The Gbemiga Abiodun Education Support Programme has increased its reach from 831 beneficiaries in the 2025/2026 award year to 1,277 for the 2026/2027 academic session, while introducing entrepreneurship support and digital skills training to equip young people with practical skills for employment and self-reliance. The programme, established in memory of the late Gbemiga Abiodun, son of Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, supports students from primary to tertiary levels and seeks to ensure that financial difficulties do not prevent young people from pursuing their educational ambitions. Speaking at the fourth edition of the programme on Friday, October 9, 2026, Governor…
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The family of Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has awarded scholarships worth over ₦100 million to 831 indigent students across different levels of education under the Gbemiga Abiodun Memorial Education Support Programme, an initiative established to sustain the humanitarian legacy of the governor’s late son. Governor Abiodun announced this at the third edition of the programme, held at Christ Apostolic Grammar School, Iperu, noting that the initiative had supported a total of 1,277 students since its establishment in 2023. The governor explained that the foundation was established in honour of his late son, Gbemiga Abiodun, to sustain his passion…
Journalist Rufai Oseni has reacted to former Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s recent statement that he won the 2023 presidential election but he doesn’t have evidence to back his claim. Speaking on Arise News, Oseni said Obi should not make such a claim if he does not have evidence to support it. “Mr Peter Obi, it is best you do not say things if you do not have the evidence. I must have to repeat it, because when you say that I won the election, you don’t have the evidence to back it up. Then people do not take…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the construction of the J4-Gao Road in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area as part of measures to open up the axis and provide critical infrastructure to support the emerging investments in the area. Abiodun disclosed this on Wednesday at an All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders’ engagement meeting held in Ibiade, headquarters of Ogun Waterside Local Government Area. The Governor, who lamented the prolonged neglect of the area by successive administrations, said the decision to construct the J4-Gao Road was informed by the strategic importance of Ogun Waterside to the State’s emerging economic…
By Adetutu Audu Former Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, Professor Idowu Sobowale is dead, reports thegazellenews.com Thegazellenews.com reports further that Professor Sobowale died at the age of 85 on Thursday, 8 October, 2026. Professor Sobowale was both Special Adviser and Commissioner for Education in the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he Governor of Lagos State. Foluke Daramola-Salako was married to Kunle Sobowale. Their marriage was short-lived but produced two children. The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of the journalist, esteemed communication scholar, and former Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Idowu…
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged opposition parties to propose practical alternatives to the Federal Government’s 30-day petrol discount initiative, insisting that immediate relief for Nigerians must go hand in hand with sustainable economic solutions. In a statement issued by its spokesman, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, the party said the initiative, implemented through Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) retail outlets with priority given to public transport operators, deserved an objective assessment based on its implementation and impact. The Lagos APC noted that rising petrol prices continue to affect transportation fares, food prices, household…
The Lagos State Government is planning to increase the annual student intake of the Lagos State University College of Medicine from about 500 to 2,500 by 2028. To accommodate the expansion, the government would be repurposing the former CACOVID Centre at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, as additional teaching space for LASUCOM. The state added that the move was also in line with its plan to transform LASUCOM into a full-fledged University of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Lagos State Infrastructure Asset Management Agency said the former CACOVID facility was identified as an existing public asset that could be repurposed to provide…
As the 2027 general elections draw near, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared that political parties that field candidates whose names were not in the registers submitted to the commission will not be allowed to participate in the elections, reports thegazellenews.com. Thegazellenews.com recalled that the Supreme Court had, in a September 24, 2026 judgment, affirmed the constitutionality of sections 77(5), 77(6) and 77(7) of the Electoral Act 2026 and upheld INEC’s revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections. INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mohammed Haruna, spoke on the implications of the…
The Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organization on Thursday, 8 October, 2026 accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), of plotting to hijack unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, for the 2027 general elections, reports thegazellenewws.com. The campaign council, which made this allegation through a statement on Thursday added that some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were planning to release millions of unclaimed PVCs to APC-linked individuals ahead of the election. While calling on INEC to immediately address the allegation and tell Nigerians how uncollected voter cards are being protected across the country, the council added that the issue was…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, on Thursday, 8 October, 2026 revealed that he had threatened President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. According to Abiodun, he had threatened to deliver a minimum of two million votes to Tinubu from Ogun State in 2027. The Governor, who made this disclosure in Abeokuta, the state capital, when the Ogun State Transport Unions Alliance endorsed Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, for governor, assured that Tinubu would receive votes en masse in the state, adding that his victory was assured. “By the grace of God, our enemies have…