•Gunmen Gunmen again, last night reportedly invaded the Bmuko Community, in the Dutse Baupma axis of the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, kidnapping four residents in the area. A resident of the community, Mr Isah, who spoke to newsmen today, said the gunmen arrived in the community at about 11:50 pm on […]
•EFCC operatives A protest by some Kogi youths at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission headquarters in Abuja, was today disrupted by EFCC operatives who chased away the protesters. The youths had gathered at the EFCC office in Jabi, Abuja, to protest the alleged persecution of ex-Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, but the EFCC officials...
•Yahaya Bello The American International School of Abuja has paid $760,910.84 to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from the $845,852 school fees allegedly deposited by former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello in respect of five of his children in the school, it was gathered last night. Bello is being prosecuted by the commissi...
Many filling stations were closed in Abuja as the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, caused heavy queues at the few outlets that were dispensing the product today. Many commuters have been left stranded at various bus stops due to the scarcity of PMS required by transporters to run their vehicles, reports Daily [&hellip...
•Fuel queue Petrol queues resurfaced at filling stations across the nation’s capital, Abuja, and the surrounding states as several outlets ran out of stock despite the high pump price of N680 per litre. Checks around the city showed chaotic scenes across the few stations operated by major marketers dispensing to motorists in the city centre [&...
The student of the Lead British International School who was caught on camera bullying her fellow student (names withheld) has apologised. In a video obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, Hassan expressed her “sincere apologies” while adding that she wished the whole episode hadn’t happened. An X user, @moooyeeeee, posted last night two vide...
The China General Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria has reacted to the allegations that the Chinese supermarket within the premises of the Royal Choice Estate, Airport Road, Abuja, barred Nigerians from entering. A video hit social media on Sunday revealing that the Chinese supermarket officials denied access to Nigerians seeking to purchase groc...
•Abuja’s Chinese supermarket The Abuja-based Chinese supermarket criticised for refusing to allow Nigerians to shop in its facility is currently closed. Our correspondent who arrived at the premises today, Monday at 9.10 am observed that the grocery store was closed with an anti-theft padlock, reports The PUNCH. Earlier yesterday, Nigeri...
•Tinubu Heads of state and government and high-level government officials across Africa, representatives of international organisations and multilateral institutions, members of the diplomatic corps, and members of civil society groups are expected to storm Abuja tomorrow, Monday, April 22, as President Bola Tinubu opens the African Counter-Te...
•Prof Anthony Kila Dear Readers The subject of today’s epistle is an afterthought. It is an unplanned event that, like trouble, forced itself into our plan, it came without invitation and brought its own chair to sit without asking if we have space for it. If this sounds metaphorical to you, it is because you […]