•Bandits Gunmen believed to be bandits, today, abducted a director in Federal Housing Authority, Federal Capital Territory, identified as Aondo Ver, from his home, during an attack about 200 metres close to a military base in Pambara in the Bwari Area Council of Abuja. •Aondo Ver The bandits who struck around 12.30am today, shot indiscriminate...
•Forex Bureau De Change operators have announced shut down of operations in Abuja as a result of unavailability of dollars. This was announced by the association’s Chairman, Abdulahi Dauran, yesterday, reports Daily Trust. The naira closed at an all-time low of N1,482 against the United States dollar on the official window on Tuesday while on ...
•Bandits As the push to rescue the Ekiti State pupils and their teachers continues, gunmen suspected to be bandits kidnapped two teenage sisters from the Guita community in Chikakore, Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The development is coming eight days after members of the Chikakore village demonstrated outsi...
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has paid visits to the families of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, who was slain, and the late 13-year-old daughter of Abuja-based lawyer Oladosu Folorunso Ariyo. Obi disclosed this in a post on his official X page. He offered his condolences to the family in a series [&hell...
•Explosion Heavy explosion has rocked Maitama, the heart of Abuja. News of the incident had sent panic around the city. The FCT police command has however urged citizens not to panic as blast was due to an over-heated Refuse bin. FCT police command in a statement said the explosion occurred at about 11:45 pm, near […]
•Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has come under fire over his cavalier handling of the abduction epidemic rocking the nation’s capital, which he blamed on political detractors. Angered by his statement, the Northern Elders Forum, Middle Belt Forum Youth Forum, and other stakeholders chastised the former ...
•Blinken United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken is currently in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Blinken, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 4pm from where he would proceed to the Presidential Villa to meet with the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reports Daily Independent. Although he is on tou...
•FCT primary school teachers protest Primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), today, staged a protest at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. The protesting teachers accused the FCT Area Councils of poor attention to their welfare, reports Channels TV. The teachers protested the non-payment of salary arrears, promotion arrears a...
•Gunmen Despite the increasing wave of abductions across the country, security experts and families of victims have said that most kidnapping incidents in the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the country are not reported to the authorities. Victims of abductions and their families in Abuja and other parts of the country, who spoke ...
•Wike The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), in a measure to stem the tide of taxi robberies otherwise known as ‘One chance’, has said it would soon begin the recertification of all taxis as well as ride-hailing services like Uber and Bolt. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike disclosed this at a […]...
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