By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has directed Muslim worshippers to park their vehicles 200m away to the Eid prayer ground located on the Airport Road in Abuja. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Babaji Sunday, gave the directives in a statement issued...
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The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison in Abuja on Tuesday night, July 5. In a video shared online on Wednesday evening, the terrorist showed some of its men shooting their way into the facility. Tens of fighters were seen marching...
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi says 64 Boko Haram suspects escaped from the Kuje custodial after the attack on the facility on Tuesday night. Addressing newsmen after taking an assessment tour of the facility, the Minister said the attack started around 10:30pm with heavy gunfire and explosions. He said...
Controversy has surrounded the whereabouts of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, after bandits on Tuesday attacked Kuje Correctional Centre Abuja, where he was kept. During the attack which lasted hours, some inmates were said to have escaped. The Kuje prison is famous for holding high-profile inmates and...
An attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, have left one dead and 3 others injured. On Tuesday evening, explosions and gunshots were heard from the direction of the correctional centre, a situation that forced pandemonium among residents of the Kuje...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N2,918,292,782.67 billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of May 2022. Minister of State, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately recall the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), to face investigations and clear his name over an alleged connection with the N1.8bn recovered in a...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening returned to Abuja after a five-day State Visit to Lisbon, Portugal, where Nigeria and the European nation signed Memorandum of Understanding in diverse sectors. While in Lisbon, the Nigerian leader held several bilateral engagements which culminated into the signing of Agreements and Memoranda...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Saturday in Abuja demolished illegal mechanic workshops constructed on the land earmarked for livestock market at Kugbo on Abuja-Nyanya- Keffi Expressway. Mr Ikharo Attah, the Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister, on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement who led the demolition exercise,...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, granted the request of the mother of late 14-year-old student of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Karen-Happuch Akpagher to be joined in the suit filed by the school. The school filed the suit seeking to stop the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC)...
Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, the Executive Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), says accurate data is essential for national planning and development. He made the remark while inaugurating the training of functionaries for trial census 2022 in Gwagwalada, Abuja. He urged the trainees to show commitment to the training for quality...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has said the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) will sustain the hearing and healing process that it started to ensure fairness, justice and oneness before the 2023 general elections. The president gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja during an...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, depart Abuja on a State Visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The President, who will hold official talks with his Portuguese counterpart will be conferred with the country’s National Honour and decorated...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and other stakeholders to step up efforts toward breaking illicit drug supply and distribution chains. Osinbajo was the Special Guest of Honour at the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking on...
The Super Falcons’ contingent to the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco has began camping in Rabat, an official said on Monday in Abuja. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed in a statement that the team landed in Casablanca on Monday....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has debunked some rumours making the rounds that it discovered multi-billion naira cash in the house of the former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai. The ICPC, however, said it recovered N170 million cash,...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) on Wednesday said it is partnering with relevant agencies to ensure that it meets the needs of the 15% of the population of Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWD) in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of NCPWD, Mr....
FEC approves upward review of injection substation contract for improved electricity supply in Abuja
FEC approves upward review of injection substation contract for improved electricity supply in Abuja
In a bid to improve power supply in the FCT, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the upward review of contract for the construction of 33/11KV injection substation for Life Camp, Gwarinpa 1 District. The approval was granted following a Council presentation to this effect, by the FCT...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja on Wednesday, June 22, for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. A statement issued by the president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, said President Buhari...
A Bolt driver, Mr Sunday-Francis Adedokun, has explained why he returned 4,050 dollars (about N1.6 million) belonging to a passenger. Adedokun in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja said the passenger, Mrs Tajuden Toyin-Oke, was involved in a traffic accident and offered...