Author: Naija Daily News

President Bola Tinubu has received a security briefing from the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, following a surge in school abductions and attacks across the northern region. The meeting, disclosed on Saturday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, took place late Friday at the Presidential Villa. Photographs released showed the DSS chief with President Tinubu in his office. Although details of the discussions were not revealed, officials confirmed the briefing centred on the country’s worsening security situation. In response to the escalating crisis, the Federal Government has set up a…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Government has ordered the immediate shutdown of 41 Federal Unity Colleges following heightened security concerns across several parts of the country. The directive was contained in a circular issued on November 21, 2025, by the Federal Ministry of Education. According to the document, Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, approved the closure in response to “recent security challenges” and the need to forestall possible breaches. “Sequel to the recent security challenges in some parts of the country and the need to prevent any security breaches, the Honourable Minister of Education has approved the immediate closure of…

Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has raised serious concerns over the withdrawal of military personnel from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, shortly before bandits abducted several students. Speaking in Birnin Kebbi on Friday while receiving Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero, who visited to commiserate with the state, Idris described the development as deeply troubling. He said the state had earlier received intelligence about a possible attack and immediately convened a security meeting. “As a responsive government, when we received intelligence on a possible attack, we summoned a security meeting. The security agencies assured us that all…

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nine local security volunteers and a farmer in an ambush in northeastern Nigeria, according to security volunteers and police authorities on Friday. The attack targeted members of the state-backed Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), a vigilante group composed of local recruits trained to support the military in combating jihadist insurgents in Borno State. The volunteers were ambushed on Thursday after responding to the killing of a farmer near Warabe in Gwoza district, close to the Cameroon border. “I personally counted seven bodies belonging to our CJTF members and one farmer,” a senior militia commander…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 20 kilograms of cocaine concealed aboard a Brazil-bound vessel, MV Nord Bosporus, at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. The ship, its master and 19 Filipino crew members were detained after the Agency secured a court order authorising their custody. According to the NDLEA, officers discovered the illicit substance on Sunday, 16 November 2025, shortly after the vessel arrived from the port of Santos, Brazil. The vessel’s master, Captain Quino Eugene Corpus, and the crew were immediately taken into custody pending further investigation. Following the seizure, the NDLEA filed an ex-parte motion…

Bandits who abducted 38 worshippers from Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, have demanded a ransom of N3.8 billion for their release. The attackers reportedly contacted families of the victims on Thursday, insisting on N100 million per abductee. A community leader and Olori Eta of Eruku, Chief Olusegun Olukotun, confirmed that he was among those contacted. Four of his relatives were kidnapped during the attack. Olukotun said he was in the church with five family members when the gunmen invaded at about 6:06 p.m., adding that he managed to escape through a window…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 28-year-old Victor Cletus, a serial impostor who defrauded and sexually exploited a young woman by pretending to be a medical doctor. Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent Omolola Odutola, said the arrest followed a distress report from the victim, who revealed that Cletus contacted her via Snapchat, claiming to be a surgeon at Babcock University Teaching Hospital. Believing his false credentials, the victim confided in him about a lump in her right breast. Odutola explained that Cletus took advantage of her vulnerability by demanding an unspecified amount of money for…

By Deborah Nnamdi Armed bandits in the early hours of Friday attacked St Mary’s Girls’ School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting an unconfirmed number of students. The incident occurred just four days after a similar assault on Girls’ Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State. A resident of Papiri, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the attackers arrived around 2:00 a.m. in large numbers, riding motorcycles. He disclosed that the bandits snatched a car in the town and used it to move the abducted students, but the vehicle broke down a few metres from the…

The latest annual audit of the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has uncovered fresh violations in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) currency-management operations during the tenure of former governor Godwin Emefiel According to the report, the CBN reissued N29.77 billion worth of “Counted Audited Dirty” banknotes in 2022, a direct breach of its Clean Note Policy, which requires that only authenticated fit notes be released into circulation while all unfit notes are withdrawn and destroyed. The irregular issuances occurred across branches in Abuja, Lagos, Bauchi, and Jos between April and December 2022. Abuja alone released N28.615 billion…

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced new immigration filing fees that will take effect on January 1, 2026, following an annual inflation adjustment mandated under H.R. 1. The revised fees reflect inflation recorded between July 2024 and July 2025, in line with the requirement for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to update certain immigration charges at the start of every fiscal year. USCIS said the mandatory annual updates will continue from FY 2026 onward. The agency explained that all applications postmarked on or after January 1 must include the new fees, adding that the changes…