Author: Naija Daily News

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has made a significant announcement, revealing the recovery of a total of N10 billion for aggrieved consumers who filed complaints against banks, fintechs, and other businesses. In a statement released on Thursday by Ondaje Ijagwu, the Director of Corporate Affairs at FCCPC, the Commission outlined the recoveries made following complaints filed between March and August 2025. The data compiled from the Commission’s complaint resolution platforms indicated that the top sectors for consumer complaints included banking, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), fintech, and electricity, among others. During the reporting period, a total of…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted Mahmud Usman, a commander of the banned Ansaru sect, on terrorism-related charges, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. Usman, known by aliases Abu Bara’a, Abbas, or Mukhtar, admitted to engaging in illegal mining to procure arms for terrorist and kidnapping activities. Justice Emeka Nwite ruled that Usman should be held in Department of State Services (DSS) custody pending trial on 31 additional charges. Usman and his deputy, Mahmud al-Nigeri, face a 32-count indictment for leading a terrorist group, financing its operations, recruiting fighters, and orchestrating violent attacks in Nigeria. Ansaru militants,…

Photo: Gov Uba Sani and UK’s Development Director for Nigeria, Cynthia Rowe, and others at KaMAF signing … Reclassification from “Red” to “Amber” seen as vote of confidence By Sodeeq Kamsela, Abuja The United Kingdom has lifted its travel restrictions on Kaduna State, moving it from the “Red” to the “Amber” category in its foreign travel advisory, a shift that signals renewed confidence in the state’s improving security situation. The announcement was made Wednesday during the signing of the Kaduna Mutual Accountability Framework (KaMAF) between the Kaduna State Government and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Kaduna was…

Photo: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will address the 80th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday, September 24. A revised provisional list of speakers obtained by the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the UN headquarters in New York showed that Tinubu would be speaking on the second day of the event. The Nigerian leader is scheduled to deliver his address to other world leaders during the afternoon session around 8:30pm local time (around 2:30am Nigerian time). Tinubu would…

Photo: Larry Ellison, Oracle co-founder By Douglas Maha, with agency reports Larry Ellison, the maverick co-founder of Oracle, has surged to the very top of the global rich list, overtaking rivals like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to become the world’s wealthiest individual. His rise is not the product of sudden fortune but the culmination of decades of vision, persistence, and an uncanny ability to spot where technology is headed. Born in 1944 to a modest family and raised in Chicago, Ellison dropped out of college twice before setting out on a path that would change his life, and the…

…Grieving mother alleges secret burial, calls for investigation A tragic incident has thrown the Ugbolokposo community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State into mourning after a 13-year-old girl, identified as Davina, was allegedly murdered and secretly buried by her father, Mr. Taye. According to reports, Davina’s mother, Miss Dorcas, who had singlehandedly raised her for 13 years, released the teenager to her father after he requested that she spend the holiday with him for bonding purposes. Mr. Taye, who is married to another woman, allegedly assured Miss Dorcas that the child would be well taken care of. However,…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Emeka Ufomba, 49, wanted for alleged involvement in criminal conspiracy, diversion of public funds, stealing, and money laundering. The notice was issued on Wednesday by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, via the Commission’s official Facebook page. According to the statement, Ufomba, an indigene of Abia State, was last traced to 13 Unity Drive, Eneka Paradise Estate, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Commission urged anyone with useful information about his whereabouts to contact any of its zonal offices in Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna,…

Nigeria was plunged into darkness on Wednesday after the national electricity grid suffered yet another collapse, disrupting power supply across multiple states. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) confirmed the incident in a public notice issued via its official X handle, stating that the blackout occurred at exactly 11:23 a.m. due to a sudden loss of supply from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). “Please be informed that the power outage currently being experienced is due to a loss of supply from the national grid at 11:23 am today, affecting electricity supply across our franchise areas,” AEDC said in the…

By Deborah Nnamdi Residents of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, woke up on Wednesday to the sight of another lifeless body, discovered along the Mbukpa–Eyo Ita axis. The unidentified young man, whose corpse bore visible bruises and bloodstains, was found in the early hours of the morning. The discovery marks the second such incident within a week; a decomposing body was recovered around the Marian area of the city last week. Eyewitnesses suggested that the victim may have been a suspected thief overpowered by neighborhood youths. The incident has fueled growing fears over the rising wave of crime and…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Enugu State Police Command has arrested two suspects and recovered four locally fabricated firearms, an imitation pistol, a live cartridge, and other incriminating exhibits in a series of recent operations across the state. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu. He said the operations were part of ongoing efforts to clamp down on crime and criminality within the state. According to him, on September 6, at about 4:00 p.m., operatives of the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, working alongside members of the Neighbourhood Watch Group, stormed a suspected…