A couple, Mr Ambrose and Mrs Mercy Akinmoluwayan, were in a joyous mood while dedicating their set of twins after 16 years of delayed childbearing. The couple spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during this…
BREAKING: COVID-19 contractors protest in Abuja
There is tension in Abuja as contractors that supplied COVID-19 medical equipment and items to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) are protesting partial payment of money owed them since 2019. They are blocking the entrance gate of the FCT…
Appeal court fixes thursday to rule on Nnamdi Kanu’s case
The Court of Appeal, Abuja will deliver judgment in the case between the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and the Federal Government on Thursday. Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor made this known on Wednesday in a…
ASUU’s lawyer reassures Nigerians on resumption
Lawyer to the striking university lecturers, Mr. Femi Falana yesterday night reassured Nigerians of an end to the eight months industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU). Falana, who gave the reassurance while speaking on the…
Police in Kano arrest suspected Kuje jail break escapee
The Nigeria Police in Kano. Saturday announced the arrest of one Abubakar Mohammed Sadiq, suspected to have escaped from Kuje prison in Abuja. during the recent jailbreak A statement issued by the Command’s pokesperson, Supritendent Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa at the…
FG sues Meta, seeks N30b penalty
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria says it has lodged a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms) and its agent AT3 Resources Limited at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division. According to a…
Pay N8m ransom or we bring your son into kidnapping, bandits warn Abuja monarch
Abuja—Marauding bandits, who two weeks ago abducted 17 persons in the remote community of Tekpeshe in Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, have threatened the village head, to pay a ransom of N8 million for his son’s release…
We are investigating murder of Abuja musician, 4 others — Police
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has said it is investigating the killing/murder of a popular musician based in Abuja, Chop Boii, aka Sempek, and his producer as well as two others in the Gwarimpa, area of Abuja. Spokesperson…
Kaigama to Nigerians: Elect competent, God-fearing president in 2023
The Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama has advised Nigerians not make the mistake of electing a mediocre as the next president of the country in the 2023 election. Rather, he said the electorate should…
Nigerians kick as don allegedly assaults police orderly
Nigerians on Thursday faulted the deployment of police orderly for the protection of a university professor after the officer was allegedly assaulted by the don. The female officer, who was assigned to a female professor identified as one Dike Zainab,…