Author: Naija Daily News

By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gombe State Command, has arrested six men for allegedly exhuming a corpse for ritual purposes in Kwami Local Government Area. The suspects — Adamu Umar (22), Umar Jibrin Aboki (21), Abdullahi Umar Dauda (17), Muhammed Isa Chindo (28), Kawuji Sarki (39), and Manu Sale (23) — were apprehended during a joint operation by operatives of the State Command Headquarters and Gadam Division on September 11, 2025, between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. In a statement on Friday, the Command’s spokesperson, SC Buhari Saad, said the group desecrated the grave of…

By Deborah Nnamdi Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, on Friday officially resumed duty at the Government House, Port Harcourt, following the expiration of the Emergency Rule imposed on the state by President Bola Tinubu on March 18. Fubara had earlier arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, at about 11:40 a.m. in the company of his wife, Deputy Governor Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu, Chief of Staff Edison Ehie, and other top aides. He was warmly received by his former commissioners, local government chairmen, and several political leaders of the state before proceeding to the Government House. Addressing supporters…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, to a rousing welcome from his supporters. The governor’s aircraft touched down at about 11:55 a.m., as hundreds of loyalists gathered at the airport terminal, waiting to receive him. Details of his return are expected to unfold in the coming hours.

By Deborah Nnamdi A Nigerian man based in the United Kingdom, Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, has been arrested at the request of the United States over allegations of wire fraud and computer fraud. U.K. authorities took Adepoju into custody on September 15, 2025, and he is awaiting extradition to the Western District of Pennsylvania to face a seven-count indictment, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti. Court documents allege that between March and April 2023, Adepoju hacked into the computer of a Western Pennsylvania construction company contracted by a university. He allegedly altered email rules, created a spoofed email account, and…

Supporters of reinstated Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Friday thronged the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, in anticipation of his arrival. Among those sighted at the airport were members of the Simplified Movement, the governor’s political structure which was earlier disbanded, including the sacked Mayor of Port Harcourt City, Ichemati Ezebunwo, popularly known as Sugar Mayor. Also present were members of Women Unite for SIM, a prayer support group, who gathered at the airport’s car park. Recall that hundreds of supporters had assembled at the gate of the Rivers State Government House to welcome the governor following the suspension…

J-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed social media reports claiming he recently suffered a heart attack and was flown to London for treatment. Speaking on Thursday at the flag-off of the Arterial Road from Wuye District to Ring Road II in Abuja, Woke described the claims as false, politically motivated, and the handiwork of those who wished him ill. “Before I knew it, I started hearing that I had a heart attack. God will help them to have their own heart attack. It is my prayer that very soon I will be the one signing…

By Deborah Nnamdi A General Court Martial sitting at Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Jos, Plateau State, has sentenced Private Lukman Musa to death by hanging for the murder of a tricycle rider, Mr. Abdulrahman Isa, in Azare, Bauchi State. The judgment, delivered on Thursday, September 18, 2025, by Brigadier General Liafis Bello, President of the 3 Division Nigerian Army General Court Martial, also convicted Musa of unlawful possession of ammunition. According to the prosecution, Musa conspired with an accomplice, identified as Mr. Oba, to lure Isa into his residence under the pretext of helping him with personal belongings. The court heard…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Cross River State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Morrison Ogbonna, was found dead in his hotel room in Calabar in the early hours of Thursday. It was gathered that Ogbonna’s body was discovered by his officers, who had gone to pick him up for a scheduled assignment. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the officers became worried after repeated knocks on his door went unanswered. They then alerted the hotel management, which opened the room and found him lifeless. The late commander was recently posted to Cross River in…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday re-arraigned a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, before an FCT High Court sitting in Apo over his alleged involvement in a $6 billion contract fraud. Agunloye, who served as minister between 1999 and 2003 under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is accused of illegally awarding a contract for the construction of the 3,960 megawatt Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station to Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited on a Build, Operate, and Transfer basis. The EFCC alleged that the contract was awarded without budgetary provision, approval, or cash backing, and in…

Thousands of supporters who thronged the Government House in Port Harcourt on Thursday morning to welcome Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, left disappointed after waiting in vain for several hours. Many of the enthusiastic supporters, who arrived as early as 6 a.m. from different parts of the state, including rural areas, began dispersing between 12 noon and 1 p.m. when the governor failed to show up. Some of their leaders, including sacked local government chairmen loyal to Fubara, were seen making frantic phone calls as the governor’s whereabouts remained unclear as of 1 p.m. Among them were the immediate past…