Author: Naija Daily News

The Federal Allocation Account Committee (FAAC) allocations for August 2024 showed that the nation’s earnings from all sources cumulatively plunged to August to N1.203 trillion from N1.358tn shared in July. The details announced the disbursement of N1.203 trillion in revenue for August 2024 to the Federal Government, State Governments, and Local Government Councils, showed a shortfall of 11% or N155bn less than N1.358bn shared in July. This was contained in a communiqué issued after the FAAC’s September 2024 meeting in Abuja. The total distributable revenue of N1.203 trillion comprises several sources, including distributable statutory revenue of N186.636 billion, distributable Value…

By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt NIGERIA: The Rivers State Police Command has busted a five-man gang car-snatching syndicate that had been terrorizing Port Harcourt and its environs. Operatives of the command gunned down the alleged ringleader, Chukwumela Imela (AKA Satan Boy), and arrested other members of the criminal gang also gunned down the kingpin. The state Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, while parading the suspects before newsmen at the Command Headquarters on Tuesday, said before their arrest, the terrorized residents of Ada-George, Iwofe, Ogbogoro, Egbelu, Diobu, D-line, GRA II, and Borikiri, snatching over 10 cars at gunpoint in the last…

American superstar rapper cum producer, Sean Combs, (aka Puff Daddy or Diddy) have been arrested by federal authorities in New York on Monday night for offences that could be connected with alleged sexual trafficking and other offences. Diddy has been dogged by reports and allegations of sexual-related crimes, including by his former lovers, notably singer Cassie. The hip-hop mogul’s homes in Los Angeles, California and Miami, Florida were invaded by enforcement officers as part of ongoing investigations into sex trafficking and violence. H “Earlier this evening, federal agents arrested Sean Combs, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY,”…

Zazzu crooner, Habeeb Okikiola Badmus (aka Portable) has said he beat up a Christian preacher in front of his lounge because he did not believe that his victim was a true man of God. Portable has been involved in countless controversial incidents since he blew up the hit the Nigerian music scene with the Olumide Baddo collaborated Zazu hit track. He was at it again when reports surfaced that he had physically abused a preacher in front of his bar in Lagos. He said his family members have had close shaves with fraudsters who pretend to be men of God,…

NIGERIA: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday visited flood-ravaged Borno State in Northeast Nigeria, amidst fresh warnings of heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms in the state and other parts of the country. Half of the capital city of Maiduguri was overtaken by flood following a severe downpour one week earlier, with huge loss of lives and property. President Tinubu, who visited the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Garba in Maiduguri, urged a joint effort to tackle climate change while sympathising with the people of the state. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Welcome by Gov Babagana Zulum of Borno He said, “As…

NIGERIA: It was a Sunday of mourning in Kajuru, Kaduna, Nigeria on Sunday as armed bandits struck, killing three members and kidnapping 30 others, including a pastor during church services in Bakinpah-Maro Community. Agency reports said the gunmen, suspected to be members of tribal militias, attacked a Catholic and Evangelic Church Winning All, ECWA, in Bakinpah-Maro Community in Kajuru LGA. A local leader and former chairman of the LGA, Mr Cafra Caino, who confirmed the report, said 30 worshippers were abducted during the hour-long operation, which started at 10.00 AM. He said the gunmen stormed the scene in large numbers.…

By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s Opobo kinsmen have tasked him with taking measures to secure his return as governor of the state ahead of the 2027 election, The Opobo Progressive Movement made the call on Monday in reaction to the statement by the Ogoni and Oyigbo People’s Assembly, which claimed that the Ogonis deserve to produce the next governor of the state. OPM, in a statement in Port Harcourt by its President, Amb. Freedom Owujie condemned the call by OOPA, describing it as inciting and an attempt to reduce the place of Opobo people in…

By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt NIGERIA: The Nigerian Army said its men have destroyed 37 illegal refining sites and six wooden boats used for conveying stolen products in the Niger Delta Region of the country. A statement by Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Division Public Relations Officer, Lt. Col Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, on Monday, revealed that troops identified 10 illegal connection points and arrested nine suspected oil thieves in Rivers State and its surrounding riverine areas. It seized 221,000 litres of illegally refined products, seven vehicles, eight motorcycles, four trucks, and several pumping machines. The Army noted that the…

By Deborah Sunday, Port Harcourt The Ijaw Youth Council has said the indefinite suspension of its Secretary General, Mr. Maobuye Nangi Obu, was due to his alleged role in the attacks that led to the killing of some Ijaw youths during Saturday’s Eastern Zonal elections in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Reports said up to a dozen youths were gunned down or hacked to death during the botched IYC election, where many also sustained varying degrees of injuries. It said intelligence reports indicated that Nangi Maobuye played a critical role in inciting the violence that disrupted the democratic process, culminating in…

NIGERIA: The leadership of Uvwie Local Government Council in Delta State has imposed a 10 PM to % AM ban on tricycle operations in Effurun and other towns The ban, contained in a public notice signed by Anthony Onoriode Ofoni, Chairman of the council, said the restriction followed widespread complaints and incidents of violent crimes such as robbery, gang-rapes and other nefarious activities of some operators. Tricycle, popularly called keke, is a popular means of transportation in Uvwie and other parts of the state, but recently criminals have adopted it as a quick getaway mobility tool to rob unsuspecting members…