•Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered the arrest of a developer and the demolition of buildings illegally constructed on plots allocated to foreign missions in the diplomatic zone of Katampe Extension, Abuja. The affected land, located in the Diplomatic Zone of Katampe Extension in the FCT, ...
An FCT High Court has restrained the Abuja Municipal Area Council from issuing demand notices, medical certificates of fitness, or conducting training and screening of food handlers in Abuja. Justice Samira Bature issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit involving Dunes Investment and Global Services Ltd, AMAC and the Federal Capit...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a nationwide warning as temperatures continue to soar across several states, raising concerns over heat stress and related health complications. In an advisory posted on its X page, NiMet said residents of Benue, Nasarawa, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kogi, Niger, Kebbi, Cross River...
The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, has risen to as high as N1,040 per litre in Lagos and N1,080 per litre in Abuja, following fresh adjustments by fuel marketers. The increase comes barely a day after the Dangote Refinery raised its ex-gantry price of petrol to N995 per litre, […]
•Sowore (L) and wives of the detained military soldiers Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore and the wives of detained Nigerian military officers today staged a protest in Abuja, demanding that authorities either charge the officers in court over the alleged coup plot against the federal government or release them. The protest comes amid grow...
•US visa, embassy and late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei The United States Embassy in Nigeria has cancelled all visa appointments scheduled for today, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, citing a high potential for protests in Abuja amid escalating hostilities between the United States and Iran. Disclosing this in a statement via its website today, the embassy...
•Diezani Four witnesses gave their evidence virtually on Wednesday in the Federal High Court in Abuja, in the trial of former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, at Southwark Crown Court in the UK. The proceeding was taken virtually by Justice James Omotosho in accordance with Mutual Assistance In Criminal Matters Act, 2018, and oth...
Over 200 passengers aboard a British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Lagos on Monday accused the airline of abandoning them in Abuja after their flight was diverted due to a fire incident at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The aircraft was said to have been rerouted to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, ...
•INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, is meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. The meeting is being held exactly four days after the conduct of the Federal Capital Territory council elections and by-elections in River...
•An INEC officer with the BVAS Some voters at the Durumi II Polling Unit in the Abuja Municipal Area Council have raised concerns over the omission of names from the voter register during the Federal Capital Territory Area Council election today. A large turnout of voters was observed at the polling unit, reports Saturday PUNCH. […]
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