The Mayegun of Yorubaland, Dr. Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, has commiserated with the family of Dr Victor Olaiya, the iconic highlife musician, who died earlier today at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba. He was 89. In a statement released by the media office of the Mayegun, he said, “Indeed, Sir Victor Olaiya’s death, though at the advanced age of 89, is a profound loss to the Yoruba race and global music industry; we are nonetheless comforted by the fact that he used his talent to bless humanity in general.” The Mayegun of Yorubaland. stated that though the highlife music…
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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has charged the various Senate caucuses representing the six geo-political zones in the country to work together in the interest of Nigeria. Lawan gave the charge during the start of plenary on Wednesday, 12 February, 2020, in his remarks sequel to a point of order raised by the Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on the emergence of a new leadership for the South East Senators caucus. Coming under order 43 of the Senate rules, Abaribe informed the upper chamber that the caucus within the week, elected Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu,…
•By Abdulwarees Solanke As the global community marks the world radio day tomorrow February 13, Voice of Nigeria is set to interrogate how radio broadcasting can survive the tempest of underfunding in the age of digital revolution. The corporation is staging a one-day seminar at its Broadcasting House Complex Ikoyi Lagos where notable media scholars and practitioners will attempt to proffer solutions on how Radio Broadcasting can still be relevant to address development challenges in diverse polities, despite dwindling funding of the government established media. A senior Lecture in the School of Communication, Lagos State University, Dr. Tunde Akanni is leading…
Top leaders of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State on Tuesday pledged their loyalty to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq whose leadership style, humility and attachment to the poor they described as a breath of fresh air. The PDP leaders, who also comprised at least six suspended council chairmen, women and several youth leaders, spoke late Tuesday when they visited AbdulRazaq in Government House in Ilorin, the state capital. “We can see a difference and people can feel that they have a government. The situation has changed in the area of road construction, water, health. You have also brought…
•By Omogbolahan Adisa, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Executive Council has approved the bill for the establishment of Ekiti State Security network agency and Amotekun Corps. The Gazelle News.com gathered through a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of the State, Yinka Oyebode, that the Council took the decision at its meeting of Wednesday, 12 February, 2020 in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. According to Oyebode, “The meeting discussed the legal framework for the security outfit presented by the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Wale Fapounda and approved it”. The Gazelle News.com can also…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday, 12 February, 2020, inaugurated a 56-member Steering and Constitution Review Committee of the Senate to re-examine the Nigerian Constitution in line with the yearnings of the people. The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege is the chair of the committee which is expected to work in collaboration with a similar committee from the House of Representatives. Inaugurating the committee, the Senate President said reviewing the constitution is an arduous task which requires painstaking consultation, dialogue and debates. Lawan said it is expected that there will be consultations with public organisations and the civil…
•By Dare Ojelade, Lagos Veteran highlife musician, Dr Victor Olaiya is dead, The Gazelle News.com can report. The Gazelle News.com gathered from a statement by Bimbo Esho, Managing Director of Evergreen Music Company Limited, that Dr Olaiya died at 12 noon on Wednesday, 12 February, 2020. He died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, Lagos. Aged 89, Dr Olaiya was a recipient of the National Honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) for his exploits in highlife music. The Gazelle News.com can also report that he was the last man standing among the greatest…
For my former colleague at Concord Press, now a young grandma, Patience Akpan, every child or grandchild of hers is her favourite. The scintillatingly beauteous and fashionable professor at Arizona State University in the United States seizes every opportunity to register didactic messages on her fans. These favourite children and all the favourite grandchildren always radiate excitement in her presence. Who will not feel appreciated as a favourite, anyway? Like, Patience, all my February born friends are my favourites. This year however, I chose to settle for two as my star favourites both born on February 12. February 12 2020…
Bola Ahmed Tinubu cannot stop fascinating me. His ability to spot talents from everywhere is simply incomparable. His capacity for building friendships and networks across borders is peculiar to him. His sagacity and intellect and native intelligence can both astound and confound even intimidate. Look around Nigeria, you’ll see human evidences of his greatness. I need not here rehash a very well-known list of his protégés from across Nigeria. Meanwhile, his peers from other parts are egocentrically taking care of themselves and their families alone. Blessed is the man who invests in other men (and women) for his fame and…