Tag: Abuja
Nigerian gays plan protest in Abuja
Simon Ateba Nigerian gays and lesbians, under the aegis of ‘The Right Defense’, are daring President Goodluck Jonathan, and would…
Ewelike, President Jonathan’s photographer shot
Gunmen have shot Mr Callistus Ewelike, President Goodluck Jonathan’s photographer and staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The…
Abuja comes alive for U-13 boys tourney
Taiwo Adelu The national finals of the 2013 NFF U-13 Football Championship will start in Abuja, the Nigerian capital on…
FG repatriates 80 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia
The first batch of 80 Nigerians of the 508 scheduled to be repatriated from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country…
Kidnapper of 6-year old boy jailed 5 years
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in the Nigerian Federal Capital territory, Abuja on Tuesday sentenced one Umar Goni to five years’…
Jonathan, EFCC not fighting corruption, says Tambuwal
Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday, said President Goodluck Jonathan led executive branch of government…
Fuel tanker explosion rocks Nigerian capital
Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja An explosion which could be heard many kilometers away resulted in uncontrolled panic in Nigeria’s Federal Capital…
Man, 28, jailed for stealing 7 pairs of shoes from mosque
A lower court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has sentenced a 28 year old man to four months in…
In Pictures: APC Protests Anambra Poll Fraud
Leaders of the APC today in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, defied a denial of police permit to protest the 16…
Police confirm attack on aviation minister’s car
The Nigerian Police Command on Monday in Abuja confirmed that gunmen fired shots at the car of the Minister of…
Jonathan, Mark counsel African parliamentarians at summit
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday in Abuja that to institutionalise political stability in Africa, democracy must evolve within the…
Oshiomhole, Okorocha, Shettima head APC committees
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated three committees on contact, funds raising and mobilisation to assist…
Justice Ayo Salami: Tributes To His Integrity
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Stakeholders in the judiciary and the legal practice as well as politicians from across political parties…
BMW scandal: Campaigner for aviation minister’s resignation arrested
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian activist, Dino Melaye has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja as he led a…
Court Rejects Bid To Reduce Law School Fees
A Federal High Court siting in Abuja and presided by the Chief Judge, Justice Ibrahim Auta, on Thursday struck out…
Adamawa Governor’s Lodge in Abuja sealed off
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The FCT Administration in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja on Saturday sealed off the Adamawa state Governor’s…
ICPC arrests 17 fake corps members
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested seventeen fake Youth Corp Members at the NYSC…
EFCC, ICPC to get direct funding, says Senator Lar
Chairman, Senate Committee on Drug, Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Senator Victor Lar, has disclosed that the National Assembly will amend…
Nigeria: Only Six Super Eagles in camp for Ethiopia
Only one foreign-based and five home-based players were in camp on Monday a day after Nigeria’s Super Eagles opened camp…
Nigeria not a mistake, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday declared that the amalgamation of Nigeria by Lord Lugard was not a mistake and called…
Drama In Court As Accused Refuses To Return To Prison
A mild drama was enacted at the Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Monday, as an…
Boko Haram, SSS battle near Senators’ Quarters in Abuja
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Department of State Security Services,(SSS) said it arrested 12 suspected members of the militant sect, Boko Haram,…
FG to buy 30 buses for Federal civil servants
The Nigeria federal government on Wednesday approved the purchase of 30 33-seater buses for transportation of civil servants in the…
UK court sees video of Ibori’s palatial home in Abuja
The confiscation hearing of the assets of former Nigerian governor, James Onanefe Ibori continued in London today, with the court…
Tribunal Orders Fresh Census In 14 Lagos LGs
The National Census Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital has ordered fresh census in 14 Local Government Areas in Lagos…
Heavy Security Ahead Of PDP’s Convention
Hundreds of well armed policemen have been deployed around Eagle Square, Abuja the venue of tomorrow’s mini convention of Peoples…
Jonathan Opens NFF Headquarters Tomorrow
A new chapter is crafted in Nigeria football history as President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR) will on Thursday inaugurate the brand-new…
ICC indicted Sudan’s Bashir heads to Nigeria for AIDS talks
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir travelled on Sunday to a health summit in Nigeria, official media said, after Human Rights Watch…
EFCC loses hold on ex-governor Sylva’s properties
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court siting in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has declined an application brought…