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The Katsina State command of the Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of forty-nine (49) individuals suspected of rape during February, 2025. At a press conference held on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, representing the State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Abubakar Musa, ...

The lawmaker representing Bauchi Central and a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Abdul Ningi, has formally announced his candidacy for the governorship of Bauchi State in the upcoming 2027 elections under the PDP banner. Naija News reports that this declaration was made on Friday during ...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of six Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) for various federal government-owned hospitals across the country. The announcement was made on Friday in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, titled ‘President Tinubu Appoints Six Chief Medical ...

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed deep appreciation to the people of the state for their unwavering support for his administration and their commitment to standing by the truth. Speaking at the commissioning of the third fire service station within a week, Governor Fubara reaffirmed his dedication to making ...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Attahiru Jega as the Presidential Adviser and Coordinator of Presidential Livestock Reforms. The fresh appointment was confirmed in a statement on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Naija News ...

Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Saturday, 8th March, 2025. 1. Doyin Okupe Missed Opportunity To Become King Due To Sickness – Family Source Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, reportedly missed the opportunity to become the monarch of his hometown, ...

Emerging reports have indicated that the Senate is not united in the suspension of Kogi Central legislator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over the heated dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. A ranking Senator who spoke anonymously disclosed that some Senators didn’t sign Natasha’s suspension report. Naija News recalls that Natasha was suspended ...

Nigeria experienced widespread blackouts again on Friday following a partial collapse of the national electricity grid, plunging several cities into darkness. Naija News reports that the outage was attributed to a partial system failure from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which has continued to struggle with maintenance issues. Ikeja ...

The General Overseer of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, has revealed how he was gifted a luxury car after he gave Bishop David Oyedepo a car gift. He stated that he and other pastors had previously gotten a car gift for Oyedepo, and he recently received a ...

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has strongly condemned an attack on Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) workers, allegedly carried out by personnel from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Ikeja. The union described the incident as a gross act of intimidation and vowed to withdraw its services ...