•Terrorists Nigeria’s security agencies have been placed on heightened alert following intelligence warnings of a coordinated attack by suspected Islamist militants targeting key infrastructure in the Federal Capital Territory and parts of Niger State. According to an internal security memo reportedly circulated within the Nigeria Customs Serv...
•Protest by police retirees A coalition of retired senior police officers has fixed Monday, April 13, for a major peaceful protest at the Presidential Villa, demanding their exit from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Operating under the aegis of the Association of Retired Police Officers under CPS, they said the demonstration would conti...
•US visa The US Embassy in Abuja has announced the cancellation of all visa appointments, directing applicants to check their emails for details on rescheduled dates. In a notice today, the Embassy said visa operations will continue at the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos. The notice said while American citizen services were available by appoin...
Prominent members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are leading the “Save Nigeria Democracy” protest in Abuja. Several chieftains of the party, including ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar, a former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, ex-governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso; a former Senate President, David Mark; and ex-Osun Stat...
•Rescue workers at the site of the building collapse, today Six persons have been injured following the collapse of a two-storey building under construction in Jikwoyi, within the Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. The building caved in around 11 a.m. today while workers were on site, triggering an emergency respon...
•National chairman, Tanimu Turaki An emergency national executive committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by the Tanimu Turaki National Working Committee, and the Adolphus Wabara’s Board of Trustees, is holding at the Bauchi governor’s lodge in Abuja. The meeting is the third this week, and matters concerning party, especi...
President Bola Tinubu and members of his cabinet, as well as 32 state governors and 8,453 delegates from across the country, are expected to participate in the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress scheduled for today and tomorrow in Abuja. In addition, top party chieftains from the national, zonal, state and ward levels will [&...
•Protesters Health workers under the Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations are protesting at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. The protest is against the proposed health sector regulatory bill, which is before the National Assembly, reports Channels TV. The protesting health workers are against the bill...
•Tinubu arrives Abuja President Bola Tinubu yesterday departed Lagos for Abuja after marking the Eid-el-Fitri, following his historic state visit to the United Kingdom. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement, saying Tinubu’s plane left the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at 6.44 pm. ...
•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, ...

