Catholics in Nigeria, on Tuesday took to the streets in major cities across the country to protest the killing of innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen. Large number of protesters were seen in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, Edo, Delta and other major cities in the country. In Lagos, over 5,000 Catholic faithful have stormed Alausa, the Lagos […]
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The FCT Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 60 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in the territory during a violent protest on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the group defied warning from the police and staged the violent protest to demand for the release of […]
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A violent clash between members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), better known as Shi’ites, with officers of the Nigeria police force at the federal secretariat, Abuja, on Monday led to destruction of some police vans. The Shi’ites, were protesting against the continued detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, their leader when they confronted the officers. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from London, United Kingdom, a day before he was scheduled to return from his medical trip. His plane landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 6:47pm. Mr Buhari was in london to for medical reasons on the request of his doctor, the presidency said. A tweet from […]
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says there is no cholera outbreak recorded in the territory. Humphrey Okoroukwu, Director Public Health of Health and Human Service Secretariat, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. Mr Okoroukwu described the purported outbreak of cholera as false and […]
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Friday arrested one Hafeez Abdulsalam, a suspected trafficker in the South-West who specialises in trafficking young girls to Saudi Arabia. NAPTIP’s Assistant Director of Intelligence, Investigation and Monitoring, Ms Tina Ugwu told NAN after the operation that Abdulsalam had been on NAPTIP’s watch […]
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The Presiding Judge at a federal high court in Abuja, Nnamdi Dimgba, has ordered an interim forfeiture of two houses allegedly linked to Patience Jonathan, former first lady. He dismissed Jonathan’s objection to the application for lacking in merit. Situated at Plot No. 1960, Cadastral Zone A05, Maitama District, and Plot No. 1350, Cadastral Zone […]
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The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja, presented a cheque of N135 million to victims and family members of the Sept. 18, 2013 killings of some squatters in an uncompleted building in Apo, Abuja. It will be recalled that operatives of the Department of State Security Services, (DSS), allegedly acting on intelligence, raided the building […]
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The Police in FCT on Monday clashed with members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria after they stormed the National Human Rights Commission demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the police had on April 16 arrested 115 members of the sect during a violent protest in the territory. […]
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The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday, said it arrested 115 Shiite members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria ( IMN) during a violent protest in Abuja. The police also debunked stories in the social media that some lives were lost. “No life was lost in the violent protest as the […]
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