Abuja

FCT Gridlock: Army General pulls gun on FRSC Operative

As the Ministerial team sets to deploy Military Police By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Capital Territory FCT Ministerial Task team on Traffic Management has announced stricter measures to ensure route compliance in the face of continued intimidation of its operatives by armed uniform personnel. The development came following Sunday’s attitude of a Nigerian […]
Visible Articles 5 10 15

Lawyer drags Magu to Appeal Court, says he has spent over 4 years as Ag EFCC boss

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri A Constitutional lawyer, Mr Johnmary Jideobi, has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja to declare the continued stay in office of Mr Ibrahim Magu as Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as illegal and unconstitutional. The appellant challenged the judgement of the Federal High Court in […]

Police arrest Abuja monarch, secretary over cop’s murder

…CP condemns barbaric act, vows to fish out other culprits. By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja. Following the murder of a senior Police Officer, ASP Eric Isaiah and one Moses Emmanuel over land dispute by persons mobilised by the traditional ruler of Ushafa community, Alhaji Mohammed Baba and his secretary, Danlami Busa in Abuja, and injuries […]

Malabu oil deal: Court begins arraignment of Adoke

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has commenced the arraignment of former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Bello Adoke. The ongoing trial involved the former AGF and six others over the $1.2bn Malabu oil deal. ALSO READ: Amotekun: Tinubu breaks silence, calls for dialogue Adoke and others are being arraigned […]

IGR: CSO petitions AMAC legislators, wants Council Chair Probed

  By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja A Civil Society Organization CSO  under the aegis of Civil Society for Human Rights and Rehabilitation has petitioned the legislative arm of Abuja Municipal Area Council to investigate alleged infractions committed by the chairman of the council, Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Candido. While the group accused the council Chairman of […]

Police rescue ‘one chance’ robber from lynching in Abuja

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The FCT Police Command on Wednesday while responding to a distress call rescued a one chance robbery suspect from an angry mob who were about to lynch him to death. The angry mob had caught up with the suspect around Katampe district were about setting him of fire when men […]

Police restore calm at Berger roundabout after Shiites protest

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The FCT Police Command said on Tuesday that it successfully restored calm around Berger round-about after a violent protest by members of the proscribed El-Zakzaky Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) who went berserk and were attacking innocent citizens and police operatives with dangerous weapons. A statement last night by DSP […]

FCT police nabs robbers terrorising Kubwa/Arab district

…Arrests 12 suspects, commence manhunt for 10 other suspects. …Recovers 7 Stolen Flat Screen TVs …Suspects confess to perpetrating robberies By Kingsley Omonobi and Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Residents of Kubwa, the largest district of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, are now living in fears following the constant armed robbery attacks. Specifically, the armed […]

Secondus, Obi, Melaye others protest Imo Supreme Court’s verdict

Barely one week after the apex court quashed the election that brought in Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the winner of the 9, March 2019, Imo Gubernatorial election, the bigheads of the opposition party, today marched to the various streets in Abuja protesting, insisting that the Supreme Court judgment should be reversed.

Goods worth over N21m lost as fire razes Abuja market

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja At least N21 million worth of furniture was on Sunday night burnt to ashes when fire razed the ‘City Furniture’ section of the Kugbo Furniture Market in Nyanya, Abuja. The inferno which destroyed 39 shops was said to have started some minutes before midnight, when the market had already closed. […]

Court remands herdsman over alleged conversion of 22 live cows belonging to a professor

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo An Ile-Ife Magistrate Court in Osun state on Monday remanded one Ibraheem Muhammed, 45, in correctional centre over alleged conversion of 22 live cows kept in his care. The charge sheet disclosed that the accused person converted 22 live cows valued N33 million kept in his care by one Professor Olawoyin […]

Resident doctors at FMC, Abuja embark on strike over non-payment of arrears

Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, embarked on a three-day warning strike over non-payment of shortfalls in their salaries. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the decision of the doctors to embark on the warning strike was agreed upon at its emergency congress held on Monday. NAN also reports […]

NGSA debunks alleged report of 3.8 magnitude tremor in Abuja

As Ona of Abaji says everywhere calm By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), Sunday, debunked report of alleged 3.8 magnitude earth tremor in Gwagwalada and Abaji, satellite towns in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, as allegedly captured by an Earthquake Monitoring Station at OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on January […]

RCCG provides healthcare services, relief materials to Abuja community

By Luminous Jannamike The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Region 10, Group 1, FCT, has offered free healthcare services and donated relief materials to residents of Kado community, Abuja and its environs. The free health services, which included heart screening, blood sugar, malaria, body mass Index mass, BMI, tests among other medical supports, were […]

Exit mobile version