This is certainly good news for Team Nigeria at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games as the trio of Ese Brume, Ruth Usoro and Prestina Ochonogor qualified for the women’s long jump final. It’s the first time three Nigerian will be competing in the final of the women long jump event at the Olympics. The trio will battle nine other athletes for medals in the final. Brume leapt to an automatic qualifying mark of 6.76m to book her spot in the final. Usoro qualified with a mark of 6.68m, while Oconogor claimed her spot with 6.65m. The final of the event will…
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The Australian police on Tuesday, 6 August, 2024 confirmed that human remains believed to be of a missing man were found inside the belly of a 10 year-old crocodile in north-eastern of the country. It was gathered that the 40-year-old man had gone missing in a suspected crocodile attack near the Annan River Bridge in Far North Queensland on the afternoon of Saturday, 3 August, 2024. “A formal identification process is underway however it is believed that the remains were that of a missing 40-year-old New South Wales man,” Queensland police said in a statement. “Further testing will be conducted…
The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed Local Government Election for Saturday, 16 November, 2024. Thegazellenews.com reports that the tenure of the last council officials expired on July 26. The Commission Chairman, Babatunde Osibodu, who announced guidelines for the conduct of next election on Tuesday, 6 August, 2024, said: “In accordance with Section 10 (1) of the Ogun State Electoral Law 2007, the general populace is hereby informed that elections for the positions of Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and Councilors of the 236 Wards of Ogun State of Nigeria will take place on Saturday, 16 November, 2024,…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has denied that the national grid did not collapsed on Monday, 5 August, 2024. There were reports that the national grid collapsed on Monday, 5 August, 2024 around 2:47 p.m., resulting in a nationwide blackout. The General Manager of Public Affairs of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, who made this disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday, 6 August, 2024, explained that what happened was arcing on the Benin-Egbin 330kV isolator, which caused line tripping and a consequent loss of supply to some areas around 2:47 p.m. on Monday, 5 August, 2024. The affected areas were…
In a groundbreaking endeavour, a 14-year-old Nigerian art sensation, Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke (Kanye) is attempting to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the largest artwork on canvas, measuring 10,000 square feet. The current world record is by an artist in Qatar, which measures 9,652 square meters. The project, titled “Impossibility is a Myth,” seeks to raise funds for The Zeebah Foundation’s state-of-the-art autism resource centre in Abuja, Nigeria and to promote autism awareness, inclusion and acceptance through art. Kanye, a student at The Zeebah Foundation and fellow of the Society of Nigerian Artists, is the youngest person to attempt this…
Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, has disclosed that Nigeria international Victor Osimhen has refused to reduce his salary amid interest from Chelsea. Romano, who made this disclosure in a tweet on his X account on the evening of Monday , 5 August, 2024, said Chelsea are still exploring options with Napoli to sign Osimhen this summer. He added that Napoli also want Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku, as Osimhen is expected to leave the Serie A club. “No changes so far on Victor Osimhen deal for Chelsea,” Romano tweeted. “Chelsea explore talks with Napoli; Napoli want Lukaku; Osimhen will NOT reduce his salary…
Despite the ongoing hunger protests nationwide, the naira recorded a significant gain against the dollar in the foreign exchange market. FMDQ data showed that the currency appreciated to N1607.15 against the dollar on Monday, 5 August, 2024 from N1617.08 exchanged last Friday, 2 August, 2024. This represents a N9.93 gain Meanwhile, in the black market, the naira remained flat, maintaining the same N1610 per dollar rate it traded on Friday last week. This comes as FX transaction turnover dropped to $77.09 million on Monday from $131.55 million at the end of trading the previous week. “The market is scanty but…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, has disclosed that bumper harvests in Nigeria around October and November will drastically crash the prices of food in the country. Kyari, who made this disclosure on Sunday, 4 August, 2024 during an interview with Channels Television, explained that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu decided to approve zero-import duties on rice, maize, wheat and other staple foods to mitigate food shortages. Thegazellenews.com recalls that the government had okayed a 150-day zero import duty on selected staple foods. Giving details on the initiative, Kyari said the programme is expected to last until around October or November,…
The Kwara State Fire Service on Sunday, 4 August, 2024 recovered a dead body of a 38-year old man yet to be identified from a domestic well in Ilorin, the state capital. The spokesman of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, who announced the sad incident, said occurred at about 08:23 hours at Aliara Street, Manjasurawa area of Ilorin metropolis “An unidentified man, estimated to be about 38 years old, was found drowned in a domestic well. “The firemen promptly commenced their rescue operation and recovered the man dead. His body was handed over to DCO Olatunji of the Nigeria Police Force,…
Seven family members, who reportedly drank pap popular known as “Akamu” made from corn in Egba community of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, have been hospitalized. A widow identified as Amina Isah alongside her four children and two grandchildren were the victims of the alleged food poisoning. It was gathered that the widow and her family members were vomiting after taking pap and were immediately rushed to a private clinic in the area known as Gana Clinic. It was learnt that the victims were in a the state of coma before they were taken to the hospital to…