President of the Saint Lucian Senate, Alvina Reynolds, underscored Nigeria’s and Saint Lucian ancestral links by quoting the result of a British census conducted on the island in 1815, which showed that most of the residents came from Nigeria. “Of the 16,282 enslaved people in Saint Lucia that year, 3,488 were born in Africa. Of these, 34% were from Nigeria, 11% from Nigeria-Cameroon, and 22% from the Congo. The remaining 12,794 were born in Saint Lucia, with most of their forefathers coming from Senegambia and Nigeria.” She reeled out the figures in her address as she welcomed President Bola Tinubu…
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The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Hamma Adama Bello in the trial-within-trial of the former Head of Service (HoS), Winifred Oyo-Ita on Monday, 30 June, 2025 presented before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, a video evidence of the defendant writing down her confessional statements unperturbed in the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The witness tendered the video recording of the confessional statements while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel Faruk Abdullahi to prove that Oya-Ita was never threatened, harassed or put under duress while in EFCC’s office against her claim that she wrote her statements under duress in the Commission’s office. Oyo-Ita, first defendant, is facing criminal prosecution by the EFCC alongside her special assistants, Ugbong Okon Effiok,…
On Monday, 30 June, 2025, a farmer named Kabiru Kamba narrated how he rescued a newborn baby girl who was found buried alive on his farmland in Kamba, Dandi Local Government Area of Kebbi State, reports thegazellenews.com Kamba narrated the development to a delegation from the Kebbi State Gender-Based Violence Technical Working Group, led by former Permanent Secretary, Hajiya Rafa’atu Hammani who visited him. According to the farmer, the discovery was made on Friday, 27 June, 2025 when he noticed an unusual mound on his land and decided to investigate. “I was curious about the ridge, so I stopped some motorcyclists and asked…
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has disclosed why it grounded Rano Air aircraft with registration number 5N-BZY on Monday, 30 June, 2025, reportsthegazellenews.com. NCAA, which confirmed the development through a statement issued on Monday, 30 June, 2025, said it took the measure following an in-flight engine failure during a flight from Kano to Sokoto. The regulatory body also said that the flight made an emergency air return after the crew reported the incident to the Air Traffic Control. Passengers and crew were thrown into panic after smoke was observed in both the cabin and the flight deck mid-air. According to the…
On Monday, 30 June, 2025, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) affirmed Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary, reports thegazellenews.com. Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, made this disclosure shortly after the NEC meeting held at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.Damagum stated that the decision reflects the position of the party’s highest decision-making body. Anyanwu, a widely known associate of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, had been at the center of internal disputes within the PDP leadership in recent weeks. Damagum “The NEC has affirmed Senator Samuel Anyanwu as…
Barely a month after she was brutally gang-raped in Inanda, Durban, South Africa, a 17-year-old girl identified as Athabile Khanyi, has killed self, reports thegazellenews.com Women for Change, an advocacy group, made this disclosure disclosed in a statement issued on Monday, June 30, 2025. The group asked that how many more will d!e until GBV and femicide are declared a national disaster in the country. According to WFC, on Friday, June 6, 2025, Athabile was allegedly kidnapped by two men in a taxi while she was waiting for her ride at a taxi stop. She was coerced into taking drugs and subjected to repeated rapes. On…
Famous Lagos socialite, Gail Fajembola, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking a perpetual injunction restraining Olutoyi Estate Development & Services Ltd, the Inspector General of Police, and four others from arresting, detaining, or harassing her in connection with a civil property dispute. In the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by her counsel, Akin Apara, Fajembola is urging the court to declare that the Nigeria Police Force cannot misuse its powers under the guise of investigating a civil transaction to intimidate her into evicting a lawful tenant or surrendering possession of a disputed property—Flat K9-2,…
The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressive Party(APC), Ali Bukar Dalori, on Monday, 30 June, 2025 assumed office as the party’s acting national chairman of the party, reports thegazellenews.com Dalori’s assumption of office comes few days after the immediate past national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Party(APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje resigned on health grounds.Dalori is to hold sway as the party’s acting chairman pending the meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party to be in order to fill the vacancy created by Ganduje’s resignation.The acting APC National Chairman, on assumption of office on Monday, 30…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The political atmosphere in Lagos State witnessed another boost on Monday, 30 June, 2025, with the official inauguration of the Independent Campaign Group (ICG) set up by Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, JANDOR, for the forthcoming local council election, reports thegazellenews.com The self-sponsored ICG, made up of dedicated grassroots mobilizers, loyal party members, youth volunteers, and community leaders across the 377 wards, 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos, was set up to galvanize massive support for all APC candidates in the forthcoming Local Government Elections in the state. At the official inauguration…
By Segun Adewale in Bauchi Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has implored leaders across the nation to draw inspiration from the exemplary leadership style and enduring legacies of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Ɓalewa, Nigeria’s first and only Prime Minister. This appeal was made on Saturday, 28 June, 2025, during the first Memorial Lecture in honour of the late Prime Minister with the theme “Peace as an Inspiration for National Development; the Legacies of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Ɓalewa,” organized by the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Ɓalewa Centre for Peace and Security Studies at Sa’adu Zungur University, SAZU in Bauchi State. The…