The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted with a mixture of disbelief and amusement to the recent statement credited to Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, in which he boasted that he knows President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s “weaknesses” and would defeat him if given the presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). This outburst is nothing more than the desperate rant of a political relic struggling to stay relevant in a political terrain that has long moved past him. For the record, Rotimi Amaechi lacks the pedigree, the structure, the national appeal, and the political capital to…
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Top dignitaries expected at the public presentation of frontline journalist, Mumini Alao’s autobiography have been confirming their attendance at the event which holds at the Tayo Aderinokun Lecture Theatre, University of Lagos on Sunday, 10 August, 2025 at 1.00pm. Top of the bill is former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola who will deliver a lecture on the topic, ‘Rethinking the Current Football Business Model in Nigeria As a Catalyst for Sports Development.’ Fashola met Alao at the final of the ITTF Africa Youth Cup table tennis tournament at the Teslim Balogun stadium on Tuesday, 5 August, 2025 and…
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd) has called for collective action involving families, religious and community leaders to stem the tide of substance abuse, cultism and banditry among Nigerian youths. Marwa made the call while delivering the keynote address at a seminar with theme: “Dangers of drug abuse, cultism and banditry among youths”, organized by the Ijebu Ode Council of Olorituns in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state on Saturday He called on all stakeholders to curb the menace of the inter-linked social vices of illicit drugs, cultism and banditry. He said the…
Famous Nigerian Afrobeats singer David Adeleke, popularly addressed as Davido, has announced that preparations for his forthcoming white wedding to wife, Chioma Adeleke have gulped an estimated $3.7 million in cash, reports thegazellenews.com “We’ve spent $3.7 million cash. So, you should know what we are doing. It’s going to be crazy,” the 32-year-old Osun State born singer said in a video making the rounds on social media. The Miami event will be the third wedding ceremony for the couple following a court wedding in November 2022 and the traditional wedding in 2024. It was gathered that the high-profile event is expected…
Former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, is dead, reports thegazellenews.com. He was aged 78. His family announced his passage in a statement on Saturday, 9 August, 2025 Ogbeh, who also served as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 2001 to 2005, died peacefully. Thegazellenews.com recalled also that the late Ogbeh was a also a Minister in the Second Republic during the Shehu Shagari administration. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather; Chief Audu Ogbeh. He passed away on the 9th of August 2025…
By Segun Adewale, Gombe Gombe State Government has formalized a renewed partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), aimed at reducing the number of out-of-school children in the state. The state Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya signed a comprehensive Framework of Action during a strategic engagement with the UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique at the Government House, Gombe on Friday, 8 August, 2025. The Framework, jointly developed with UNICEF, outlines four key result areas, Strategic engagement and responsiveness of political actors; Strengthening best practices and identifying alternative solutions; Enhancing community accountability and mobilization and Leveraging technology,…
The Olowu of Kuta, His Royal Majesty, Oba Dr Hammed Oyelude Makama, CON, Tegbosun III, has said he would continue to support the Armed Forces in its bid to defeat insurgency. Oba Makama, a honourary member of NDA Regular Course 29 while speaking with newsmen in Kuta on Friday, 8 August, 2025, when the group paid him a courtesy visit, said the efforts of “our armed forces to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria will not be in vain”. Oba Makama who was flanked by the President of NDA Regular Course 29, Commodore Bolaji Seidu rtd, said the Armed Forces…
Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) and Choice International Group (CIG) has reviewed the existing partnerships between the parties, for expansion and strengthening the ties, as the CIG-sponsored 25 YabaTech students to China, won additional $3 million in their ongoing training. This was disclosed by the management of the institution at a courtesy visit paid to the college by the Chairman, Group Executive Officer of CIG and Vice Chairman, China-Africa Business Council, Chief Diana Ajoke Chen at the Council Chamber of the institution. The partnership centrally focused on the initiatives of the nine projects proposed at the Forum of China-Africa cooperation…
Justices H.H. Kereng and Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court 2 and 3 sitting in Gombe, Gombe State on August 5, 2025 convicted and sentenced Maigari Abba, Joseph Samuel Bulus, Kasheaure Joseph, Emmanuel Dilibe, Livite Ibrahim and Awolowo Martins to various jail terms for fraud. The convicts were separately arraigned on one -count charge bordering on breach of trust, cheating and impersonation by the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The charge against Joseph Samuel Bulus reads: “That you, Joseph Samuel Bulus, sometimes between 2024 and 2025, at Gombe, Gombe state, within the jurisdiction of…
The Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh has urged the Management and staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to consolidate on the successes recorded by the Commission in the past two years. Speaking during an interactive meeting between the ministry, executive management and staff of the Commission at the NDDC Event Centre in Port Harcourt, Engr Momoh observed that the “success of NDDC is the success of the Ministry of Regional Development.” He stated: “In the past two years, significant developments have taken place in the Niger Delta region, and this is because of the hard work…