Tag: Abuja
Confab committee guns down state police
Arguments upon arguments; motions upon motions is what can best describe the process that led to another adjournment on Monday…
APC Condoles With VP Sambo On Brother’s Death
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has commiserated with Vice President Namadi Sambo on the death of his younger brother in…
Fire guts popular orange market in Marraba
Fire on Saturday gutted the popular orange market in Marraba on the outskirt of the Federal Capital Territory. Eyewitnesses told…
Namadi Sambo’s brother dies in car accident
Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo has lost his brother in a car accident in Abuja. Senior Special Assistant on…
Nyanya Blasts: No Relief Yet For Commuters
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja One week after the Nyanya, Abuja bomb blasts that left scores of people dead, commuters on the axis…
Boko Haram leader claims responsibility for Nyanya bombing in new video
The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for a bombing in Nigeria’s capital that killed at…
No mass burial for Nyanya blast victim – FG
Senator Bala Mohammed, FCT Minister has said there would be no mass burial for victims of Monday’s explosion in Nyanya,…
Bomb scare at National Assembly
Legislators and civil servants on Tuesday afternoon vacated the National Assembly Complex in Abuja following a bomb scare around the…
Between Abeokuta And Abuja
By Soyombo Opeyemi On a day the All Progressives Congress, APC, held a hugely successful Congress in all the 236…
UK condemns Abuja bus station bomb attack
The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague has condemned today’s bus station bomb attack at Nyanya in Abuja, which killed…
Saraki urges Jonathan call broadbased meeting on security
Stephen Oni/Ilorin The Chairman of Nigeria’s Senate committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan…
At least 20 dead in Abuja bomb blast
A bomb blast at a bus depot on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja killed at least 20 people…
Nigeria’s capital approves new housing project
The Minister of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, said the city’s authorities had given 1,264.8 hectares of land…
Moro apologises for failed NIS recruitment
Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has apologised to Nigerians over the recent botched Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment. Moro made…
3 Boko Haram suspects for secret trial
A Nigerian Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted an application brought by the Federal Government seeking to conduct…
United Kingdom Cautions Citizens In Abuja
The United Kingdom Foreign Office has advised British citizens in Abuja to maintain ‘heightened vigilance’ following the foiled jailbreak at…
21 dead in Nigeria’s jailbreak attempt
Nigeria’s secret police said on Sunday that 21 detainees died during an attempted escape from custody at its headquarters, with…
SSS foils jailbreak attempt by Boko Haram detainees
An attempt by detained members of Nigeria’s terrorist group, the Boko Haram was foiled today at the headquarters of Nigeria’s…
Gas explosion rocks Abuja
A huge explosion Thursday evening rocked the ever busy Area 1 Shopping Centre in Abuja, shattering windows. The explosion, according…
Oshiomhole blames rot in education sector on poor leadership
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has blamed the rot in the Nigerian education sector on poor leadership over the…
Tight security as Jonathan gets set to open confab
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Security has been beefed up around the Federal Capital Territory as delegates to the National Conference which will…
In pictures: Immigration department’s tragic show of shame
Four pregnant women and three others died in the stampede at the National Stadium in Abuja Saturday as thousands of…
Bomb scare at NNPC headquarters
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Heightened security measures around the four towers of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation headquarters located in the Central Business…
Petrol tanker explodes in Abuja
The MRS filing station on Airport Road, Abuja was on Sunday gutted by fire as a petrol tanker laden with…
How Nigerian cop conspired with vandals to siphon crude oil
A witness in the on-going trial of Dodo Chilla Bulus, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, today February 25, 2014 told…
Nigerian actors meet Jonathan with requests
Members of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN on Tuesday asked President Goodluck Jonathan to sack of chief executives of the…
Reports: Mob attacks suspected gays in Abuja
A mob armed with wooden clubs and iron bars, screaming that they were going to “cleanse” their neighborhood of gay…
Emirates sets August date for daily flights from Kano, Abuja
Leading international carrier, Emirates Airline has said it is set to enhance its operations in Nigeria by launching scheduled daily…
God will overcome Boko Haram, says Onaiyekan
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, on Sunday expressed optimism that Nigeria would overcome the challenges of Boko…