Men of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday clashed with some members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), an encounter that reportedly led to the death of one person at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. “He was shot dead while trying to gain access to the Unity Fountain alongside members of the sect,” the […]
Continue Reading
The federal capital territory (FCT) command of Nigeria police force has banned protests and rallies at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. Sadiq Bello, commissioner of police in the FCT, disclosed this on Friday after Deji Adeyanju, an activist, was arrested for allegedly inciting civil unrest. Adeyanju was released at 3:20pm following the intervention of Charles […]
Continue Reading
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it has recorded a fresh case of Lassa fever in the territory, bringing the number of confirmed cases to three within three months. Dr Humphrey Okoroukwu, the Director of Public Health in the Health and Human Services Secretariat in FCT, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Continue Reading
The released Dapchi schoolgirls who were recently set free by Boko Haram insurgents have arrived the presidential villa, Abuja to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. The girls, who were freed on Wednesday, were airlifted to Abuja aboard a military plane from Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Out of the 110 pupils abducted from Government Secondary School Dapchi, […]
Continue Reading
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed that some miscreants on Tuesday hauled stones on the Abuja-Kaduna train. The corporation denied however, the story that the train was attacked by robbers. Mr Yakub Mahmood, the Deputy Director, Public Relations of NRC, said there was no gunmen attack on the train, “but an act of stoning […]
Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the visiting Liberian President, Mr George Weah, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Weah, who is said to be on a “Thank You’’ visit to Nigeria, arrived the Presidential Villa at about 12.33 p.m. Weah was received by […]
Continue Reading
Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye was on Thursday stranded at a high court in Maitama, Abuja. The federal government had earlier arraigned Melaye for allegedly framing up Edward Onoja, chief of staff of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state. The senator was accused of deliberately giving false information to the police that Onoja was involved […]
Continue Reading
Senator representing Kogi West in the upper chamber was on Thursday arraigned before a Federal Court in Abuja for allegedly making false claims about an attempt on his life. Senator Melaye, was granted N100,000 bail, with the case adjourned till March 16 and 17. Mr. Melaye was arraigned by the federal government over a report […]
Continue Reading
When he hosted top members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari asked the party leaders prepare for the 2019 elections. His Speech “I must heartily thank the party officials and members for the successes we have achieved in the 2015 elections in securing […]
Continue Reading
A grieving father, Francis Idoko, a staff of the National Universities Commission (NUC) , on Saturday relived his last moments with his son, Paul, who was killed by a train around Arab area in Kubwa, Abuja on Friday morning. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at his residence located at Arab road, few […]
Continue Reading