The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to begin publicly naming and shaming airlines that disrupt flights without genuine reasons. Naija News reports that the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, disclosed this in a post on 𝕏, warning that repeated infractions by some operators will no longer be condoned. Achimugu condemned situations where airline staff deliberately abandon stranded passengers, leaving NCAA consumer protection officers to manage the backlash. “While one understands the challenges that operators face in our peculiar operating environment, whoever ventures into this business must do it…
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has summoned activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, over what it described as a “false and malicious” social media post against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a letter dated September 7, 2025, and signed by Uwem Davies on behalf of the Director-General of the Service, Sowore was directed to retract his statement on 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) and tender a public apology within one week. According to the DSS, Sowore referred to Tinubu as a “criminal” in a post on August 26, 2025, mocking the President’s comments on corruption in Brazil. The agency described…
Former Minister of Sports and member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Solomon Dalung, has stated that the party is currently undergoing a transition process that includes the incorporation of coalition elements into its structure. He explained that the process involves proper documentation and the transfer of signature specimens of new leaders to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to him, this would enable INEC to conclude its own procedures. Speaking during an appearance on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Monday, he dismissed claims that the ADC is an association, maintaining that it is a registered political party. He…
Residents of Kachia Local Government Area in Kaduna State have expressed worry over what they described as underreporting of consistent bandit attacks and kidnappings in the area. In a statement signed by Rev. Fr. Agbo Gabriel, the community urged major media houses to take notice. They expressed frustration that despite enduring more than two years without consistent electricity, and relying on solar power where possible, the security challenges in Kachia and surrounding villages have largely gone unreported. The community disclosed that in the early hours of Sunday, September 7, 2025, bandits attacked Wakeh village in Agunu District, killing eight people, injuring…
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has urged activist Omoyele Sowore to withdraw his comment describing President Bola Tinubu as a criminal. Speaking via a post shared on 𝕏, Igbokwe expressed shock that Sowore would call a sitting President a criminal. He advised the former presidential candidate to apologise to Tinubu and Nigerians who elected him into power. Igbokwe argued that nobody living or dead in Nigeria has touched lives like Tinubu has in the last 30 years. He wrote: “I got to know Sowore through my good friend Mr Peter Claver. Both of them graduated…
UEFA has slammed Athletic Club’s central defender, Yeray Alvarez, with a ten-month suspension after the Spaniard tested positive in an anti-doping control conducted following the first leg of the Europa League semi-final against Manchester United in May. In its ruling, the European football body acknowledged that the 29-year-old did not intentionally attempt to enhance his performance but stressed that he remained responsible for the banned substance found in his system. “Although the disciplinary body considers it proven that there was no intent to dope, it reminds that, in accordance with regulations, it is the athlete’s responsibility to ensure the legality…
The South West Agenda for Tinubu (SWAGA) has slammed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, accusing him of running the country into a fiscal dead-end with what it described as “a historic zero percent capital budget performance.” In a statement issued on Monday signed by SWAGA president, Otunba Adedayo Adewole, the group said Edun has not only failed President Bola Tinubu but has also betrayed the trust of millions of Nigerians who expected the economic management team to stabilise the nation’s finances. The political group demanded Edun’s resignation, arguing that his continued stay in…
Director of News and Politics Editor at Arise News, Sumner Sambo, has said the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari performed better in tackling poverty than that of President Bola Tinubu. Naija News reports that Sambo made a remark on Monday during an interview on The Morning Show, Arise Television’s programme. The editor noted that Buhari’s administration (2015–2023) introduced more structured poverty alleviation schemes compared to what he described as the “slow and poorly coordinated” efforts under Tinubu. Sambo said, “Yes, indeed, he may not have personally done so much in terms of uplifting the people of Kaduna State, in…
The decomposed body of a 55-year-old man has reportedly been discovered in a car parked outside the annex gate of the National Assembly complex, Abuja. Sources told Zagazola Makama that the deceased, identified as Gaddafi Iwar, a Tiv man suspected to be a labourer at a construction site within the complex. He was found motionless in a red Peugeot 406 with registration number BWR-577 BF at about 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 7. The body was evacuated to the National Assembly Clinic for medical confirmation and later conveyed to Asokoro General Hospital, but was rejected due to advanced decomposition. The…
