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Ahmed Oluwasanjo

Ahmed Oluwasanjo is a general news reporter. Prior to joining Peoples Gazette, he was with The Interview Magazine as a reporter and video editor. He is on Twitter @ahmedrazak3
September 4, 2025

Obi opposes Tinubu’s 5% tax on fuel sales effective January, says Nigerians deserve to breathe

Mr Obi noted that instead of easing hardship, the government imposes more burden on Nigerians.

Obi and Tinubu
September 4, 2025
Tinubu boarding plane
September 4, 2025

I know bandits’ whereabouts in Zamfara; security agencies sabotaging my efforts: Gov Lawal

Mr Lawalaid said that though he knows the hideout of bandits terrorising Zamfara, he lacks the constitutional power to mobilise security agencies to neutralise rampaging bandits.

Zamfara Governor Dauda Lawal
September 4, 2025

Abike Dabiri labelled ‘grandmother of bigotry’ for endorsing post calling Igbos monkeys

Mrs Dabiri-Erewa’s post amplifying the comments targeted at the Igbos has sparked reactions, with many social media users berating her as a bigot and tribalist.

Abike Dabiri, a former aide of President Buhari and Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission.
September 3, 2025

Abike Dabiri-Erewa shares post calling Igbos monkeys

Mrs Dabiri-Erewa had previously drawn criticism for claiming that 20 of 21 Nigerians on death row in Indonesia were from a South-East state.

Abike Dabiri-Erewa and a screenshot of her X controversial post
September 3, 2025

Burkina Faso bans homosexual acts, imposes prison sentences

Military-led Burkina Faso has passed a law criminalising and banning homosexuality, imposing jail sentences for whoever violates the law.

Burkina Faso's military ruler Ibrahim Traore
September 3, 2025

U.S. federal workers sacked for watching porn on office devices during work hours

She added, “For decades, some of these bureaucrats engaged in every act imaginable instead of safeguarding the American people from natural disasters. That ends now.”

President Trump speaking with Noem
September 2, 2025

UK govt warns Nigerian students, others not to overstay visas; threatens deportation

Prior to this announcement, UK authorities ended the recruitment of caregivers from Nigeria and other parts of the world. 

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
September 2, 2025

Controversy rocks Kemi Badenoch’s claim of U.S. medical school admission offer

These revelations have sparked calls for the Tory leader to come clean on her claim.

Kemi Badenoch (Credit: UK Guardian)
September 2, 2025

U.S. plotting military coup in Venezuela: Maduro

“They are seeking a regime change through military threat,” Mr Maduro told journalists.

President Nicolás Maduro