The Police in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have arrested three suspects, Uluko Adukwu, 28, Salisu Aduh, 38, and Adams Halilu, 24 on suspicion of being ritualists. Public Relations Officer, Zone 7 Command, Abuja, SP Istifanus Sunday Bako made this known in a statement in Abuja. He said a team …
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A total of 21 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The suspects, arrested on Tuesday, include Joseph Boniface, Emmaneul Okwara, Elijah Iwebie, Moses Hassan, Abdulrahman Lawal, Azu Chidubem Eugene, Abdullahi Adebola and Elijah Simon. Others are Terfa Lincoln, David Kome, Chukwudah Martinez, …
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Business owners, traders and transporters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are defying the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive on accepting old N500 and N1000 notes as legal tenders 17 hours after the bank’s announcement. DAILY POST reported that the country’s apex bank on Monday bowed to the March 3 …
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A large number of supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Wednesday staged a protest at the Federal Capital Territory, over alleged manipulation of the Saturday election. The protesters who are largely youths, converged at the Unity Fountain Abuja on Wednesday morning to demand the cancellation of …
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One person has been confirmed dead after today’s building collapse in Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja. The structure collapsed at about 11am at 4th Avenue close to H-Medix with many trapped. The three-storey building which has a basement caved in on an unspecified number of workers. The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management …
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A three-storey building under construction in the Gwarimpa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has collapsed with workers trapped, THE WITNESS reports. Witnesses told THE WITNESS correspondent that the building, a shopping mall, which was under construction opposite 7th Avenue Junction, Gwarimpa, collapsed at about 10:18 am on Thursday. …
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The Family of an Abuja-based woman, Mrs Sabina Itodo, who was kidnapped and killed allegedly paid N4m ransom. It Was Gathered that the deceased was abducted alongside her husband and two children on January 4, 2023, in Kogi State. Mrs Sabina, from Enugu State, was said to be returning to Abuja with …
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The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of one Paul Egbon, a patient of the Federal Medical Centre Jabi in Abuja. Two members of the House, Sergius Ogun and Julius Ihonvbere, called for the probe via a motion that was unanimously adopted by the …
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IMMEDIATE past Minister of Transport and former governor of Rivers State, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday graduated from Baze University, Abuja, with a Bachelor of Law, LL.B Degree. The former minister was among the 504 students who graduated from the school in various fields of study, having not only successfully …
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party against the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party, Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi, respectively. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, held that the suit was unknown to law and …
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