The abductors of the six individuals from the University of Abuja on Tuesday have asked the families for N300m ransom.

The Nigeria Association of Computer Students, NACOS, held a hybrid Innovation Summit between October 12th and 14th at Nile University, Abuja themed Technology Renaissance for Innovation and Productivity (TRIP 2021). Present at the event on 13th October 2021 were Mohammed Ibrahim Jega, an entrepreneur and founder of Startup Arewa and Senior Special Assistants to the […]

THE annual Abuja International Motor Fair will hold at the International Conference Centre Annex, Garki, Abuja, November 15 to 20.

By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja At least eight people were feared killed on Tuesday after unidentified men in military uniform opened fire at some members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN (known as shi’ites) who staged the annual Arbaeen trek at Gwarinpa district of Abuja, the nation’s capital. Vanguard correspondent gathered that the gunmen […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke A deputy director of the National Biotechnology Development Agency, NABDA, Mr Christopher Orji,  has been found dead in Abuja. According to reports, the late  Orji’s corpse was found dangling from a rope tied to a ceiling fan in his apartment at the federal housing authority estate in Lugbe, Abuja, but it was not yet […]

By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja 50-year-old publisher of SaharaReporters and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, a survivor of the attack that greeted a peaceful protest at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, says it will take weeks before he can walk well again after the gunshot injury he sustained to the leg on Monday. He had […]

By Arogbonlo Israel Nigerian human rights activist cum convener of the #RevolutionNow campaign, Omoyele Sowore has revealed what transpired between him and the police in the nation’s capital Abuja on Monday, May 31. Recall the SaharaReporters publisher was reportedly shot by a police officer at the popular Unity Fountain in Abuja where they had converged […]

By Arogbonlo Israel Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, says any attempt to change the present government other than the ballot box or through constitutional means is treasonable and no reasonable government will tolerate such an attempt. Keyamo, a member of the cabinet of the President Muhammadu Buhari, disclosed this in a […]

Senator Shehu Sani, advised Nigerians to be careful while plying Kaduna- Abuja road. In his tweet on Friday, the vocal activist opined that bandits have blocked the Kaduna Abuja road, shooting sporadically on air. He said : “I have just got a call that Bandits have blocked the Kaduna Abuja road,in between Jere and Katari […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has cautioned developers against violation of the Abuja Master Plan. The acting Director, FCTA Department of Development Control, Mr Garba Kwamkur, gave the warning during the weekly inspection of ongoing developments in the territory, on Wednesday in Abuja. He called on all developers in the FCT to comply with […]

By Emeka Obasi Moving the nation’s capital to Abuja sounded rhetorically so alluring that necessary checks were not carried out. What was sold to compatriots was that Lagos was too close to the border and Abuja represented the centre of unity and country. Cursed, that is Abuja. President Shehu Shagari took the Independence celebrations to […]

Authorities of the Police Command in the FCT have dispelled misinformation making the rounds in Abuja indicating that Schools in the Capital City particularly the Nigerian Law School and Veritas University in the Bwari Area Council, have been shut down over fear of Bandits or Fulani herdsmen attacks.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has faulted the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Area Council elections. The Acting National President of IPAC, Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu, and the National legal adviser, Bar Peter Iyiola oyewole in a statement in […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki is set to renew his Presidential ambition in the 2023 election following the sudden emergence of his campaign posters in strategic locations in Abuja, the nation’s capital. At the federal secretariat and Wadata Plaza, headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Saraki smiles down from […]

By Obas Esiedesa – Abuja The Abuja Zonal Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has cracked down on errant petrol stations in the nation’s capital for selling petrol above N170 per litre and for under dispensing to customers. The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, along with other major cities across the country had witnessed […]