Tag: Abuja
Pictures: Buhari congratulates new IGP Ibrahim Kpotun Idris
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday 21 June met with the new acting Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Kpotun Idris at…
FCTA cuts water supply to Abuja
The FCT Administration (FCTA) said it would shut down water supply to Gudu and Apo Legislators Quarters areas to repair…
Pictures: Buhari hosts service chiefs, IGP to Ramadan/Farewell dinner
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday June 20 hosted service chiefs to the Ramadan breaking of fast and farewell dinner for…
Buhari challenges State House reporter to a wrestling bout
To convince Nigerians that he’s fully recuperated and strong, President Muhammadu Buhari who arrived the country on Sunday after spending…
President Buhari returns to Abuja after a successful vacation in London
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a successful vacation in London. The presidential plane carrying the president landed…
PDP Crisis: IG holds meeting with Sheriff, Makarfi
In a bid to find a lasting solution to the protracted crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), the Inspector-General…
Buhari extends vacation by 5 more days
President Muhammadu Buhari is no longer arriving the country today as scheduled. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed on Thursday that…
Dariye’s Trial: Defence makes u-turn, shelves no-case submission
The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, continued on Tuesday before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of a…
Arms Deal: I was given N650m to buy property for Badeh- Witness
The ongoing trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (retd.) by the…
Ex-Gov Nyame deposited N180m to buy house in Abuja – Witness
An operative of EFCC, DSP Ibrahim Galadima, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court, Gudu, that ex-Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame,…
Okah’s Trial: Court rules on confessional statement June 16
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday fixed June 16 for ruling on admissibility of the alleged confessional statement of…
Pictures: Buhari hosts national assembly members to a dinner
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted members of the National Assembly to a presidential dinner to mark Democracy Day at…
Armed operatives take over PDP secretariat
Armed security personnel have sealed the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, Channels television reports.…
Atiku to set up animal feeds factory in Abuja
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Friday announced that he would establish an animal feeds factory in Abuja as part of…
Police arrest, release Giwa after inauguration of factional FA chairmen
Men of the FCT Police Command on Friday in Abuja arrested and released Chris Giwa after the inauguration of factional…
ntel opens more outlets in Abuja, unveils unlimited data offer
…subscribers to get unlimited data for 3 months ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network provider, has announced a new offer…
President Buhari receives rescued Chibok and her 4-month old baby
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the rescued Chibok schoolgirl Amina Ali and her 4-month old baby inside the Presidential…
Abuja, Ogun workers ignore NLC strike
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja, Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta: Majority of the workers in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory and Abeokuta, Ogun State, ignored the…
FG to concession Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kano airports
The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says the Federal Government will concession the Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and…
FIRS shuts more firms in Lagos, Abuja
The enforcement unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), on Friday continued its closure of big companies in Lagos…
Lagos gets 379 PMS trucks, Abuja 187, Bayelsa 6 – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said a total of 1,082 truck of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) were loaded and…
Fuel scarcity: DPR seals four petrol stations in Abuja
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed four petrol stations in Abuja for hoarding, under dispensing and other sharp…
AEDC to spend $200m on mass metering project
The Managing Director of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Mr Neil Croucher, on Thursday, said that the company would spend…
Dasuki’s detention stalls trial in Abuja court
The detention of the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) since December 2015 which has prevented him from…
Queues reduce in Abuja as NNPC pumps petrol
The fuel supply and distribution situation has drastically improved in Abuja and its environs as the long fuel queues have…
#FCTDecides: Two injured, 500 ballot papers missing in Kwali
Some youths in Bako Village in Kwali Area Council of the FCT on Saturday went on rampage, following the discovery…
By Thursday there would be no queues in Abuja, Lagos – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has reiterated the commitment of NNPC to end the lingering fuel…
Abuja court jails two men for stealing fish
A Gudu Upper Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory on Monday sentenced two men to six weeks each in…
AFCON 2017: Eagles arrive like orphans in Abuja
Taiwo Adelu Like the popular saying that “failure is an orphan”, Nigeria’s Super Eagles returned from Cairo, Egypt early on…
Abuja, Nigeria becomes Uber’s 400th city to launch
Today, Abuja becomes the 400th city to in Uber’s growing global network. With the launch of Uber, an innovative technology…