The Anambra State government has described the attack on a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Jennifer Elobor, by operatives of the state’s security outfit as “unfortunate and unacceptable.” Naija News understands that members of the state security outfit, in a joint security operation known as Operation Udo Gatchi, had stormed a corps members’ lodge, accusing the occupants of internet fraud despite their display of NYSC identification cards and uniforms. During the raid, the security officers beat a female NYSC member, tore her clothes, and stripped her almost naked, as seen in a video which has gone viral on the…
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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that all mobile phones must be switched off during flight take-off and landing henceforth. Naija News reports that this is following the two recent incidents of passengers’ unruly behaviour at the nation’s airports. This was made known on Tuesday by NCAA Director-General, Captain Chris Najomo, at the National Civil Aviation Security Committee (NCASC) meeting to address the challenges of unruly passengers and prevent further security breaches. Najomo stated that a memo will be sent to all airlines to update their protocols to include the new rule. He warned that incidents of unruly passenger behaviours…
Abia State will host the 2025 edition of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Women’s Championship from September 11 to 21, the league has confirmed. The NWFL Chief Operating Officer, Modupe Shabi, announced the plans for the women’s championship via a press statement on Monday, August 18. She revealed that 17 clubs have officially registered for the tournament, which will see teams drawn into four groups ahead of the kick-off. “The Championship serves as a critical pathway for clubs aiming to secure promotion to the top tier of Nigerian women’s football,” Shabi said. “This year, four promotion slots are up…
Two notorious drug traffickers, Ajetsibo Emami, popularly known as Warri Kinsman, and Solomon Akpomuai, have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 10 years’ imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The development was confirmed in a press release on Tuesday, August 19th, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi. Naija News understands that Emami, 37, was arrested on June 28, 2025, in Ikeja after operatives of the NDLEA dismantled his trafficking network during a three-day operation that also led to the arrest of three accomplices. Recovered from his cartel were…
A senior Israeli official, on Tuesday, has disclosed that the government demanded the release of all remaining hostages in any future Gaza deal. This is coming a day after Hamas reportedly accepted a new truce proposal. According to Vanguard, speaking on the condition of anonymity, the senior official said the government’s stance had not changed and demanded the release of all hostages. Two officials also told Reuters that Israel is studying Hamas’ response to a Gaza ceasefire proposal. The officials said on Tuesday of a potential deal for a 60-day truce and the release of half the Israeli hostages still held in…
The United States (US) has said Nigeria’s recently approved minimum wage of ₦70,000 for federal workers has lost value due to the free fall of the naira against the dollar. In its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024, released by the US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour, on August 12, the US noted that the new wage, valued at about $47.90 per month, had been weakened by the exchange rate of over ₦1,500 to $1. The report highlighted gaps in the law, stressing that the new wage only applies to firms with 25…
An Abuja-based lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has dismissed claims that the stool of the Alaafin of Oyo holds supreme authority over pan-Yoruba affairs. Olajengbesi, in a statement posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday, said no Supreme Court judgment confers such power on the Alaafin, describing the monarch’s recent threat against the Ooni of Ife as “wholly gratuitous and constitutionally unsound.” Naija News reports that the controversy began after the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, reportedly conferred the Okanlomo of Yorubaland chieftaincy title on Ibadan businessman, Engineer Dotun Sanusi. The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade, considered the…
Popular Nollywood actor, Ime Bishop Umoh, also known as Okon Lagos, has appealed to the Federal Government to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during an appearance on The Clarity Zone podcast, the thespian asserted that Kanu should be set free in the interest of peace and national reconciliation, even if it doesn’t make legal sense. He insisted that pardoning Kanu would be morally right, arguing that the IPOB leader’s agitation for Biafra’s secession was emotional and fuelled by the perceived marginalisation of the Igbos in Nigeria. “I am one million percent…
The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, on Tuesday held a crucial meeting with members of the Olubadan-in-Council as part of preparations for his installation as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. Naija News reports that the meeting, which was ongoing at the time of press, marked Ladoja’s first official engagement with the Council since his nomination. On his return to Ibadan on Monday, Oba Ladoja had first visited his family at Arusa Compound, Isale Osi, before receiving well-wishers at his Bodija residence. Addressing supporters, the former Oyo State governor assured that he would immediately engage the Council, the Oluwo, the Araba, and…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the request of the Department of State Services (DSS) to shield the identities of witnesses in the trial of five suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists linked to the June 5, 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, which left over 40 worshippers dead and more than 100 injured. Naija News reports that Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order on Tuesday while ruling on an ex parte application filed and argued by DSS counsel, Dr. C. S. Eze. In his submission, Eze told the court that terrorism-related cases are highly sensitive and…