The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has reiterated the need for qualitative education for girls. She said with education; girls and women would be able to make informed choices about decisions relating to their health and others. The First Lady spoke at the quarterly meeting with Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI Zonal and State Coordinators who are the Wives of state Governors. Senator Oluremi Tinubu informed the meeting that TETFUND is partnering with the RHI with interventions in infrastructure and human capital development for tertiary institutions. “You are to nominate a tertiary institution in your state, it could be…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that it would publish the personal particulars of candidates for the Edo State governorship election on Saturday, 30 March, 2024. Thegazellenews.com reports that the Edo State governorship election is billed to hold on Saturday, 21 September, 2024. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, made this disclosure in a statement issued on Wednesday, 27 March, 2024. According to Olumekun,the decision to publish the details of candidates followed the conclusion of party primaries. The commission appealed to Nigerians to scrutinise the documents, saying any aspirant who participated in…
Politics in Lagos State is set for interesting time as the member representing Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable James Abiodun Faleke is now the new state Coordinator of the Justice Forum, reports thegazellenews.com Justice Forum is oldest and largest progressive political group within the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Lagos State. It was the group that provided the platform and political structure for Bola Ahmed Tinubu now President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to win the governorship primaries of the then Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1998 which paved way for the election of Tinubu as the Governor…
By Folarin Ademosu Recently, Primate Ayodele Elijah, the leader of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Home, launched a mosque project, which he intends to build for members of the Nupe Community in Lagos. At the groundbreaking ceremony of the project, Nupe leaders including the representatives of Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar –who originally was meant to perform the role–eulogized Primate Ayodele’s altruism and compassion towards the poor and underprivileged in society. The mosque building mission underscores Primate Elijah’s character as a promoter of peace, unity, and interfaith solidarity. Beyond mere brick and mortar, his action is a positive statement that caring for…
By Bamidele Johnson One Saturday in May 1996, I arrived for a job interview at 26 Ijaiye Road, Ogba, Lagos, then the office of Independent Communications Network Limited, publishers of THE NEWS PM NEWS and the now defunct TEMPO and AM NEWS. There were about 25 of us waiting to take turns to face what I assumed was a large interview panel. When it was my turn, I got in and met two men, who introduced themselves. The first to speak was the one wearing a pair of glasses and identified himself as Babafemi Ojudu, a name I had some…
The crisis rocking Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) took a dramatic twist on Tuesday, 26 March, 2024, with its Board members cancelling the purported termination of the appointment of its Managing Director/Chief Executive, Dr. Tinuade Sanda. The EKEDC CEO was said to have been sacked by the chairman of EKEDC, Dere Otubu allegedly in compliance with the orders of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). But the Director, Chairman Legal and Regulatory Committee of EKEDC, Babor Egeregor, in a statement described the order as unambiguous, incapable of, and unyielding to plural interpretations. He said there was nowhere in the order…
A Dangote Mixer truck with registration number, KANO MDB 531 XA, has crushed a woman to death in Lagos, with registration number, KANO MDB 531 XA, has crushed a woman to death in Lagos, reports thegazellenews.com The incident occurred on Monday, 25 March, 2024, around Abule-Egba inward Mobil Filling Station beside Jubilee Bridge Opposite Zenith Bank, Lagos. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the trapped female dead body was evacuated underneath the Dangote truck by LASTMA officials and immediately handed over to policemen from Oko-Oba police…
The Office of the National Security Adviser has confirmed that Nadeem Anjarwalla, a suspect in the ongoing criminal probe into the activities of Binance in Nigeria has escaped from lawful custody. The Office also confirmed that Anjarwalla has also fleed the country using a smuggled passport. Zakari U. Mijinyawa, Head, Strategic Communication Office of the National Security Adviser, confirmed via statement on Monday, 25 March, 2024, that the fleeing suspect escaped from custody on Friday, 22 March, 2024. The statement also stated that the Office of the NSA has taken immediate steps to apprehend the suspect, acting in collaboration with…
There is joy in Kaduna State particularly in Kuriga and the entire Chikun Local Government Area of the state with the announcement of the release of the 287 school children abducted by bandits more than two weeks ago, reports thegazellenews.com The state Governor, Mallam Uba Sanni, confirmed the release of the school children via a press statement he personally signed in the morning of Sunday, 24 March, 2024. The Governor while confirming the release, acknowledged the efforts of all Nigerians particularly the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; and the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu in ensuring that the children…
A socio-political group, the World Institute for Peace has given the Federal Government a seven day ultimatum to arrest and interrogate Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over his involvement in terrorist activities in the country, reports thegazellenews.com According to the group, Gumi’s arrest and interrogation will ascertain his involvement in the ongoing security challenges facing the country with particular reference to the activities of terrorists and bandits. The group’s Chairman, Lamina Kamiludeen, in a statement in Osogbo on Saturday, 23 March, 2024, queried incessant outbursts of Gumi against the Nigerian Military and other security agents whenever they take action against bandits and…