In a dramatic conclusion to a decade-long manhunt, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured a combined 24-year jail term against a fugitive drug kingpin who evaded justice for nearly 10 years and a former international footballer linked to a cocaine trafficking syndicate, in what the agency described as a strong message that no trafficker can outrun the law. Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court in Lagos convicted and sentenced fugitive drug kingpin, Ntoruka Chinedu, to 22 years imprisonment, while former professional footballer Segun Hunkarin was sentenced to two years for their roles in the unlawful…
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The global fight against HIV/AIDS is at a critical turning point, with new data from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) warning that reductions in international funding and cuts to prevention and community health services are threatening decades of progress against the epidemic. A special report released on Monday, 27 July, 2026, at the 26th International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, revealed that an estimated 1.2 million people acquired HIV in 2025, while 570,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses, underscoring the fragility of the global response despite significant scientific advances. According to UNAIDS, unless urgent action…
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has announced plans to close the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Konduga Local Government Area as part of efforts to accelerate the state’s ongoing resettlement programme. The move comes shortly after the successful closure of the Bama IDP camp, which was the largest displacement camp outside Maiduguri, as well as preparations for the shutdown of the Gwoza IDP camp. Governor Zulum, who disclosed the plan during a visit to Konduga, said the resettlement of displaced persons would be carried out in a dignified and voluntary manner, stressing that no resident would be forced…
APC Uploads Hamzat, Other Governorship Candidates on INEC Portal + Full List By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Lagos state, Dr Kadir Obafemi Hamzat and his running mate, Damilola Senayon James have been uploaded on the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the national headquarters of the party, reports thegazellenews.com Thegazellenews.com reports further that the party has also successfully uploaded 26 other governorship candidates and their running mates to fly its flag in the 2027 general elections on the electoral body’s portal. It was learnt last night that all issues surrounding…
By Segun Adewale in Bauchi The Igbo Community, Bauchi State (ICB) has elected new executive officers to pilot its affairs for the next three years. In a peaceful and hitch free election conducted at Larema Hotel and suites, Bauchi on Sunday, 26 July, 2026, Chief Ignatius Ifemenem emerged as the President-General of all Igbo- speaking towns and communities residing in the state. For the second time, the President- General emerged unopposed at the election for another three year tenure while Dr Okolo Christopher Chuks defeated Elder Emma Ogbonna by 54 votes to 42 to emerge as the Vice President -…
As the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) continued its industrial action, which entered its eighth day on Monday, 27 July, 2027 and has disrupted healthcare services at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), the association has given conditions to call off its strike, reports thegazellenews.com. According to the association, the action, initiated in compliance with a directive from the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), comes after prolonged but unsuccessful attempts to resolve severe welfare concerns with the LUTH management. ARD, while addressing newsmen on Monday, 27 July, 2026 , outlined two primary, non-negotiable demands: the immediate completion of the…
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Aliyu, on Monday , 27 July, 2026 disclosed that at least 15 universities across Nigeria have been fully connected to solar farms through its renewable energy intervention programmes, reports thegazellenews.com. Aliyu revealed this during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday, 27 July, 2026. “We also have completed our interventions in the universities where we completed 15 universities as of today. All these universities now are fully connected with the solar farms,” REA boss said, just as he also added that the intervention…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the abduction of Justice Faruku Bunza of the Kebbi State High Court by suspected armed gunmen on the midnight of Sunday, 26 July, 2026. The assailant had on Sunday, 27 July, 2026 abducted Justice Bunza from his residence in Bunza Local Government Area of Kebbi State.A family source told newsmen that the incident occurred shortly after the judge returned home from Sokoto State. According to the source, the armed men stormed Justice Bunza’s residence along Zogirma Road and whisked him away without physically harming other occupants of the house or nearby residents The…
Gunmen on the midnight of Sunday, 26 July, 2026 invade the residence of a judge of a Kebbi State High Court, Justice Faruku Bunza, in Bunza Local Government of the state and abducted him. A family source told newsmen the assailants invaded the residence the judge on Sunday,27 july, 2027 shortly after he returned home from Sokoto State. According to the source, the armed men stormed Justice Bunza’s residence along Zogirma Road and carried him away. “Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza had just returned from Sokoto. Shortly after he arrived at his residence around midnight, armed men invaded the house and…
This indeed a good news for widows , people with disabilities , women and other groups in Ondo State as the State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, will distribute 1,800 bags of rice and other relief items to them under the Renewed Hope Initiative Social Investment Programme of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, reports the gazellenews.com. The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Seun Osamaye, who made this disclosure while addressing newsmen in Akure, the state capital on Monday , 27 July, 2026, said the intervention formed part of two empowerment programmes approved by the Governor, noting that the present…