Suspected kidnappers kill 3, ex-APC presidential aspirant escapes
By Emma Amaize Suspected kidnappers numbering over 20 laid sieges to the Abuja- Abaji Road, weekend, killing four passengers and abducting yet to be determined number of persons All Progressives Congress, APC, ex-presidential aspirant in 2019, Alhaji Mumakai Unagba, who narrowly escaped, said, “They shot sporadically and not less than four persons were killed.” “Our […]
Court remands guards for stealing employer’s concrete mixer, generator
A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that three security guards, who pleaded guilty to stealing their employer’s concrete mixer machine and generator set, value N850,000 be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Danladi Sunday, Kelechi Ogbonna, and Stanley Paul who all work at Kwochasun Global Guard Idu, […]
Gridlock: FCTA orders banks, others to revert to Original Land Use in 72 hrs
By Omeiza Ajayi As part of renewed efforts to eliminate the persistent traffic gridlock along the Dutsen Alhaji axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, the FCT Ministerial Task Team on free flow of traffic in the territory has ordered banks and owners of business premises around “Dutsen Alhaji first gate area” to immediately […]
Police keep mum on alleged kidnap of 2 personnel
As it confirms another kidnap case By Joseph Erunke The Nigerian Police has confirmed the report that two persons have again, been kidnapped in Abuja but kept mum on the identities of the victim who were reported to its personnel. The FCT Police Command, in a statement through ASP Yusuf Mariam, Deputy Police Public Relations […]
We employed prayer warriors to pray for firefighting trucks ― Huan, FFS spokesperson
Deputy Superintendent of Fire, DSF Ugo Huan is the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service, FFS. In this brief chat with Omeiza Ajayi, she speaks on the efforts of the Service in combating fire disasters in the country. Excerpts: How prepared is the fire service against the growing threats posed by frequent fuel […]
FoI: SERAP asks finance minister to disclose details of spending on failed $460m CCTV, other Chinese loans
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, to urgently provide information on the total amount of money paid to contractors from the $460 million loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the apparently failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television, CCTV. In a […]
