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Tensions that appear to have been on the rise at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have reached a boiling point as aggrieved staff escalate frustrations over long-lasting grievances, rooted in what employees describe as neglect, broken welfare promises, and an air of impunity among top officials.  Amidst all of this, NIMASA staff claim to have unearthed a clandestine attempt by the Director-General, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, with active connivance of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola, to concession the Agency to cronies for a paltry sum. This concession scandal which allegedly tilted towards diverting Nigeria's huge revenue from the ports into private pockets. As it is, top management officials of NIMASA will soon be guests of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission (ICPC) as aggrieved staff and stakeholders perfect petitions to the anti-graft age...

In an inspiring drive to uplift the artisan sector, Lagos State Governor Sanwo-Olu has empowered 800 artisans and 400 tradesmen from 60 traders’ associations, providing them with modern tools and equipment during the 12th graduation ceremony of the Lagos State Skill Acquisition Centres. This groundbreaking initiative underscores the Lagos State government’s dedication to fostering productivity, competitiveness, and sustainable growth in the local economy. Following the governor's announcement, JAMAJAMA quickly responded by announcing its vision to support the newly trained artisans. Through their online platform, artisans can showcase their skills, connect with potential clients, and access additional training resources. On November 06, 2024, JAMAJAMA launched the "Artisans Network," a dedicated section on their platform that offers free registration for all graduates of the Lagos State Skill Acquisition Centres. This network provides artisans with tools to manage their b...

  PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU CITIZENS ORIENTATION MOVEMENT (PBATCOM) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Citizens Orientation Movement (PBATCOM) is established by Hon. Kasim Adeyinka to educate Nigerians about the Man Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his plans for the country and why every Nigerian needs to give him ample time and opportunity to revamp the economy and renew Nigeria. The Aims and Objectives of PBATCOM: •To orientate the populace about the good intentions of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to rebuild Nigeria. •To educate Nigerians on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's preparedness and how important our support and cooperation will go along way for him to succeed. •To let people understand the context of the Renewed hope which can only  materialize  through patience and perseverance. •To psyche up the consciousness of Nigerians to the fact that, the Nigeria's problems have been age - long but Asiwaju's ascendancy into power is determined to finding a lasting solution to the perenn...

 In a bold move, the Alimosho Unified Media (AUM), a consortium of journalists, bloggers, and broadcasters who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Alimosho, has voiced its discontent over the recently announced 39-man list of nominees for the Lagos State Executive Council, as released by Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu. Praising the governor's administration for its commendable achievements in governance, infrastructure development, and citizen welfare, the media group expressed its concern over the representation of Alimosho local government on the nominee list. "It is with a heavy heart that we address this matter. Alimosho, a local government with a significant population and active democratic participation, played a pivotal role in the success of the last election. Despite our enthusiastic and diligent exercise of civic duty, we are disheartened to observe that our contribution has not been adequately recognized," the release stated." The med...

 AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON WHY PROFESSOR SIR BENEDICT AYADE IS VERY MUCH NEEDED IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERING HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND PEDIGREE IN ADMINISTRATION AND DIPLOMACY BOTH AT NATIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVELS Office Of The President, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR,  Executive President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,  Of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Rock Villa,  Three Arms Zone,  Abuja. August 7th, 2023. Your Excellency, As a protege and student of your political school of thoughts, I have never been timid or shy of my total support for the success of your administration to deliver our country, Nigeria, to the Promise Land. My confidence had always been based on Your Excellency's ability, fitness and competence in leading our country to the Promise Land, where Law and Order prevail, individual liberty is guaranteed, economic well-being of the citizens is assured. That my confidence in Your Excellency re...

Documents in possession of thegazelleness.com have revealed that the identity falsification allegation levelled against the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Dr Muheeba Fareedah Dankaka is real. When this medium published a story on the allegation on Thursday, 27 April, 2023, the FCC reacted through a statement by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr Chucks Okoli, condemning our publication and saying there was no substance in our story. Thegazellenews.com thus decided to dig deeper into the matter and documents in possession of this medium, some of which are uploaded with this updated story have shown that Dr Dankaka’s identity falsification allegation might be true after all. This medium also discovered that Dankaka also have a lot to explain in the legality of the honorary doctorate degree she possessed through which she’s being addressed as ‘Dr’. In the statement attacking our previous publication, Dr Okoli described it as “false, mischievous, fake and sacrel...

The Catholic residents of the Brazilian quarters of Lagos Island hosted its first frejôn fiesta to mark 2023 Easter celebration. Frejon is a coconut milk and bean soup which is eaten especially during Holy Week by a selection of Christians, mostly Catholics, across the world. Lagos state Governor’s wife , Dr. Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, represented by  Ms. Ebun Carrena,  kicked started the distribution of Frejôn  to people at Kakawa’s home of Candido Joao Da Rocha ,  before  moving to  Carrena street and other distribution points and finally berthed at Popo Aguda. Ms. Carrena accompanied by Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Art & Culture, Pharm. (Mrs.) Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, said Frejon is popular on Good Friday among Yorubas, who returned to Nigeria from Brazil at the abolition of the slave trade, and settled in what is now known as the “Brazilian Quarters” in Lagos Island. She commended the organiser for putting the event together. “This event t...

