The only remaining Labour Party (LP)Senator in the National Assembly from Enugu State is dead reports thegazellenews.com Senator Okey Ezea, who represents Enugu North Senatorial District, in the Red Chamber died on Tuesday, 18 November, 2025. Thegazellenews.com learnt that the lawmaker popularly known as Ideke, was said to have died while receiving medical treatment in the United Kingdom. A source close to his family, disclosed that he had earlier undergone treatment in Germany before his condition worsened. News of his death first surfaced on social media after a prominent constituent, Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, widely known online as “Senator” — announced the…
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By Segun Adewale, Bauchi The former Chairman of the Bauci State branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Barrister Jibrin Said Jibrin has appealed to members of the political class in the state irrespective of political affiliations, traditional institution, academia and other stakeholders to rise in solidarity with authorities concerned towards the success of the move to convert Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), to a conventional institution. The legal practitioner expressed support for the conversion of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi to a conventional University, on Monday while addressing journalists on the ongoing debate over a bill sponsored…
The Chairman of Odiolowo-Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area, Hon. Seyi Jakande, has declared the proliferation of small arms and light weapons a critical and insidious threat to community security, stating that the real danger lies in the “unperceivable” nature of the perpetrators. The Chairman’s stark assessment came on Tuesday, 18 November, 2025, during a high-level familiarization and courtesy call by a delegation from the South-West Zonal Office of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) at his office. “The threat from small arms is as potent as that from heavy weaponry, if not more,…
By Yarima Haruna, Birnin Kebbi The local branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities of the Abdulllahi Fodio University of Science and Technology, Aliero,(ASUU, AFUSTA) has decried the condition of hostels in the University and non-payments of academic earned allowances by leadership of the University and Kebbi state government. The branch Chairman of the union, Dr Isah Musa Fakai, in a statement on Tuesday, 18 November, 2025, stated that the Union has made frantic efforts to save the University from imminent collapse through series of engagements with the leadership of the University, the state Ministry for Higher Education including…
By Abimbola Tooki For 21 years, Nigerian editors waited. Waited like farmers wait for rain… Like Lagosians wait for fuel scarcity to end… Like civil servants wait for promotion letters that mysteriously disappear and reappear during the next administration. But the long wait finally ended. For the first time in the history of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), a sitting president physically walked into their annual convention to declare it open. The largest gathering of Nigeria’s editors, media leaders, grammar jugglers, headline inventors, agenda setters, and professional critics finally hosted the Commander-in-Chief live and direct, not via recorded video,…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Yomi Oluyomi, on Monday, 17 November, 2025 disclosed that the state has made history with the conclusion of the bookbuild for its landmark bond issuance that has recorded an overwhelming reception from the investment community. Oluyomi, who made this disclosure through a statement issued on Monday, 17 November, 2025, explained that the state offered a N200 billion Conventional Bond and a N14.8 billion Green Bond, both of which were significantly oversubscribed. “The Conventional Bond, which is the largest ever issued by a non-corporate sub-national in Nigeria’s history, attracted subscriptions totalling N308 billion, representing a…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) further deepens on Tuesday, 18 November, 2025 as a factional National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party loyal to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has approved the expulsion of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed; Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal; former Board of Trustees Chairmen: Senator Adolphus Wabara and Chief Olabode George; newly elected National Chairman at the controversial National Convention in Ibadan, Senator Kabiru Tanimu Turaki; the newly elected National Secretary, Taofeek Arapaja; and several others for alleged anti-party activities. The committee also approved the…
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, on Monday, 17 November, 20235 in Kebbi State ordered troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA to rescue 25 students of Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, abducted by bandits in the state. The attackers, thegazellenews.com recalled, also killed the vice principal, Hassan Yakubu Makuku. According to security expert, Zagazola Makama, who made this disclosure on his X handle on Tuesday, 18 November, 2025, the Army Chief arrived in the state on Monday, 17 Novemmber, 2025 with a team of principal staff officers from the Army Headquarters. During the visit, Shaibu held an operational…
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has approved ₦1 billion for the immediate commencement of the Federal University of Agriculture and Entrepreneurship in Bama. Zulum announced the approval on Monday while receiving an inter-ministerial delegation on an assessment visit to the Government House, Maiduguri. The team included officials from the Federal Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, the Budget Office, and the Office of the Head of Service. The institution was established after a bill sponsored by Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan representing Borno Central was signed into law by the President on May 22, 2025. Zulum had previously handed…
Network for the Actualization of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD), a civil organisation, has asked President Bola Tinubu to sack with immediate effect the Director General of the Nigerian Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Mr Alex Badeh Jr. over the recent controversy surrounding the toxicology report. NEFGAD, during a press conference on Tuesday, 18 November, 2025, in Abuja, said the recent controversy surrounding the toxicology report released by the Nigerian Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB), and the subsequent strong denial issued by Air Peace, has further deepened concerns about the credibility, professionalism, and operational integrity of the Bureau under…