Author: Naija Daily News

A small aircraft travelling from Kenya’s coastal town of Diani to the Maasai Mara National Park crashed early Tuesday, leaving all 12 people on board feared dead. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), in a statement, confirmed that the plane went down around 5:30 a.m. local time (0230 GMT) while en route to Kichwa Tembo, a private airstrip within the Maasai Mara. “The aircraft had 12 persons on board,” the statement read, adding that government agencies had been deployed to the crash site to determine the cause of the accident. No additional details were immediately available regarding the identities of…

The Osun State Police Command has arrested ten suspected cultists and members of a robbery gang following a gun duel at Moro, in Ife-North Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, apprehended at a lounge in the town, were identified as Adebayo Olalekan, 27; Hammed Abdullah, 47; Olajide Opeyemi, 34; Olushola Samson, 24; and Salako Opeyemi, 20. Others include Majekodunmi Shefiu, 32; Ganiyu Yusuf, 24; Ridwan Temitope, 25; Taofeek Yusuf, 25; and Babafemi Adelowo, 28. Police Commissioner Ibrahim Gotan, in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, on Monday, said operatives of the Police Rapid Response…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dismissed reports claiming it directed senior secondary school students to register for specific subjects ahead of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates. In a statement by the Acting Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adeshina, the Council described the reports as “unfounded assumptions,” urging the public to disregard them. Adeshina clarified that the development and regulation of school curricula in Nigeria are the responsibility of the Federal Government, not WAEC. “The introduction or modification of any curriculum in Nigeria is a function of the Federal Government,” she said.…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the postponement of the screening exercise for aspirants ahead of its 2025 elective national convention. In a statement on Monday, the party said the exercise, which was earlier scheduled to hold on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, had been put on hold due to “unforeseen circumstances.” “The National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has put on hold the screening of aspirants for the 2025 Elective National Convention due to unforeseen circumstances,” the statement read. The announcement was signed by the Chairman of the NCOC and Governor…

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged and acquitted 12 travellers accused of killing a female police officer, Inspector Christiana Erekere, during a stop-and-search operation in April 2024. Inspector Erekere, attached to the Taabaa Police Division in Bori, Khana Local Government Area, reportedly died during an altercation at a checkpoint involving the travellers, who were on their way to Akwa Ibom State for a wedding. Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Augusta Chukwu ruled that the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants were responsible for the officer’s death. The accused — Efeoghene…

By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Tinubu on Monday held a closed-door meeting with the newly appointed service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Although the agenda of the meeting was not disclosed, sources suggest it may be linked to recent developments in the country’s security architecture. In attendance were the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Kelvin Aneke; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Idi Abbas; Chief of Defence Intelligence, Major General E.A.P. Undiendeye, and Chief of Army Staff, Major General Waidi Shaibu. Confirming the meeting on his X handle,…

Suspected armed robbers on Monday morning attacked and robbed a bank customer of an undisclosed amount of money in the Osuntokun area of Ibadan North Local Government, Oyo State, leaving a police officer severely injured during a gun duel. According to eyewitnesses, the victim was trailed by the assailants after making a cash withdrawal from a commercial bank before being ambushed along the Osuntokun–Secretariat Road, Agodi, around 8 a.m. The gunmen, who reportedly drove in a separate vehicle, intercepted the victim’s grey Nissan Primera with registration number EPE 901 PS and dispossessed him of the cash at gunpoint. An eyewitness,…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Ondo State Police Command has uncovered a suspected baby factory and human trafficking syndicate operating in Ore, headquarters of the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, who said the case had been transferred to the Command’s Gender-Based Violence Unit for thorough investigation. According to the statement, the discovery followed a report made on October 21, 2025, by a 17-year-old girl, identified as Vivian Peter from Akwa Ibom State. Vivian told police that she had been trafficked to Ore…

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has withdrawn his earlier plan to call witnesses in his ongoing trial for alleged terrorism offences. At Monday’s resumed hearing before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Kanu said he had reviewed his case file and found no valid charge against him, adding that it would therefore be unnecessary to open any defence. The court had adjourned the matter from October 24 to October 27 for the IPOB leader to begin his defence after he had written to the court seeking permission to…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted a mix of dust haze, thunderstorms, and moderate rainfall across the country between Monday and Wednesday, warning of possible flash floods in some southern states. In its three-day weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, the agency said that slight dust haze with good visibility is expected over Borno, Zamfara, northern Kaduna, Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States on Monday. It added that isolated thunderstorms with light rain are likely in Taraba and Adamawa States later in the day. For the central region, NiMet forecast sunny skies with patches of…