Footynaija Media According to Footynaija, Raphael Onyedika turned down a new contract offer from Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge. The 19-time Belgian champions still have Onyedika’s one-year deal remaining. In January, Club Brugge turned down approaches from Galatasaray, winners of the Turkish Super Lig, to acquire the Nigerian international. Het Nieuwsblad, a Belgian news outlet, reports … Read more
Thursday, a group of bandits believed to be Fulani militias besieged the Sabon Gari (Yilpo) hamlet in Plateau State’s Mangu Local Government Area, killing one young miner, wounding two others, and kidnapping a third. According to Nandom Ishaku, a community youth leader, who confirmed the attack to Footynaija on Friday, armed Fulani bandits ambushed a … Read more
An operation in Sokoto State’s Tangaza Local Government Area resulted in the seizure of firearms and ammunition and the arrest of three alleged bandits. Security analyst Zagazola Makama revealed the news in a post she made on X on Friday. After receiving intelligence inputs regarding a planned attack in the area, the suspects were apprehended … Read more
Many involved in and affected by the Jukun-Tiv conflict in Taraba State have spoken out against recent statements that significant peace talks are underway, calling them false and based on nothing more than speculation. Friday saw the group’s statement expressing its disagreement with the mounting optimism being expressed by mediators and government officials. They claim … Read more
Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, the commissioner of police in Kano State, has praised the state’s workers for their development efforts and emphasised the continued importance of their sacrifices to the advancement of both Kano and Nigeria. On behalf of the officers and men of the Kano State Police Command, the commissioner of police extended congratulations to … Read more
Nigeria joined the world community in marking Workers’ Day, and Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State reaffirmed the state’s dedication to workers’ welfare, pension settlement, and reforms in the civil sector. The governor, speaking at Kano’s May Day festivities, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to treating current and former employees fairly and with dignity, and … Read more
Workers in Borno State’s local governments staged a walkout on Friday over the state government’s refusal to pay the N70,000 minimum wage. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) coordinated the demonstration in Maiduguri to commemorate International Workers’ Day. The state NLC chairman, Yusuf Inuwa, spoke to reporters during the demonstration … Read more
In honour of International Workers’ Day, Nigerian Senate President Godswill Akpabio has extended his best wishes to the country’s hard-working citizens and lauded their resilience, commitment, and patriotism in the face of adversity. On Friday, his media aide, Eseme Eyiboh, released his personally signed message. Along with millions of Nigerians both at home and abroad, … Read more
A business in Akwa Ibom State has taken the matter of the State Police Command’s alleged land invasion and violation of its basic rights to the Human Rights Community. During a press briefing in Uyo on Friday, Clifford Thomas, Esq., a human rights lawyer and chairman of the Akwa Ibom Human Rights Community, revealed that … Read more
Since CP Bassey Ewah took office in February 2026, 64 complaints of rape and defilement have been received by the Plateau State Command. This information was provided by the commissioner of police. At the Command’s headquarters in Jos, the State Capital, on Friday, Ewah made the announcement while presenting 18 individuals apprehended for cultism, rape, … Read more