Tag: Abuja
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…
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,…