The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has disclosed strategies the Federal Government would employ to defeat the terror group, Lakurawa. Badaru said with the deployment of troops and provision of additional equipment, the Nigerian government would overrun the Lakurawa. Lakurawa has been responsible for the recent attacks and killings in Sokoto and Kebbi states. Thegazellenews.com recalls that attacks by the terror group led to the death of 15 people while about 100 cattle were rustled in Mera, Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State. However, the Minister said the Federal Government has already mapped out its strategies to defeat…
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A coordinated midnight raid operation by operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit popularly known as Taskforce has led to the arrest of 94 criminal suspects. The sting operation as gathered by thegazellenews.com was led by the Chairman of the agency CSP Akerele Adetayo. The raid took place between midnight and early hours of Wednesday, 13 November, 2024. It was further gathered that, the exercise followed the receipt of credible reports from concerned citizens on the nefarious activities of criminal elements and the consequential public nuisance and menace around the axis. A locally fabricated short gun,…
Manchester City midfielder, Rodri, has said he won the 2024 Ballon d’Or because of his consistency. The Spaniard was named winner ahead of Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, who was widely expected to take the prize home. In an interview with COPE, Rodri claimed consistency is the most difficult thing in football Manchester City midfielder, Rodri, has said he won the 2024 Ballon d’Or because of his consistency. The Spaniard was named winner ahead of Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, who was widely expected to take the prize home. In an interview with COPE, Rodri claimed consistency is the most difficult thing…
American television host, Oprah Winfrey has denied reports that she was paid $1 million to campaign for the Democratic Party’s candidate in the just-concluded US presidential election, Kamala Harris. Washington Examiner had claimed the TV personality’s company, Harpo Productions, received a paycheck to host a celebrity town hall on behalf of Harris in September. Kamala Harris Reacting, the talk show legend made it clear that she didn’t accept a dime to campaign for the Democratic nominee. “Not true. I was paid nothing, ever,” TMZ quoted Oprah as saying. Oprah refused to talk about the election results, which saw the Republican…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on chieftains and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State to close ranks and work together in order to reclaim the state in 2027. He noted that the state is too important to be missing among the progressive fold. Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, made this assertion during the maiden edition of Lam Adesina annual lecture held in Ibadan, the state capital on Monday, 11 November, 2024. The event was attended by former Governors of Ekiti State, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo and Dr Kayode Fayemi;…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company limited (NNPCL), has disclosed that it’s a proud part-owner of the Dangote Refinery. The NNPCL’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari made this disclosure at a conference hosted by the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists in Lagos on Monday, 11 November, 2024. Following the commencement of the refinery, Aliko Dangote had accused NNPCL and some cabals in the oil sector of trying to sabotage its operations. However, Kyari dismissed the claims that NNPCL was undermining the operations of the Dangote refinery. He said: “The point is very far from it and I’m going to speak…
Shell will continue to power progress in the drive for energy security in Nigeria through its businesses in the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream and Renewables sectors, Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria and Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC,) Osagie Okunbor said yesterday in Lagos. In remarks delivered on his behalf by Exploration Manager Gogo Eneyok at the opening of the 42nd Annual International Conference and Exhibition of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE,) Okunbor said the range of the Shell businesses were integrated across the energy value chain and working hard to address the…
L Anthony Joshua has surpassed the $200 million mark in career earnings, making him one of boxing’s highest earners, surpassing heavyweight rival Tyson Fury and rising star Gervonta Davis, The PUNCH reports. The former two-time heavyweight champion earned $75 million from fights in 2024 alone, placing him second only to Canelo Alvarez in yearly earnings. The Mexican champion matched Joshua’s fight purse but edged him in off-field earnings by $2 million. Fury, 36, collected $50 million in 2024, taking his career earnings to $150 million, significantly behind Joshua’s impressive haul. Meanwhile, Davis, 30, has accumulated $50 million since his professional debut, with…
No fewer than N19.43 billion was spent on the maintenance and operations of the Presidential Air Fleet from July 2023 to September 2024, The PUNCH learnt. Checks by our correspondent on GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses the Federal Government’s spending, showed that for 2024, the payouts amounted to N13.55 billion, representing 66 per cent of the allocations for the fleet in the 2024 fiscal year. Most disbursements were labelled ‘Forex Transit Funds,’ typically funds allocated for foreign exchange requirements to facilitate international transactions and engagements. In the context of the Presidential Air Fleet, such funds are…
The management of Dangote Refinery is set to meet with officials of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria(PETROAN) to discuss direct petrol supply arrangements. This development comes just a day after the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) announced it had reached an agreement with Dangote Refinery to purchase petrol directly, bypassing intermediaries. PETROAN Publicity Secretary, Joseph Obele, told an online on Tuesday, 12 November, 2024 that the refinery had already sent an email to PETROAN President, Dr. Billy Harry, proposing a business meeting in the coming days. According to Obele, Dr. Harry has formed a…