The National Youth Council of Nigeria,Lagos State chapter has made it known that the only Presidential Candidate the youths of the state believe and will vote for is Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was made known during a program organised by the council and powered by the honorable Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Barr. Olusegun Dawodu earlier today 23rd February 2023 to officially announce the endorsement of not only the APC presidential candidate but the re-election of the executive Governor of Lagos State,Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all APC Candidates across the state. The event held at the Marquee event hall at the LTV premises in Agidingbi Ikeja Lagos had in attendance, the Lagos State Commissioner for Youths and Social Development, Barr. Olusegun Dawodu who  urged all Youths in Lagos State to not just vote for but canvass other youths, families and friends to vote the Apc Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all Apc C...

Monday, 2 January, 2023 really rocked at the Amore Gardens, Lekki Phase I, Lekki, Lagos. The occasion was the New Year Festival organised by Fuji music lord, K1 The Ultimate aptly tagged All White Party. The Fuji King himself was on bandstand. One woman stole the show and was the cynosure of all eyes. Erelu of Otta Kingdom, Princess Adenike Segilola Akindele Eleku brought her campaign for the election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the venue of the musical show. The New Year festivities did not stop the woman of substance from her campaign for the former Lagos State Governor. In partnership with Bilique, organiser of the grand event, Princess Akindele stormed the party with her trademark: the customised MP-3 transistor radio for Asiwaju Tinubu. The Erelu of Otta distributed the radio to guests at the event and not a few agreed that it was unique and significant campaign tools for Asiwaju. "My job is to sell Asiwaju anywh...

The APC presidential campaign council, through the campaign Secretary,  Rt Hon Abiodun James Faleke has dispatched a letter of Appointment to Hon Idris Balogun, as a  member of the youth campaign council for North-West.  The PCC in their wisdom has taken into consideration the mobilizing of materials and human resources to convince a  handful number of voters who are from the southern part of the country but reside in the Northwest Region, this is another political masterstroke from the APC PCC.  This again has shown the seriousness of our campaign council to carry along every member of our party with Mobilization skills and capacity, the proficiency to convince the electorate with fact and to be able to articulate analyses of what Asiwaju Bola Tinubu stand for, his intellectual acumen and what the country stands to gain from his Presidency if elected as the president of the Republic is part of the deliberations the council noted before appointing Hon Idris Balo...

Hon Olatunbosun Mojeed Bakare (BOSMAN), federal house of representative aspirant Epe, was born in the early 80's, June 11th, to the family of Bakare in Ikosi Ejirin LCDA , he's a son of a notable leader of the ruling APC, and Ikosi Ejirin community leader,  Chief. Bakare Saliu Adeoye ( Baba Major) He had his primary and secondary education at RCM primary school and Lofi Ogunmude comprehensive college Ejirin. He proceeded to Tai Solarin college of education, studied Political science/Economic where he bagged an NCE and Bac(ED), a sociological and Master (in view) , Quinipiac University Connecticut USA.   *Hon. Olatunbosun Bakare ( BOSMAN)* deserves to be celebrated from different perspectives, especially at a time when electorates expectations are high concerning those that represented them in public offices. Even though he is still a private citizen, has put smiles on faces and has become one of the greatest friends of the poor and downtrodden within and outside Epe....

Opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has been ejected from its Lagos state secretariat on Adekunle Fajuyi way Ikeja over unpaid rent by the party. The Execution order was effected in the early hours of Monday by fully armed mobile police officers and court baillif. The execution lasted for over two hours, where the property of the former ruling party was thrown out.   Most of the neighbors of the party were surprised at the development as they discussed the ejection in groups. Efforts to get the party spokesperson proved abortive as his number wasn't going through at the time of filling this report.

The Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Alhaji Adedayo Thomas has disclosed that the board under his watch will not compromise standard in the classification of films and videos. The films censor boss also said that the protection of children will be paramount. He made the disclosure on Tuesday in Lagos at a press conference on regulation and training on Over-The-Top contents at KAB Hub, where he stated that the board has consistently maintained close contact and relationship with critical stakeholders in the industry.  He further posited that since he took over the reins in the board, some many bureaucratic bottlenecks as it affect classification of films and videos in the country has been brought to a minimal end.   According to Alhaji Thomas, "since we came on board, the challenge of classification has been dealt with, from what it used to be. Now you can get your film verified within a week, and cinema can be done immediately. Despit...

