anglia economics student, after luring him into the communal corridor of their shared accommodation with WhatsApp messages. The attack happened at Somerleyton House on Somerleyton Street, Norwich, on November 22. According to Norfolk Constabulary, Okirie, popularly known as Uche,…
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, on Monday met with some governorship candidates of the party in closed door meeting in Abuja, reports thegazellenews.com. The party, which confirmed the development through a statement its verified official X handle on Monday, 10 August, 2026 , said the party leaders discussed strategies ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to the statement, the leaders also assessed readiness for the elections and emphasised coordinated campaigns, designed to deliver victory for its candidates at every level. The statement also added that the high-level meeting…
On Tuesday, 11 August, 2026, members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, grounded Air Peace flight operations nationwide as they the airline’s terminals under lock and key, reports thegazellenews.com. Thegazellenews.com gathered that the airline flight operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have been disrupted due to a protest by union members working with Air Peace. Consequently, an Air Peace flight scheduled to depart Lagos at 6:30 a.m. could not take off, just as it was also gathered the same situation take place across all airports nationwide.
Ahead of Saturday, August 15 2026 governorship election in Osun State, former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has described as cheap blackmail the comment credited to by Afrobeats super star, David Adeleke, popularly address as Davido, on the All Progressives Congress(APC), reports thegazellenews.com. Davido had taken to his official X handle and said that anybody supporting APC in Osun state was an enemy of progress, adding that lessons would be learnt this weekend. Ahmad, reacting through a post on X, Ahmad said, “This is just cheap blackmail. People have every right to vote for whoever or whatever party they choose. “After all,…
Gunmen, at about12:05 p.m on Sunday, 9 August, 2026, invaded Ikenne Farm Settlement in Ogun State and whisked away 33-year-old poultry farmer named Oreoluwa Osonuga, reports thegazellenews.com. The Chairman of the farm settlement, Seye Kehinde, who confirmed Osonuga’s abduction through a statement made available to newsmen on Monday, 10 August, 2026, said the kidnappers briefly reached out to the victim’s family on Sunday, demanding N500 million for his release. “The farm settlement in Ikenne witnessed an ugly situation this afternoon (12:05pm), as one of our members was kidnapped. He is Mr. Oreoluwa Osonuga, Male and about 33yrs of age. “He is…
Ahead of Saturday, 15 August Osun State governorship election, security agencies stepped up preparations for the poll, with at least 25,310 personnel from the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission deployed across the state, reports thegazellenews.com. The security build-up comes as 14 political parties prepare to contest the August 15, 2026 governorship election. Among the candidates, three have emerged as prominent contenders based on their political strength and visibility: incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress and Najeem Salam of the African Democratic Congress…
Ahead of Saturday, 15 August, 2026 governorship election in Osun State, armed military personnel on Monday, 10 August, 2026 took up security duties at the Osun State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Osogbo ahead of Saturday’s governorship poll. According to The Punch online, fully armed soldiers stationed in front of the office, while about three Armoured Personnel Carriers were also reported to have been deployed to reinforce security in the area. According to the news medium, before Monday, 10 August, 2026, anti-riot mobile policemen and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps operatives were in charge of security…
Twenty three foreign nationals have been arrested by the operatives of the Ogun State police Command for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme, visa scam and other immigration-related offences in the Onipanu-Ota area of the state, reports thegazellenews.com. The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects through a statement made available to newsmen, said the suspects were arrested last Tuesday, at about 11am, when operatives of the Atan-Ota Division raided a gated residential building within an estate off Iyana Iyesi, Onipanu-Ota. Babaseyi, who said the operation followed credible intelligence received about suspected fraudulent…