Wednesday, 23 July, 2025 marked a defining moment in the history of Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), As the incoming administration of Honourable Jimoh Olawale Saliu held a seminar/workshop for the incoming councilors-elect of the the LCDA. The event hosted by the Chairman-elect was held at the Tirple Three Luxury Hotel, was a first of its kind in the LCDA with a resounding success, drawing an impressive turnout of Apapa-Iganmu’s political luminaries, stakeholders, and councilors-elect. The overwhelming attendance underscored the unifying spirit of the Chairman-elect, Honourable Jimoh Olawale Saliu, fondly called Alfa Wale, whose leadership has already begun with…
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By Abdullahi O Haruna Haruspice In the fog of Nigeria’s ever-churning political theatre, only a few ever grasp the long game. Most react. Some plot. But a rare few—like Bola Ahmed Tinubu—execute. Not merely for the day’s applause, but for the echoes of future triumph. The recent strategic surfacing of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda into Nigeria’s national conversation is no coincidence. It is a deliberate move—a Plateau gambit—played by a man whose style of power politics echoes the ancient tacticians of empire: calculated, subtle, and precise. To understand Tinubu is to accept that he operates more like a chess grandmaster than…
On this day, July 25, I was born over 50 years ago at Isale-Oja in Agege. I had a regular life in terms of education, having friends, playing and when adulthood arrived took up jobs, and along the line got married, children entered the picture and plenty responsibilities became my shadow. Fast forward to 2017, January, February, March passed. April, May and June followed suit. Then came July. Nothing spectacular or worth noting happened in the first and second weeks of the month. Then came July 25, on my birthday, I was first sworn in as Executive Chairman of Agege…
President Bola Tinubu has charged the All Progressives Congress, (APC) governors to priorities progressive reforms and development, especially at the grassroots levels, saying that majority Nigerians are still complaining, reports thegazellenews.com. The President made the call on Thursday, 24 July, 2025 during the 14th National Executive Committee, NEC meeting of APC at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja. Tinubu called on party leaders to strengthen grassroots mobilisation and reinforce internal party structures for broader political engagement and success. “With the space we’ve created for aspiring members to join us, our doors remain open, and we should embrace them wholeheartedly,” Tinubu…
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)has announced that its elective national convention will be held in Ibadan, Oyo state capital in November 2025, reports thegazellenews.com. The national elective convention was initially scheduled to hold in August but has been moved to November. This was disclosed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Thursday, 24 July, 2025 during the party’s 101st National Executive Committee meeting. Ologunagba stated that the convention will now take place in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, instead of the initial venue of Kano State. Meanwhile, the Acting PDP National Chairman, Umar Iliya…
A man named as Adebayo Pelumi suspected of killing a photo journalist in Lokoja, Kogi State has reportedly took his own life in a hotel room in Lokoja, Kogi state capital where he had checked in on the afternoon of Wednesday, 23 July, 2025, just two days after the alleged murder, reports thegazellenews.com. It was gathered that Pelumi’s body was discovered around 1 p.m. on Thursday, 24 July, 2025 by a hotel steward who had gone to clean the room after checkout time. A staff member of the hotel, who pleaded for anonymity, confirmed the sad incident saying, “He looked…
The Federal High Court in Kano presided over by Justice Sale Musa Shuaibu has sentenced popular singer Hamisu Breaker, and TikTok star Abubakar Ibrahim to five months jail term each on charges of abuse of Naira in Kano, reports the gazellenews.com. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned the duo before the court. After the charges were read, both Hamisu Breaker and G fresh pleaded guilty. The court then sentenced them to five months imprisonment or a fine of ₦200,000. Breaker was found guilty of spraying ₦200 denomination notes totaling about ₦30,000 at a party in Hadejia, Jigawa State.…
The Intermediate People’s Court of Xianyang in North Shaanxi Province has announced that that famous Chinese actor and singer, Zhang Yiyang, has been executed for the murder of his underage girlfriend, reports the gazellenews.com Yiyang became the first ever Chinese celebrity to be executed by firing squad. The court made the report of his execution public in July 2025. According to the report, the actor was executed on December 18 2024 for attacking his 16-year-old girlfriend with a knife in 2022, cut her left carotid artery, jugular vein, trachea and esophagus, which after massive bleeding led to her death. Zhang…
Wrestling icon and movie star, Hulk Hogan is dead, reports thegazellenews.com. This medium learnt that the globally acclaimed wrestler died on Thursday, 24 July, 2025 at the age of 71. TMZ Sports broke the news of his passing, saying he died in his home in Clearwater, Florida, in the early hours of Thursday, 24 July, 2025. The report said several police vehicles and EMTs were parked outside his home. Hogan’s wife, Sky had a few weeks ago denied reports that he was in a coma. She claimed that his heart was “strong” in the aftermath of recent surgeries. Hogan was…
An unidentified pregnant nurse in Umueri village, Ogbunike, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State has been killed by a man named Chiemelie Oborji, reports the thegazellenews.com. It was gathered that Oborji lured the nurse under the pretext that his mother was ill and needed medical attention. According to commentary in a viral Facebook video, no sooner had the woman arrived than she was butchered by the suspect, who reportedly fled the scene immediately afterwards. An indigene of the community, posting under the name Iroko Ogbunike, claimed the victim’s body showed that vital organs had been removed before she…