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…
Veteran comedian, Atunyota Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba, has been evicted from his property in Victoria Island, Lagos State, following a court order. Naija News reports that Ali Baba, alongside his company, XQZMOI TV, was ejected after a writ of possession signed by the Federal High Court on August 15, 2025. The property was initially sold to the comedian for ₦220 million in 2021 by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), which claimed it was liquidating assets to recover debts owed by Harold Expansion Industries Nigeria Limited. But in his ruling of July 31, 2025, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa…
Veteran Nollywood actor Yemi Solade has explained why he has not been attending church for more than ten years. Naija News reports that he revealed that his decision began in 2013 after an experience that left him uncomfortable with the way church activities were handled. The actor shared his story on the Honest Bunch Podcast, where he recalled how a pastor once instructed him to stop accepting work on Sundays. He said that the demand interfered with his career and left him questioning the balance between faith and personal life. According to him, the event made him decide to step…
The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT), has commenced a seven-day warning strike, demanding urgent reforms in the faltering healthcare system of Abuja’s hospitals. In a communique issued on Monday morning, ARD-FCT President Dr George Ebong and his executive team described the FCT health sector as a long-standing systemic failure that “requires comprehensive and immediate reform.” Naija News understands that doctors are under unbearable strain, constantly shuffling between departments amid severe staffing shortages. Many facilities are starved of functional equipment, with X-ray machines lying idle for years, and dialysis patients turned away due to consumable scarcity. The pressure…
