The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Wednesday said it has commenced an inquiry into allegations that a male operative of the State Security Service (SSS) abducted a minor from Jigawa State, brought her to Abuja, and impregnated her. The controversy centres on Walida Abdulhadi, a young...
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Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, visited the headquarters of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in Abuja on Tuesday to fast-track the final certification of Muhammadu Buhari Airport for International operations. The meeting was held behind closed doors and focused on deliberations to remove technical bottlenecks and secure...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed deep concern over the health and continued detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, following reports that he suffered a nosebleed while in custody. In a statement shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, Atiku warned that secrecy...
The candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) chairmanship election, Dr. Moses Paul, has rejected the outcome of the February 21, 2026 poll, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of undermining the democratic process. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Dr...
At just 25, Dr. Faisal Adamu Hamman has joined a rare class of young scientists shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Fresh from earning a doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, the Adamawa-born researcher is tackling one of the most urgent questions in modern...
Transportation Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has suspended the enforcement of its Drivers and Riders Permit Levy, pending further consultations with relevant stakeholders. The directive was issued by the Mandate Secretary of the Transportation Secretariat, Dr. Chinedum Elechi, in a letter addressed to the Managing Director...
University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), now Yakubu Gowon University’s Senate has approved the expulsion of 28 students and withdrew certificates of fifteen former students for various disciplinary offences. Acting Director Information Directorate of the University, Dr Habib Yakoob, said in a statement that the decision was taken at the 191st...
National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated successful candidates of the PDP in the Area Council Elections which were held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja on February 21, 2026. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Comrade Ini Ememobong, stated this in a statement...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the winners of Saturday’s elections in the Federal Capital Territory and the states of Kano and Rivers. INEC conducted elections in the six area councils of the FCT and by-elections in the Ahoada East II and Khana II state constituencies of Rivers State, as well...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday, February 21, 2026 arrested 20 suspects for sundry electoral offences in the just- concluded Federal Capital Territory (FCT), local government elections. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday via the its agency’s X handle. The EFCC...
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately release the outstanding results from two wards in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a statement issued on Sunday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, the party expressed...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has reacted to the outcome of the just-concluded Area Council elections in Abuja, where the All Progressives Congress (APC) recorded significant victories. In a special broadcast on national television and radio stations on Sunday evening, the Minister said the peaceful conduct...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has described the outcome of the weekend elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano and Rivers States as a resounding endorsement of the ongoing reforms and governance direction of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The Collation Officer for AMAC, Prof. Andrew Abue, said that Maikalangu, who is the incumbent AMAC chairman, was returned elected having scored the...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Mohammed Kasim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of Gwagwalada Area Council Chairmanship election. The Returning Officer for Gwagwalada chairmanship election, Prof. Philip Akpeni, who announced the results of the poll on Sunday in Gwagwalada, disclosed that Kasim of PDP...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Joshua Ishaku of the All Progressive Congress (APC), winner of Bwari Area Council Chairmanship election. The Returning Officer for Bwari chairmanship election, Prof. Mohammed Nurudeen, who announced the results on Sunday in Bwari, disclosed that Ishaku polled a total of 18,466...
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned a viral video showing the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, addressing supporters of the All Progressives Congress at a polling unit, where he allegedly told them that after voting, they should “leave the rest” for him. The PDP National Chairman,...
A 22-year-old woman, Walida Abdullahi from Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has narrated a harrowing account of how she was allegedly abducted, abused and exploited, before finally escaping into freedom. In an exclusive interview with Daily Trust, Walida, who said she left home in 2023 while still...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly condemned the movement of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, around various polling units in Abuja under the guise of “monitoring.” National Publicity Secretary of ADC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said Wike’s “monitoring” exercise, after unilaterally imposing a curfew on potential...