Popular Lagos socialite and businessman, Emeka Okonkwo Daniel, famously known as E-Money, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged abuse of the Nigerian currency laws. NaijaBlogDaily confirms that E-Money was picked up by EFCC operatives at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos on Monday night, following a…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has reiterated that his agitation for the freedom of the South East, South South, and parts of Benue and Kogi States is a constitutional right and not an act of terrorism, as alleged by the Federal Government. Kanu made this claim in…
Borno State is in mourning following a fresh wave of deadly attacks by Boko Haram terrorists, resulting in the tragic deaths of at least 30 persons across Chibok and Kala Balge on Monday. In Chibok Local Government Area, 14 persons, including seven mourners, were gunned down during a third-day prayer for a late community leader…
Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late Nigerian gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme delivered the judgment on Monday, April 28, 2025, after dismissing Nwachukwu’s no-case submission. The court found him guilty of culpable homicide…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a ₦1 billion lawsuit filed against former President Muhammadu Buhari and former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele over the hardships caused by the 2023 Naira redesign policy. Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo, delivering the ruling on Monday, dismissed the case due to the plaintiff’s…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has reaffirmed the apex bank’s commitment to aggressively tackle inflation, aiming to bring it down to single digits in the medium term. Cardoso made this declaration over the weekend after the 2025 International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings held in Washington,…
A leaked document obtained by NAIJABLOGDAILY has uncovered a controversial move by President Bola Tinubu to transfer the management of the State House Medical Centre in Abuja to private facility managers. Surprisingly, the letter initiating the process was issued on the Ministry of Education’s letterhead and signed by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa….
The Federal Government has confirmed that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, will officially reopen for flight operations on Monday, May 6, 2025. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had initially shut down the airport on April 18, 2025, after a major rupture was discovered on a critical section of the runway, requiring emergency…
The President of the Nigeria Rescue Mission Organisation and former leader of the Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), Dr. Jibril Mustapha, has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest in the 2027 presidential election. In a statement released on Sunday in Lagos, Dr. Mustapha appealed to Jonathan to heed the growing calls urging him to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) South-South Zonal chapter has condemned social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, for his recent verbal attack on the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. In a statement issued in Abuja by the APC Zonal Organizing Secretary, Blessing Agbomhere, the party gave VeryDarkMan a one-week ultimatum…