The Vice-Chairman, Oshodi-Isolo local government, Mrs Modupe Badmus-Aregbe has advised students to be focused on their studies. Mrs Badmus Aregbe gave this advice when she was speaking at the Spelling Bee Competition held at the council secretariat on Thursday. The council vice-chairman who represented the wife of the chairman, Mrs Folakemi Oloyede asked the students to also take advantage of vocational skills as they go in life to help them become self-dependent.    Mrs Badmus-Aregbe who also attended the debate competition of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Lagos West Senatorial District held at the council secretariat urged the students to be watchful of companies they keep.    She said; "Focus on your education, it pays. I have never dreamt of becoming a vice-chairman but with education, I am here today. Be watchful of the kind of companies you keep, remember that your parents send you to school to learn, your ability to go to school is a privilege, make s...

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has charged officers and men of the Agencys Strike Force Corps to go all out and root out drug barons and cartels from their hideouts across the country. Marwa gave the charge at the special operations training graduation ceremony for 143 officers of the Strike Force Corps at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, NASI, Jaji, Kaduna state on Monday. According to the NDLEA boss, "the drug scourge in Nigeria is unacceptable with almost 15 million Nigerians abusing substances, 20 percent of who are addicted, which is three times the global average. We're conscious of our job to block and prevent availability of narcotic drugs, and that necessitated the formation of the Strike Force to enhance our capability for complex operations. The Strike Force is the tip of our spear in our interdiction efforts and as such we must keep the tip sharpened and always ready to strike, ...

 _- VOB presents LAWMA MD with an appreciation plaque for pragmatic innovations to waste management_  Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni led his team of waste managers to a stakeholders meeting in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Secretariat to initiate the Clean-up exercise.  In his speech he said, "Waste Management is a collective responsibility, that all stakeholders must get involved". He also chided the operators of PSP to be innovative in their style of service delivery.  The Council Chairman who returned from another engagement to join the stakeholders forum, appealed to residents to do the needful for a clean environment.  Mr. Taiwo, the guest facilitator in his presentation revealed that waste can be converted to wealth via sorting of waste.  A collective resolution derived from the stakeholders meeting was to totally eradicate the activities of cart pushers across the local government as LAWMA promised to cleanup all illegal dumpsite across the local government in...

Men of Ogun State police command have arrested three members of a robbery syndicate terrorizing Mowe and its environs. The suspects identified as Daniel Okereke, Henry Osagwe and Wisdom Atuba were arrested following a piece of information received by the policemen attached to Mowe divisional headquarters at about 10 pm, that a group of men numbering about seven who were suspected to be armed robbers were sighted in a hideout at Ajeonibode area of Mowe, where they were perfecting plans on when and how to attack their targeted victims. Upon the information, the DPO Mowe division, CSP Saminu Akintunde, quickly mobilized his men and stormed the scene. On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums took to flight, but with the assistance of members of the community, three amongst them were apprehended while others escaped. Recovered from them are: one locally made short gun loaded with two live cartridges, two jack knives and criminal charms. Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of the state po...

Pan Nigeria group,the TeamNigeria4Change has called on Nigerians, especially the youth who are planning to mark the one year anniversary of the ENDSARS protest have been advised to see the occasion as time for sober reflection in the polity,owing to the destruction that followed the campaign next year.   The advise was given by the president of the Group ,Chief Bestman Jumbo Nze in a press he  release he signed,stating that the situation in the country calls for critical evaluation of what transpired during the ENDSARS last year.   The group claimed that ,though it sympathises with those who were affected by the aftermath of the unfortunate incident,but the way out is a reflection of what went wrong and a way out of the quagmire.  According to him" let me on behalf of the TeamNigeria4Change extend solidarity with those who organized the ENDSARS campaign last year ,and also reiterate that the planned anniversary this year should be critically looked into ,in...

.. .NDLEA appeals against N700,000 option of fine for convicts, others   A major drug dealer, Mike Omoarukhe, his manager and three other workers in his cannabis farms have been sentenced to 75 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Benin, the Edo state capital. The convicts were charged in July by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) in a five count charge number FHC/B/107c/2021 bordering on possession of 183.5 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa, conspiracy to possess, cultivate and cultivation of 22 hectares of cannabis farms. Delivering his judgement in the case on Thursday 14th October, Justice A.C. Obiozor sitting in Court 2 of the Federal High Court, Benin Judicial Division, sentenced the defendants to 15 years on each of the five counts, bringing the total years of imprisonment to 75 years, which will run concurrently. The judge however gave the convicts an option of Seven Hundred Thousand Naira (N 700,000) fine on all the counts. Meanwhile, Chairman/Chief Ex...

  The Federal Government has declared Tuesday  October 19th, 2021  as Public Holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid Celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made this declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Muslim faithful both at home and in the Diaspora for witnessing this year’s occasion. He admonishes all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, patience and perseverance which are the virtues of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), adding that doing so would guarantee peace and security in the country. Ogbeni Aregbesola enjoined Nigerians, particularly Muslims, to refrain from violence, lawlessness and other acts of criminality. As the indisputable leader of our race, we must show responsible leadership in Africa. While calling for a stop to all divisive tendencies across the country, the Minister urges all Nigerians and the youth...