By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has petitioned the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Inspector-General of Police to investigate and prosecute musician King Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as KWAM1 or K1 De Ultimate, over an incident involving ValueJet. The incident occurred on Tuesday during...
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC, has successfully launched the National Broadband Mapping System in Abuja. The three-day event was held this week , from August 5-6, 2025.
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud has reaffirmed the Administration’s commitment to strengthening health services by investing in infrastructure, workforce development, and enhanced collaboration among healthcare professionals. The Minister gave this commitment at the maiden summit of the Dental Technologists Registration Board of...
Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba, has reaffirmed the Anglican Communion’s stance against LGBTQ at the 14th edition of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Chancellors, Registrars and Legal Officers Conference (ACRLOC) in Abuja. He spoke on the topic ” _The Decade of the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the licenses of two Value Jet pilots due to a safety breach at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The suspension was announced in a statement by NCAA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- FCT Police Command has announced the results of Operation Sweep Abuja, a security operation launched on July 7 in the Federal Capital Territory. FCT Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale, in a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja said the operation led to the impounding of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted a truck loaded with suspected vandalised street light poles. According to FCT Commandant Olusola Odumosu, the truck was en route to Kano before it was intercepted by the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has clarified the FCT Administration’s decision to revoke land allocations at the Abuja Technology Village, stating that the move was essential to pave the way for the ambitious Abuja City Walk project, modeled after the renowned...
Captain of Nigeria’s D’Tigress, Amy Okonkwo, had declared that the team’s unprecedented Afrobasket success will motivate young girls worldwide to pursue basketball with passion. Speaking at a State House reception hosted by President Bola Tinubu on Monday, Okonkwo celebrated the team’s fifth consecutive and seventh overall Afrobasket title, secured...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged $100,000 to each of the 12 D’Tigress players and $50,000 to each member of the technical crew following their victory over Mali to secure a historic fifth consecutive title at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship in Abidjan, Côte...
One month ago, in Abuja, a small circle of friends, literary enthusiasts, human rights activists, politicians, public intellectuals and thinkers gathered to listen to Chidi Odinkalu read from his latest offering, The Selectorate: When Judges Topple the People. It was a private reading, but the ideas Chidi graciously espoused belong...
Hundreds of retired soldiers have taken to the streets of Abuja to demand the immediate payment of their outstanding entitlements, including gratuity, parking allowance, and Security Debarment Allowance (SDA). The protesters, who were first and second quarter voluntary discharged soldiers of 2023, barricaded the main gate of the Federal...
Husband of Mrs. Patricia Anaele, a school nurse allegedly killed by a security guard at Clear Hope Foundation Academy in Abuja, has come forward to reveal the shocking details surrounding her death. According to Mr. Emmanuel Anaele, his wife was murdered in cold blood, contrary to initial reports suggesting...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has been conferred with the Northeast Governor of the Year Award. The award presentation was conducted at the Progressive Digital Summit Dinner held over the weekend in Abuja. The maiden digital summit, 2025, celebrates exemplary stewardship and innovative...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced that the recent turmoil within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been resolved for the time being, following the defection of key figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Speaking at a media briefing...
Less than 72 hours after his reported resignation, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, was on Monday morning sighted in his office. He was said to resumed in his office at the NNPCL Towers, in the Central Business District,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives conducting intelligence-led stop and search operations in Gwarimpa, Jahi, and Galadimawa areas of the FCT has arrested three dispatch riders for distributing illicit substances around the city. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- FCT Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a 55-year-old caregiver, Mrs. Chinyere Anaene, and a one-year-and-two-month-old toddler, Nanenter Yese, entrusted to her care. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the command, on July 23,...
Federal Executive Council (FEC), chaired by President Bola Tinubu, has approved contracts totaling over ₦1 trillion to bolster electricity supply in universities and hospitals and upgrade aviation infrastructure nationwide, as announced following Thursday’s FEC meeting at the State House, Abuja. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, revealed that ₦68.7...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday charged state governors to prioritise the welfare of Nigerians by investing more in their future, putting more money in rural electrification, agricultural mechanisation, poverty eradication and infrastructure. President Tinubu spoke on Thursday in an address at a meeting of the National Economic Council...