A United Nations helicopter with eight passengers on board has been seized by the terrorist group al-Shabaab after making an emergency landing in an area controlled...
The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has confirmed the kidnap of over 30 people on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. Media reports had earlier detailed...
Certain religious leaders are being held responsible for the illicit activities carried out by youths involved in internet fraud, commonly referred to as ‘Yahoo Yahoo.’ The...
Two veteran Kano State politicians, Hamza Abdu Farar Hula Bichi and Wada Sinkin, are dead. Naija News reports that this was made known by the state...
The Nigerian Army has arrested the two soldiers captured in a viral video assaulting a young civilian in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. This was...
Daniel Bwala, the presidential campaign spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar during the 2023 elections, has been under fire on social media over his visit to President Bola...
The Lagos Commissioner of Police has ordered the removal of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) who detained a lawyer seeking bail for his client. The Commissioner...
Joseph Aloba, father of the late Afrobeat singer Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has expressed dissatisfaction with the police investigation into his son’s death....
An 18-year-old Kano indigene, Yusuf Haruna, has been ordered by a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano to be remanded in a Correctional Centre for allegedly stabbing...
Controversial media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, has opined that ‘old thieving’ politicians should remain in power instead of handing over leadership to...
No less than 20 persons have died in a boat accident in Andoni waterways in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers state. The sad development was...
Residents have been thrown into mourning as at least 11 individuals, including five children, tragically lost their lives in a recent fishing boat capsize that occured...
No fewer than six individuals were reportedly killed in a recent attack in Borno State by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. Reports obtained by Naija News on Wednesday...
An American-based Nigerian artist, Osazuwa Agbonayinma, widely known as Zuwa and a member of the Roze duo, has been fatally shot in the United States. While...
A renowned Islamic cleric in Oyo State, Sheikh Abdulfatai Muhali Alaga, also known as Alfa Agba of Ibadanland, is dead. Naija News learnt that Alaga died...
Two female students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, tragically lost their lives on Monday when a truck crushed them. Naija News learnt that the...
A top traditional chief, Bashorun Abiodun, in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been assassinated by gunmen. Naija News learnt that Abiodun was...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari concluded his eight-year tenure as Nigeria’s leader on May 29, 2023, as he officially handed over power to his successor, President Bola...
In a shocking incident that has rocked Ogun State, Adeyinka Folarin, known as the Baasegun of the Itunsokun community, has been brutally killed by unidentified gunmen....
Some Nigerians have called for the arrest of the Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Rivers State Chapter, Ihunwo Chijioke, over a crime against...