Author: Naija Daily News

By Deborah Nnamdi Members of staff of Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, are lamenting the death of one of them, Mr. Olisaemeka Chukwuma. Chukwuma, 56, Bursary Department, was killed in his home in the St. Bridges area of Umueji, Asaba, the Delta state capital, over the weekend. He had reportedly returned to Asaba for his usual weekend visit when the incident occurred. The institution’s bursar, Mrs Otimeyin Ekakitie-Omajuwa, described the incident as a “very shocking and unexpected death.” “He was a very good jolly fellow. He had a good relationship with everyone. You will never hear him raise his voice…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) has announced the commencement of its 2025 recruitment exercise for various positions across the Federal Civil Service. In a statement signed by the Head of Press and Public Relations, Taiwo Hassan, on Monday, the Commission invited eligible Nigerians to submit applications for available vacancies. The announcement, published on the Commission’s official website, calls on interested applicants to submit their applications online via the portal https://recruitment.fedcivilservice.gov.ng. Candidates are allowed to apply for only one position and must submit their applications before the deadline of Monday, March 10, 2025. The Commission also encouraged…

By Deborah Nnamdi Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has expressed regrets that, for over 12 years, the state-owned Fire Service Stations were left in limbo. Fubara, who spoke through a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Nelson Chukwudi, assured that the ongoing rehabilitation will be concluded and the Stations ready for public use in the first week of March 2025. He gave the assurance when he embarked on an inspection tour of the three Fire Service Stations to assess the extent of work done with the ongoing remodeling expansion and reconstruction activities on the sites on…

Photo: Mass movement: Palestinians on the long walk back to Gaza By Douglas Maha, with agency report Thousands of Palestinians, displaced by the Hamas-Israel conflict, are journeying to northern Gaza amidst a fragile ceasefire. This mass movement follows a diplomatic breakthrough with Israel and Hamas agreeing to release six more hostages, including Israeli citizens and foreign nationals, marking a fleeting moment of diplomacy in the 15-month conflict. The agreement aims to maintain the ceasefire and pave the way for further negotiations, seeking to de-escalate the violence that erupted in October 2023 when Hamas attacked Israeli territory, causing over 1,400 Israeli…

By Sodeeq Kamsela Hope brightens for a peaceful resolution of the legal tussle between Aare Afe Babalola and human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi, as the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, wades into the conflict. The Ooni, along with prominent Yoruba traditional rulers in Ekiti State, visited Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD) over the weekend to appeal to the university’s founder to forgive the human rights activist. Naija Daily News recalls that the erudite lawyer and ABUAD founder had dragged Farotimi to court over alleged libellous parts of the activist’s book, in which Farotimi claimed that…

By Deborah Nnamdi Nigerian music icon Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has dismissed earlier claims that his Instagram account was hacked. In a video shared on his Instagram story on Sunday night, 2Baba confirmed that a controversial post on his social media page regarding his separation from his wife, Annie Idibia, was indeed made by him. The earlier Instagram post announced the end of his 13-year-old marriage to Annie. The post read, “Hello to my beautiful people of all federations. Well, this thing I have to say is short but also long…I and Annie Macaulay have been separated for…

By Deborah Nnamdi President Donald Trump on Sunday announced he was imposing sweeping tariffs on Colombian goods and revoking the visas of government officials after his counterpart Gustavo Petro blocked deportation flights from the United States. Earlier Sunday, Petro had announced that his administration would prevent US deportation flights from landing in the country until migrants were guaranteed “dignified treatment,” escalating a row with Washington just days into Trump’s second term in office. In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump said that he had directed his administration to implement “emergency 25 percent tariffs” on all Colombian goods entering…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested four suspects for burning a 74-year-old woman to death in Abagana, Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Her attackers reportedly procured a coffin and interred her immediately after the act. A source claimed that the woman, who used a wheelchair, was suspected to have been burnt for ritual purposes by one Ifeanyi Igwe, who remains at large. However, five persons connected to the incident, including Igwe’s 21-year-old girlfriend, Chinenye Ekwenugo, were arrested. The Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command,…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed in duvets, packaged for export to the United Kingdom through the cargo shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. According to a statement by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media & Advocacy at the NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja on Sunday, the two suspects—Adakole Sunday and Austin Balogun—were promptly arrested following the discovery by NDLEA officers on Tuesday. Six parcels of the psychoactive substance, with a gross weight of 3.50 kilograms, were concealed inside the duvet.…

By Deborah Nnamdi The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has dismantled 13 illegal refining sites, recovered 300,000 liters of stolen crude oil, and arrested 15 suspected oil thieves. This was achieved in a major operation targeting oil theft in the Niger Delta in one week. The Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Army Public Relations, Jonah Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday. The operations, conducted from January 20 to 26, 2025, spanned Rivers, Delta, Edo, and Akwa Ibom states. The statement read, “Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have continued to tighten the…