By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Lagos State Government will deploy an additional 220 trucks to strengthen waste evacuation across the state and complement the existing Private Sector Participation (PSP) system, Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has said. Hamzat disclosed this on Saturday, 29 August, 2026 during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Festac, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area, saying the additional trucks were necessary to cope with the rising volume of waste generated by the state’s growing population. The announcement comes barely two months after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the state would take delivery of 150 compactor trucks to improve waste collection…
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By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Nigeria Police Force has arrested three suspects over an alleged staged kidnapping involving a two-year-old child and separately apprehended two suspected members of a kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate linked to the abduction of a commercial driver. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, 28 August, 2026:saying operatives of the Intelligence Response Team made the arrests during two separate intelligence-led investigations. In the first case, police arrested 34-year-old Nansik Wuyep Sule over the reported kidnapping of two-year-old Rito Jesse Davou. Investigation, according to the police, revealed that…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has urged South-West Governors to strengthen regional integration through joint planning, infrastructure development and economic cooperation, saying the region can achieve greater development without constitutional amendments. Hamzat made the call on Friday, 28 August, 2026 at the centenary lecture held in honour of Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, where South-West leaders and stakeholders discussed Yoruba unity and regional development. He said the six states could pursue common development projects, including an integrated rail network linking Lagos with Ekiti, to improve movement and create economic opportunities across the region. “I’m going…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Presidency has faulted a proposal by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), to reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president in 2027, insisting the country’s borders with neighbouring nations are already opened. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, made this known in a statement on Friday, 28 August, 2026 in response to Atiku’s pledge to reopen shut land borders and introduce policies to ease the importation and movement of goods. Dare said the Tinubu administration directed the reopening of most of the country’s…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Former Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture and governorship aspirant Abayomi Semako Hunye is at the centre of a growing identity scandal, with investigators alleging that he previously operated under a different name and was dismissed from the Lagos State local government service following disciplinary proceedings for fraud and misappropriation of cooperative funds, reports thegazellenews.com Thegazellenews.com has earlier reported that Hunye has been parading himself as the authentic governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State. Thegazellenews.com has also reported that the party has disowned Hunye, insisting that its authentic governorship candidate for the state…
By Chuks Collins, Awka Aug 28,2026 The joint security outfit in Anambra State has busted a kidnap and car-snatching syndicate in Aguata area of the state, reports thegazellenews.com. Thegazellenews.com also reports that nine members of the gang were arrested by the security operatives. Recovered from them were: three AK-47 rifles, a pump-action gun, assorted charms and other dangerous incriminating materials. They were arrested during a stop-and-search operation in Isuofia, Gov Chukwuma Soludo’s community in Anambra State, few kilometers South-Western part of the State capital and a gateway into Imo, Abia Rivers and Enugu states. The joint security operation took place in…
Emphasis on Reforms By Wale Joseph Members of the Congress of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), meeting at Reno Hotel, Katampe, Abuja, have welcomed and commended the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for comprehensive reform of Nigerian football. All members expressed their commitment to support and align with the reforms that may emerge from the process. The members further thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for his unprecedented support and funding for Nigerian football. Mr. President’s strong commitment to the growth of the game and indeed sports is deeply appreciated. Members acknowledged and agreed that Nigerian football requires…
By Kemi Asekun-Shittu In June 2023, motorbike riders filled the streets of Garoua in northern Cameroon. Thousands of them. Angry. They were not angry with their own president. They were angry with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Let that sit for a moment. Foreigners rioting because Nigeria stopped paying for something. What had we been paying for? Their fuel. Before subsidy ended, a litre of petrol here cost about 189 naira. Across the border it cost the equivalent of 333 naira in Chad, 365 in Niger, 381 in Benin and 399 in Cameroon. Now put yourself in the shoes of those…
Veteran Yoruba actor, Taiwo Hassan popularly known as Ogogo in the movie world is dead, reports thegazellenews.com Thegazellenews.com reports further that the demise of the popular actor was announced among friends and family members late Sunday, 23 August, 2026. Thegazellenews.com had earlier reported that the veteran actor was suffering from stage four cancer. One of his daughters who cried out over the actor’s ailment via a video that went viral, sought orthodox and alternative cure for her father. The video triggered a lot of positive responses from friends and admirers particularly Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola and the First Lady of…
By Babafemi Ojudu I was sixteen when I left secondary school. My father believed that education should be followed immediately by responsibility. A young man, in his view, had to begin to work, earn something and learn to fend for himself. He therefore found me a job in the old Ondo State Civil Service, and I was posted to Ikare-Akoko, about ninety kilometres from our home in Ado-Ekiti. Until then, I had never really lived beyond the sight and protection of my parents. The farthest I had ventured on my own was Ibadan, where I occasionally spent the holidays with…