Author: Naija Daily News

Photo: Keir Starmer Resigns UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation, bringing a dramatic end to a premiership that lasted less than two years after Labour’s landslide victory in the 2024 general election. In an address outside 10 Downing Street on Monday, Starmer said he would step down as both Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, acknowledging that the country and his party needed “new leadership” to move forward. “I believe it is the right time to hand over the responsibility of leading our party and our country,” Starmer said, adding that he would remain in…

By Deborah Nnamdi Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has revealed that Governor Alex Otti rejected a Federal Government proposal to construct an airstrip in Abia State, choosing instead to pursue the development of a full-fledged international airport through a counterpart funding arrangement. Keyamo disclosed during the official unveiling of two Boeing 737-800NG aircraft acquired by United Nigeria Airlines in Lagos. According to the minister, the Federal Government had initially included the construction of an airstrip in Abia State in the 2024 budget as part of efforts to expand aviation infrastructure across the country. He said the decision…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Anambra State Police Command has foiled an alleged attempt by a 21-year-old woman to sell her newborn baby girl in Igbariam, Anambra East Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Awka, stating that operatives attached to the Oyi Divisional Police Station acted on credible intelligence to prevent the suspected sale of the infant. According to Ikenga, the operation was carried out on June 19 after a concerned citizen alerted the police to the situation. Officers subsequently tracked the young mother and her…

By Deborah Nnamdi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two elderly men, aged 84 and 75, for allegedly supplying and selling illicit drugs to secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia State. The suspects, identified as 84-year-old Godfrey Orji and 75-year-old Godwin Obulunbiya Obiora, were apprehended in separate operations carried out by NDLEA operatives. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, Obiora was arrested on June 19 following intelligence reports linking him to the sale of illicit substances to students and other users from his patent medicine store…

By Deborah Nnamdi Suspected terrorists have attacked Tsamiya town in Kebbi State, abducting a resident and destroying several properties during a late-night raid on Saturday. The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed the incident on Sunday, saying security operatives had been deployed to the area to restore order and pursue the attackers. According to the police, the assailants stormed the community late on Saturday, firing sporadically and setting several structures ablaze. Among the properties destroyed were a makeshift checkpoint belonging to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), a local brothel, and the residence of a community member identified as…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Anambra State Police Command has arrested the biological parents of twin babies whose lifeless bodies were discovered in a drainage channel along Cooperative Street, Nwokedi, in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. The bodies of the infants were found on Sunday morning by passersby, wrapped in a box containing baby clothing. The discovery prompted an immediate report to officers at the Okpoko Divisional Police Headquarters. Residents expressed shock and outrage over the incident, describing it as a disturbing act that should not be tolerated. One resident, identified simply as Uche, said the bodies were…

Photo: Governor Biodun Oyebanji By Deborah Nnamdi Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been re-elected as governor of Ekiti State after securing a landslide victory in Saturday’s governorship election, winning in all 16 local government areas of the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Oyebanji the winner of the election in the early hours of Sunday following the collation of results from across the state. Announcing the result at the State Collation Centre in Ado-Ekiti, the Returning Officer, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, said the APC candidate met…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigerian Air Force has intensified its offensive against terrorists and armed bandits in the North-West, destroying identified strongholds and neutralising several insurgents in a series of intelligence-led air operations. The operations were carried out by the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma Sector 1, targeting terrorist enclaves around Kidandan and other locations within the Joint Operations Area. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, said the strikes followed credible intelligence that confirmed the movement and activities of terrorists in the targeted…

Photo: A section of the Dominican Resort Hotel engulfed in fire A 46-year-old Italian woman has died and nearly 1,700 tourists were evacuated following a massive fire that engulfed a beachfront resort hotel in Bayahibe, a popular tourist destination in the Dominican Republic. Local emergency authorities confirmed on Friday that the victim, identified as Francesca Valentino, was killed in the blaze at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel. According to the DAEH emergency service, three people were taken to medical facilities for treatment, while six others, including hotel guests, visitors and emergency responders, received medical attention at the scene. Videos…

Iran’s central military command on Saturday announced the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz to vessel traffic, citing what it described as a breach of an agreement with the United States following Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters and broadcast on Iranian state television. According to the statement, the closure of the vital waterway represents Tehran’s initial response to what it called the enemy’s failure to uphold its commitments. “It is hereby announced that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to vessel traffic. It is…