Author: Naija Daily News

By Deborah Nnamdi A 40-year-old woman, Nafisat Lateef, has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly poisoning the three-year-old son of her tenant in Omifon, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. Police said the incident followed a dispute between the suspect and the child’s mother, identified as Rofiat. Lateef, who is the landlady, was alleged to have given the boy a liquid substance suspected to be poisonous. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. According to him, the incident occurred on Tuesday, February 4, 2026, at about…

United States Congressman Riley M. Moore has dismissed claims that Washington supports any move to break up Nigeria, warning that promoting separatist agendas would worsen insecurity and expose Christian communities to greater danger. Moore made the remarks in a statement posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account following a visit to Nigeria, where he met with government officials, church leaders, humanitarian organisations, and internally displaced persons. “I have travelled to Nigeria and engaged in multiple high-level meetings with Nigerian officials, the Church, aid groups across the country, and IDPs, to get a better understanding of the rampant persecution of…

By Deborah Nnamdi Nigerian socialite Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has been appointed as the Imo State Director of the City Boy Movement (CBM), a youth-focused support group backing President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. The appointment was announced in a post on the movement’s official Instagram page, where CBM described Chief Priest as a key figure in promoting the president’s Renewed Hope agenda. According to the group, the socialite brings “experience, influence, and a people-centred approach” to mobilizing support for the campaign. “City Boy Movement appoints Pascal C. Okechukwu (Cubana Chief Priest), who stands as a symbol…

By Deborah Nnamdi Suspected bandits have killed three persons and abducted a Catholic priest, alongside at least 10 other residents, during a deadly early-morning attack on the Karku community in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Among those abducted is Rev. Fr. Nathaniel Asuwaye, the Parish Priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Karku, under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan. The incident was confirmed in a statement issued on Saturday by the Diocesan Chancellor of the Kafanchan Diocese, Rev. Fr. Jacob Shanet, who said residents described the assailants as terrorists who carried out a coordinated operation. According to the…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Yobe State Police Command has launched a manhunt for an 18-year-old woman, Khadija Jamilu, following the alleged stabbing of her husband during a domestic dispute in Potiskum Local Government Area of the state. Police said the incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, February 6, 2026, when the suspect allegedly attacked her 25-year-old husband with a knife, inflicting a serious injury. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said operatives of the Potiskum Divisional Police Headquarters responded to a distress call at about 3:00 p.m. after the attack…

A Nigerian national, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, has been sentenced to 97 months in a U.S. federal prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable Americans. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Nnebocha, 44, and his accomplices operated the scheme for more than seven years, sending hundreds of personalized letters to victims across the United States. The letters falsely claimed the recipients were entitled to multimillion-dollar inheritances from deceased relatives, with Nnebocha and his co-conspirators demanding advance payments for supposed delivery fees, taxes, and other charges. The DOJ said over 400 victims…

By Deborah Nnamdi The President-General of Ogidi community in Idemili North, Anambra State, Ikwuka Okoye, also known as Anumili, has been killed by suspected cultists, police confirmed on Saturday. The attack occurred late Friday at the School Field in Ogidi and reportedly claimed the life of another man, whose identity has yet to be confirmed. Eyewitnesses said the assault was allegedly carried out in revenge for the death of a rival cult leader who had recently been arrested and killed by local security operatives. Residents expressed outrage over the killing, describing the deceased leader as duly elected and respected in…

By Deborah Nnamdi Vice President Kashim Shettima arrived in Woro village, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Saturday to assess the aftermath of a deadly attack that left 75 residents dead. His visit, directed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was aimed at offering federal condolences to grieving families. Shettima was received by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and other state officials. The governor had described the victims as local Muslims “massacred for refusing to submit to extremists preaching a strange doctrine,” with early reports suggesting over 100 fatalities. The attack reportedly followed a rejected attempt by militants to forcibly indoctrinate…

The Federal Government has launched a new digital platform, the Happy Woman App, as part of efforts to deepen women’s economic inclusion across Nigeria. According to a statement from the Presidency, the app is a secure digital interface designed to connect Nigerian women to finance, skills development, markets, essential services, and government support. The launch coincided with President Bola Tinubu’s announcement of a nationwide expansion of the Nigeria for Women Programme (NFWP), with a target of reaching 25 million beneficiaries. The scale-up builds on a pilot phase implemented in six states, which reached more than one million women. Speaking at…

About 2,000 newly qualified medical doctors in Nigeria are unable to secure housemanship placements each year due to limited capacity in the country’s centralised system, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has told the Senate. The Registrar of the council, Dr Fatimah Kyari, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while defending the MDCN’s 2026 budget before the Senate Committee on Health. Kyari explained that although Nigeria produces about 6,000 medical doctors annually from accredited medical schools, the existing Centralised Housemanship System has the capacity to absorb only 4,000 graduates, leaving a yearly shortfall of about 2,000. According to…