A building earlier sealed by the Department of Development Control has collapsed on Abidjan Street, Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, with emergency agencies commencing search and rescue operations. The FCT Police Command said it received a distress call concerning the incident at about 7:45pm on Monday. A statement by the command’s …
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A former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, has been handed down a jail term of eight years, over offences bordering on fraud and corruption. He was sentenced on Monday by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who found him guilty in all the nine …
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mary Ikoku, has said the forthcoming party convention represents a critical moment for strengthening Nigeria’s democratic institutions and political stability. Speaking during an interview on Arise News, Ikoku, the Assistant Secretary of the Media and Publicity committee of the convention, noted that …
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The United States Embassy in Nigeria has cancelled all visa appointments scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, 2026, citing a high potential for protests in Abuja amid escalating hostilities between the United States and Iran. In a statement posted on its website on Wednesday, the Embassy warned of “Potential Demonstrations” in …
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Low voter turnout and delays with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System at various polling units in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, disrupted the conduct of the FCT Area Council elections. At Polling Unit 044, LEA Primary School, Kubwa II, only about 50 voters had been accredited and had cast their votes …
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THE Police on Tuesday arraigned two men, Rilwan Garba and Michael Genesis, in a Life Camp Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly receiving stolen phones. The police charged Garuba, 20, and Genesis, 26, both of Efab Queens Estate Galadima with joint act and receiving stolen property. The Prosecution counsel, Mrs Charity …
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Dr Ike Odenigwe, the Managing Director of Centenary City, Abuja, has called on foreign investors to explore opportunities in the Centenary City project. Truthng reports that the project was initiated towards the end of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2014. The 18.5 billion dollar project was designed to create …
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THE Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, granted bail to Mrs Veronica Ekeh, who is standing trial for alleged human trafficking, setting the bail amount at N10 million. The court, however, remanded her husband, who is also standing trial with her on the same allegations, in prison. The trial judge, …
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A trader, Rhonda Shabaya, and a fashion designer, Nambam Lucky, were docked in a Life Camp Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly assaulting their neighbour. The police charged Shabaya , 40, and Lucky, 32, both of Jabi Dakibiyu Abuja, with criminal conspiracy criminal trespass, mischief and assault. The prosecution counsel, …
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A housewife, Khadijat Mustapha, has approached an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja seeking the dissolution of her twenty-four-year-old marriage to her husband, Mahmuda Adamu on grounds of lack of love and affection. Mustapha told the court that she got married to Adamu, according to Islamic laws in the year …
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