•Federal Capital City gate and Minister Nyesom Wike As infrastructure spending accelerates and FCT borrowing climbs sharply, questions are mounting over the sustainability of Abuja’s development model, the future cost of debt and who ultimately bears the burden, reports Daily Independent. Abuja is undergoing a major infrastructure transformati...
•Abuja floods A heavy downpour in Abuja on Saturday flooded several parts of the Federal Capital Territory, disrupting vehicular movement, trapping motorists and forcing some businesses to temporarily shut as water overwhelmed roads and drainage channels. Among the worst-affected areas were Wuse 1 and Wuse 2 in the city centre, as well as part...
•Fire burns filling station in Abuja The Federal Fire Service (FFS) said it has successfully contained a fire incident involving a petroleum tanker at AYM Shafa Filling Station in Area 3, Garki, Abuja, with all responding personnel and firefighting appliances safely returning to their respective stations. The incident, it said, involved a tank...
•Vicky Seymour The UK Government has announced the appointment of Vicky Seymour as Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria. Seymour succeeds Gill Lever OBE, who completed her posting in June 2026, reports Channels TV. A statement by the UK government today noted that Seymour has resumed her role in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, where ...
•Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake Solid Minerals Development Minister Dele Alake has urged residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to remain calm following another reported earth tremor on Tuesday. The Minister has also directed the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) to provide hourly updates of the seismic dev...
•The protesters carrying placards The #TakeItBack Movement today staged protests in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country over worsening economic hardship, insecurity, inflation and what the organisers described as political repression under the Bola Tinubu administration. The protests, held under the banner of the “Festival of the Oppre...
•Master Warrant Officer Michael Eneware (rtd) Fresh concerns over the growing reach of terrorist groups into communities on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have emerged following the harrowing account of a retired Nigerian Army officer, Master Warrant Officer (MWO) Michael Eneware, who survived a midnight attack afte...
•Residential buildings at Zone C, Apo resettlement in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Tenants in the federal capital territory have expressed concerns over the rising prices of rents, while accusing landlords of using the current infrastructure development across the FCT to exploit them. A cross section of residents who spoke to our corre...
A fire last night engulfed the headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria in Abuja. The blaze reportedly started on the fourth floor of the building, located opposite the Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters, and spread across the upper section of the structure, reports Sunday PUNCH. A Facebook user, Praises Chukwu, who shared photos...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu Family of the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has raised an alarm over alleged persistent calls, both public and private urging him (Kanu) to accept relocation from Sokoto Prison to Abuja. The family stated that they considered it necessary to clarify their posi...

