Tag: Abuja
Plans underway to launch Cable Light Rail in Lagos, Abuja
Work is in the pipeline for a multi-billion naira Hi-Tech Cable light rail transportation project to debut in Nigeria, as passengers…
Abuja new terminal to be inaugurated in 5 weeks – Minister
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has assured that the new international terminal under construction at the…
Ex-bank worker arrested for stealing N14m from ATM
The Police Command in the FCT has arrested Emmanuel Onuma, 34, for allegedly stealing N14 million from a new generation…
Benin monarch visits Abuja ahead of Prince Charles
The Benin Monarch, Omo N’Oba Ewuare 11, has arrived in Abuja ahead of Prince Charles’ visit to Nigeria. Oba Ewuare,…
American super model, Blac Chyna to ‘shut down’ Abuja
American model Angela Renée White, a.k.a Blac Chyna has announced that she will be visiting Abuja, the nation’s capital, for…
Man sentenced for attempted escape from police custody
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced one John Asahaga, to three months imprisonment for attempting to…
Woman sentenced for insulting a police officer
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced one Faith Kathy to two-month imprisonment for insulting a…
Man jailed for buying stolen cell phone
A Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced 18-year-old Abdulkudus Shuibu, to three months imprisonment for buying a…
Driver jailed for dangerous driving, obstruction
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old driver, Odey Mathe, to eight weeks imprisonment for…
Woman allegedly kidnaps, sells minor for N650,000
The Police on Monday arraigned 48-years-old Akwaja Adaeze, in Wuse Zone 6 Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, for allegedly kidnapping a…
Boko Haram: UN to visit Maiduguri, Bama, Abuja in October
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says a UN joint delegation will visit Maiduguri, Bama and Abuja first week of October,…
Woman jailed for terminating pregnancy
A Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced one Holy Flobert to six months imprisonment for terminating…
2 Nigerian Air Force planes crash
The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed an air accident involving two of its aircraft taking part in the rehearsals for…
Marriage dissolved over husband’s extramarital affairs with maid
A Gudu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday dissolved the 2-year-old marriage between Doyinsola Adebiyi and Adebiyi Kayode, because…
Man remanded for allegedly beating father
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of one Joseph Omonigho in prison custody for…
3 women sentenced to 45 days imprisonment for fighting
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced three women to 45 days imprisonment for fighting and biting…
Man, 45, remanded for abducting 14-year-old minor
A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered the remand of 45-year-old Joseph Ave, who told the court…
Man climbs telecom mast to protest poor economy
A 28-year-old man, Mr Nurudeen Lliyasu, has climbed a telecommunication mast in Abuja, to protest the poor economy in the…
Store keeper burns boss’s credentials for refusing to increase his salary
A 25-year-old store keeper, Abubakar Hussaini, who was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Kubwa Grade 1…
5 men remanded over alleged forgery, importation of prohibited fire arms
An FCT High Court, Apo on Monday on Monday ordered that five men be remanded in Prison for allegedly forgery…
18 people trapped, one dead, as 4-storey building collapses in Abuja
No fewer than 18 people are reportedly trapped under the rubble of a four-storey building which collapsed at Jabi area…
U.S. embassy suspends consular services in Abuja indefinitely
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria says that it has shut down its visa and consular services section in Abuja until…
2 companies sanctioned for marketing calcium sulphate without certificate
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has sanctioned two chemical companies for marketing…
Man ordered to pay ex-wife’s antenatal bills
A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered one Abdullahi Saleh to pay his former wife, Abubakar Rabi’s…
Man sentenced for posing as army officer
A Karmo Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced one Joseph Ogar to 10 months imprisonment for parading as an army…
35 robbery, kidnap suspects arrested in Abuja
The police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested 35 suspects in connection with kidnapping, cultism, armed robbery and…
World witnesses longest Eclipse of the moon, spectacle in Abuja
The longest “blood moon” eclipse this century began on Friday, coinciding with Mars’ closest approach in 15 years to treat…
Man prosecuted for having carnal knowledge of 3 teenage girls
A 29-year-old, Yau Ibrahim, was on Friday brought before an FCT High Court, Apo, for unlawfully having carnal knowledge of…
Cyber crime suspect arrested in Abuja
The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested Oscar Eze, a cyber crime suspect in Abuja.
Buhari returns to Abuja from Netherlands
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a three-day official visit to The Hague, Netherlands, where he delivered a…