Tag: Abuja
Many Abuja residents flout COVID-19 protocols
More than eight months after the emergence of the novel Coronavirus in Nigeria, many people no longer observe the safety…
FCT Abuja bans street protests to stop #EndSARS
Street protests and demonstrations have been banned in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Security Committee announced today.
Police nab Yahoo Yahoo man posing as Hajiya Kulu, Abba Kyari’s wife
A 58-year-old man has been arrested by the police for impersonating Hajiya Kulu Kyari, wife of Abba Kyari,the late chief…
NAPTIP head office closes down for COVID-19 decontamination, workers go on leave
Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has ordered the closure of the agency’s…
Gunmen kill Abuja pharmacist Sunday Ike, then steal his car
Unidentified gunmen have killed a pharmacist Mr Sunday Ike, in Gwarimpa area of Abuja. He was shot in the head…
ECOWAS Court delivers judgment Monday in $529K claim case
The ECOWAS Court of Justice will, on Monday, deliver judgement in the wrongful eviction case filed by Dr Rose Mbatomon…
Engineer Success Desmond docked for forging dad’s death certificate
A 38-year-old telecoms engineer, Success Desmond, on Monday appeared in a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly…
CP assures free movement of food, agric inputs in FCT
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Bala Ciroma, on Tuesday promised free movement of food and agricultural…
Day COVID-19 landed on my doorstep: Journalist Danisa’s story
Journalist Moji Danisa shared the experience of her family with COVID-19 in Abuja, where there has been an explosion in…
Motherhood and the society
In the just concluded Mother’s Day celebration, it was all glitz and glamour as usual. Mothers receiving all the love…
Stay away: Abuja shuts out FG workers in states
Abuja authorities have ordered federal workers residing outsidethe city to remain in their states of residence pending the lifting of…
JUST IN: Abuja discharges three more Coronavirus patients
Another three Coronavirus patients have been discharged in Abuja after they tested negative twice,
Buhari extends lockdown of Lagos, Abuja, Ogun by 14 days
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday extended by 14 days the lockdown of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun as a result of…
Another four Coronavirus patients recover in Abuja, discharged
Another four Coronavirus patients have recovered in Abuja, Nigeria and have been discharged.
Seven Coronavirus patients recover in Abuja
Seven Coronavirus patients have recovered in Abuja and discharged after testing negative for the disease twice.
Lockdown rules relaxed for markets, supermarkets, food stores in Lagos, Abuja
The Federal Government has relaxed open and close rules for markets, supermarkets and food stores in Lagos, Abuja FCT and…
JUST IN: Abuja reports 3 new cases of coronavirus, Lagos 1
Four new cases of coronavirus have been announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In a tweet at 8pm,…
Abuja warns car wash businesses to stop using piped water
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has banned the use of piped water for car wash business, its spokesman, Mr Segun…
Abuja’s isolation centre for coronavirus cases still under construction
Nigeria's capital Abuja has no isolation centre yet for possible cases of coronavirus, as the facility being built at the…
Abuja not ready for Coronavirus outbreak – Senate President
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has asked the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to immediately release the sum of…
Court finds Metuh guilty of N400m money laundering
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday found the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP's former Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh guilty of…
Police, robbers in shoot-out in Abuja, 2 killed
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday killed two suspects during exchange of fire with armed…
Aso Rock Director assassinated
Ms. Laetitia Naankang Dagan, an Assistant Director at the State House, Abuja was on Monday night assassinated by unidentified persons…
Earth tremor? Not in Abuja, says geological agency
The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency has called on the public to disregard reports in some quarters that there was an…
Developing story: Robbers holed up in Abuja bank
Some robbers are now holed up in an Abuja first generation bank in Mpape area of the Nigerian capital.
Five Internet fraudsters jailed in Abuja
Justice A.O. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Bwari, has convicted five Abuja-based internet fraudsters to different…
Maina looking pensive, sickly in court
Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), was, on Thursday, wheeled into Court 6, Federal High Court, Abuja, where…
Winner emerges in BBC Hausa short story competition
A winner has emerged in the 2019 BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Competition.
Fear grips civil servants as IPPIS deadline approaches
Hundreds of workers at Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, waited for…
Abuja thieves target Toyota, Mazda cars
Do you live in Abuja and drive a Toyota or Mazda vehicle? An extra security measure could save you the…