Abuja, Nigeria’s bustling capital city, is a landscape of contradictions. While luxury cars weave through broad avenues and glass buildings glimmer in the sunlight, at intersections and street corners, another world unfolds — a world populated by men, women and children eking out a living through begging. For many, life in the streets of Abuja...
Filling stations belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) have increased the pump price of fuel. The product which previously sold for N897 in Abuja, the nation’s capital, currently sells for N1,030, reports Daily Trust. Our correspondent who visited an NNPC outlet in Maitama observed how motorists queued up to ...
•Wike and Atiku Leaders of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed in Abuja over those responsible for the lingering crisis in the party. The PDP has been engulfed in crisis since the conduct of the Presidential primary of the last election won, reports Daily Trust. The crisis also contributed to the defeat of […]
•CP Olatunji Disu The newly appointed Commissioner of police for the Federal Capital Territory, Olatunji Disu has issued a warning to persons who seek to disrupt the peace of the nation’s capital, to have a rethink as his tenure will be marked by zero tolerance for crime. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on his […]
•An Abuja market A woman trader simply identified as Rukaiyyat slumped after she lost N2.3 million cash at Abaji main market of the FCT. A witness, Yakubu Musa, said the incident happened on Friday, around 9:45am when she went to the market to buy farm produce, reports Daily Trust. He said the woman, who always […]
•Ribadu and Bayero The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadau, today addressed Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the Emir of Kano. Both Bayero and Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi are laying claim to the revered stool of the Emir of Kano, reports Daily Trust. In March 2020, former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had dethroned Sanusi and named Bayero [&hell...
•Police fire teargas at protesters in Abuja Some protesters against bad governance had a raw deal in the hands of the army, police, other security agents and even political thugs, yesterday, in Rivers, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. As the protesters actualised their vow of going ahead with the October 1 action […]...
•Protesters carry placards during an anti government demonstration in Lagos today As Nigeria celebrates 64 years of independence from British colonial rule today, thousands of citizens gathered in the nation’s economic and political capitals, Lagos and Abuja, respectively, to protest high living and energy costs in Africa’s most populous natio...
•Protesters run for safety after Nigerian policemen fire teargas at them today Police officers today fired teargas at protesters during the “Fearless In October” protest over bad governance in Abuja, Nigeria. The protesters had gathered at the Utako area in Abuja, the country’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), peacefully waving the Nigerian Gr...
•NSCDC operatives deployed for hunger protest The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed 3,500 personnel across the Federal Capital Territory in a proactive measure to ensure security during Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary tomorrow. The extensive deployment aims to maintain public safety, safeguard critical natio...

