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Peoples Gazette

December 31, 2023

Retrospective: Some top stories The Gazette broke in 2023

The inexhaustive list highlights some of the stories we reported first over the past 12 months.

Tinubu, Ariwoola, Peter Obi, and El-Rufai
December 27, 2023

U.S. appeals court relieves lawmaker convicted for receiving illegal money from Tinubu partner Gilbert Chagoury 

The appeals court, in a decision announced Tuesday, said Mr Fortenberry was tried at the wrong location and vacated his conviction.

December 25, 2023

112 killed, 47 injured as killer herdsmen level Plateau villages on Christmas Eve

Witnesses said the assailants struck in military fatigues and overwhelmed conventional security forces.

Killer Herdsmen
December 23, 2023

CCTV shows Boss Mustapha, Godwin Emefiele dragging $6.2 million cash from CBN vault two weeks to 2023 election: Anti-Graft Czar Obazee

The theft, said to have occurred on February 8, 2023, was listed among a laundry of corrupt diversions of public cash linked to Mr Emefiele and other Buhari admin officials.

Godwin Emefiele and Boss Mustapha
December 19, 2023
Wole Soyinka, Olu Agunloye and Ola Olukoyede
December 14, 2023

Tinubu inaugurates civil service commission as chairman pledges to deepen reforms for good governance

He promised to ensure that training and testing enhance job performance and career development.

December 9, 2023

University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill, board head Scott Bok resign amid backlash over genocide chants on campus

Her exit after barely one year since inauguration over criticism of her response to a congressional question on campus antisemitism makes her tenure the shortest in Penn’s history.

UPenn President Liz Magill
December 9, 2023

Rhoda Jatau freed on temporary bail as Bauchi vows ‘thorough prosecution’ of Christian mother of five for insulting Prophet Muhammad on WhatsApp

Mrs Jatau, 46, a healthcare worker, would be expected back in court on December 19 to continue standing trial over the blasphemy charges brought by Bauchi government.

The Jataus
December 6, 2023

FBI announces death of Lee Andrew Edwards, Bola Tinubu’s consigliere in Chicago drug ring

The announcement followed the government’s efforts to conceal information relating to the Nigerian president’s involvement in an expansive drug business and other cimes in Chicago.

November 22, 2023

Nigerian-born Canadian theatre scholar, Taiwo Afolabi, inducted into the Royal Society of Canada

Dr Afolabi is a Nigerian-born-Canadian interdisciplinary artist-researcher.

Taiwo Afolabi, Royal Society of Canada