Abuja
LABOUR UNION PULLS DOWN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY’S GATE
Labour Union protesters pull down national assembly’s gate and force their way into the premises in Abuja Members of organized labour who are currently protesting in Abuja have forcefully pulled down the main gate of the National Assembly to gain entry into the complex. Armed policemen stationed at the entrance had locked the gate to …
TINUBU AND ATIKU LACKS 25% IN ABUJA FCT – PDP WITNESS
A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has testified in court that both the party’s candidate and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not qualified to be declared as president because they didn’t get 25 percent number of total votes in the Federal Capital …
Hoodlums on looting spray as fire guts Next Cash and Carry supermarket in Abuja
One of Abuja’s foremost supermarket, Next Cash and Carry, a supermarket in the federal capital territory (FCT), has been gutted by fire. According to witnesses, the fire started around 8am on Sunday. However despite the raging fire, eye witness say that looting is ongoing at the supermarket while the inferno rages on. Ugo Huan, spokesperson …
#EndSARS: Protesters Demand to See IGP at Abuja Police HQ
The #EndSARS protesters on Thursday stormed the Abuja Police Headquarters demanding to see the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu.
Several people narrowly escape death as truck rams into Abuja Central Market
Several people escaped death today in Kubwa, Abuja as a tipper truck rammed into multiple vehicles.
Ex-public official accused of corruption forfeits 48 properties
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, ordered the interim forfeiture of 48 choice properties, allegedly belonging to the former chairperson of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Funds, NSITF, Ngozi Olejeme. The affected properties are spread across the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Bayelsa, Enugu, Edo and Delta states. Mrs Olejeme …
Abuja airport re-opens amidst strict COVID-19 safety protocols
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Saturday, re-opened for business with passengers duly screened, in line with safety protocols following the Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic. The airport also witnessed strict compliance to other safety measures, aimed at curtailing the spread of the virus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that provisions were made for …
Man gets 5 strokes of cane for stealing 6 pieces of fish
A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that 20-year-old Labahani Yusuf, be given five strokes of the cane for stealing six pieces of fish. The judge, Mohammed Marafa, however, warned Yusuf, charged with criminal trespass and theft to be of good behaviour and desist from committing crime. Earlier, the prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, …
Court nullifies Omo-Agege’s suspension
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, nullified the suspension of Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege and declared it unconstitutional. Justice Nnamdi Dimbga while delivering judgment in the suit filed by Omo-Agege challenging his suspension from the Senate, held that the reason given by the Senate and the Senate President for suspending Omo-Agege was unconstitutional. “While the …
Sex-for-marks: Monica Osagie to expose Prof. before panel
Miss Monica Osagie, the student who alleged that a don at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun, demanded sex from her for marks has appeared on Tuesday before an investigative committee set up by the university authorities. Osagie, a postgraduate student in the Masters of Business programme, had released a recorded telephone conversation, which …
