The Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Police Force has commenced an investigation into the Thursday morning fatal train crash incident in Kubwa. Recall that an Abuja-bound train crashed into a moving car at Chikakore, in the Kubwa area of Abuja, leading to a breakdown of the train in the early hours of Thursday. […]
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A middle-aged man, identified simply as Ezekiel, was electrocuted while trying to steal a high-tension wire in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory. The incident occurred on Saturday night. A commercial driver, who asked to be identified only as Hassan, told our correspondent on Sunday that Ezekiel sustained severe burns from the incident. […]
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NIGERIA – The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of armed personnel to safeguard stations along the Abuja-Kaduna rail services. The force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday, said the operatives would be drawn from the police mobile force, K-9, force intelligence bureau, explosive ordinance unit and railway police […]
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Nigerians are are likely to face another fuel scarcity as members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Wednesday threatened to pull out its entire workforce from oil and gas installations nationwide in protest of the increasing oil theft and vandalism. Speaking of the development, the President of PENGASSAN, […]
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Bike riders otherwise known as okada riders were on rampage on Sunday afternoon in Abuja as they attacked a housing estate in the Lokogoma area of the city to avenge the reported death of two of their kin. According to reports, over a hundred motorcyclists had attacked the Same Global Estate in the Lokogoma area […]
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The Abuja Federal high court, on Monday issued an arrest warrant against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the UK. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon granted the request after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah, made an oral application. The anti-graft agency said its investigations […]
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The Nigeria Immigration Service has raised an alarm over plans by suspected foreign insurgents to attack the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs. Reports had it that the NIS made this known in a letter dated December 23, 2021, signed by the Land Border Patrol Commander, Edirin Okoto, on behalf of the Acting Comptroller General […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over the strike by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). The strike by the NUEE left areas serviced by the AEDC without power for hours on Monday. The areas serviced by the company are the federal […]
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Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been honoured with four (4) awards including Africa’s Leading Business Hotel for the sixth consecutive year at the 27th annual World Travel Awards. The hotel, which is owned by Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, also won the awards for Nigeria’s Leading Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading […]
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The inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has urged state commissioners to monitor the conduct of police officers deployed to enforce the lock-down order. Recall that on Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a two-week lockdown of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a statement on Thursday, the IGP directed […]
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