•Mrs Rahmatu Sani In a frightening encounter that highlights the growing insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Hajiya Rahmatu Sani, a director at the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), shared her disturbing experience of being kidnapped on Friday, October 21. The incident occurred some minutes after 7 a.m. as she...
The Nigerian Police Force has identified and detained officers allegedly involved in the extortion of N2.3 million from one Nwosu Ndubuisi. This was disclosed in a statement by the Zone 7 Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP M.B. Abdulkadir, on X (formerly Twitter) today. Abdulkadir added that the N2 3m has been recovered and ...
•Late Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, arrived in Abuja from Lagos today ahead of his final rites scheduled for tomorrow. The remains arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 12:16 p.m. The scheduled funeral services will beg...
•Falana and Wike Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, once again flayed the construction of houses for judges and justices by the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), saying the action is unconstitutional. Speaking on Channels Television, he said the action is an embarrassment to the Judiciary which ought to maintain i...
Three persons who were onboard Sikorsky SK76 helicopters with registration 5N BQG, which ditched in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Finima on October 24, 2024, are still missing. On the said date, the helicopter, operated by Eastwind Aviation, was transporting eight passengers to the NNPLC facility when the accident occurred. Speakin...
Fire broke out today at the popular Eco Fitness Hub in Gwarinpa, Abuja. The fire engulfed large portions of the fitness facility. Eyewitnesses said no casualties were recorded. At the time of reporting, the cause of the outbreak has not been ascertained. … developing story
•Tinubu greeted by top government officials on arrival last night President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a one-day travel to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia for the just concluded extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit. Tinubu arrived at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Aiport, Abuja, around 8 pm yesterday. On ground to re...
•Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike A group of supporters of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, have raised allegations that some political opponents in Rivers State are planning to sponsor members of the Civil Society Organisations to stage an anti-government protest in Abuja next week. Speaking under the banner of “Wike Generation Next,” the group sai...
•Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced that starting January 2025, all commercial buses in Abuja will be profiled by the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS). Wike, made the announcement during the FCT Renewed Hope Youth Empowerment Programme in Garki, recently, where he...
•Street beggars No fewer than 20 beggars recently picked from the streets of Abuja city centre were said to have escaped from the FCT Rehabilitation Centre, where they are being kept at Kuchiko-Bwari on the outskirts of Bwari town. They were said to have escaped through a fence at the back of the Centre on […]
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