President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja after a four-day official visit to Daura, Katsina State, on Tuesday. Buhari was received at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello; the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; and other top government functionaries.
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The Federal Government on Tuesday met with the university workers in Abuja. The workers under the aegis of Joint Action Committee had last month embarked on a three-day warning strike over the government’s failure to honour the Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties on October 20 last year. The JAC comprise members of the
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The popular Wuse Market in the Wuse district in Abuja has been shut down on the orders of a mobile court over violations of the presidential regulations on COVID-19. The court also shut, in the same breath another popular shopping arcade, UTC and the Murg Shopping Plaza, while 100 persons arrested for violating the regulations
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Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday arrested six members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in Abuja for alleged involvement in a violent protest. The spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, Mariam Yusuf, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the Shiites members destroyed public property and
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Fire on Friday afternoon razed the Yakazuwa Market in the Gwarimpa area of Abuja. Goods worth several millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno which started from a store at about 3:00 p.m. before it spread to other shops in the market. However, the cause of the fire has not been ascertained. Firefighters and
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A Major-General, Olu Irefin, the Genera Officer Commanding (GOC) six division, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, has died of complications from coronavirus (COVID-19). The General was attending the ongoing Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 2020 in Abuja before he took ill and died, The Cable reports. Recall the Nigerian Army was forced to abruptly cancel the
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Aprivate radio station, LOVE FM, 104.5 located at Mpape, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has been razed by fire. According to a worker, who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters, she said she left the station a few minutes before the inferno started. It was gathered that it took the men of FCT
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The N81 million bill to cut Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja has been rejected by the sports ministry. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, revealed this in a tweet on Sunday. The minister explained that fund was not available, adding that there would be an outcry if Nigerians were told that
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A magistrate court sitting in Abuja has remanded six persons, who participated in the #ENDSARS protest in front of the National Assembly in Abuja at a correctional center until January 25, 2021. It was gathered that some ENDSARS protesters arrested on Friday in Abuja was denied bail by the magistrate. Recall that on Friday, Omoyele
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Not fewer than 20 youths in Abuja have taken to the streets again to protest against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police force unit over alleged killings of innocent Nigerians. A group of #EndSARS protesters were seen demonstrating against police brutality on Sunday. It was gathered that youths about 20 visited the Nnamdi
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In the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests, hoodlums have been attacking and looting malls, shops and warehouses across the countryAnother palliative warehouse was invaded by Hoodlums Monday morning after breaking into another warehouse in Gwagwalada, in Gwagwalada Area Council of FCT. It was gathered that the warehouse, near West African Examination Council (WAEC) office, is
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Tension in the city of Abuja as suspected hoodlums attacked the Dutse Makaranta Police Station , Kubwa , Abuja , set It ablaze. It was also confirmed that The station and a church were said to have been razed during a clash between security operatives and hoodlums on Tuesday . The incident was also said
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Despite several warnings and advise from well meaning Nigerians that soldiers should not be deployed to streets in Nigeria until the demands of #ENDSARS protesters are taken care of, soldiers today were seen in Abuja placing themselves in strategic places. Recall that Nigerian army had promised to launch ‘exercise Crocodile smile’, an operation that would
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The ongoing protest against brutality and extra-judicial killing by the dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian Police, has taken a twist in Abuja with the demonstrators holding a candlelight procession for victims that were killed by the law enforcement agency. On Friday, the demonstrators tagged EndSARS protesters were seen holding procession
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A Policeman has been arrested for killing a 19-year old, Jonah Samson, in Abuja Jonah was allegedly shot and killed by the unidentified policeman on Saturday in the Apo area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Police spokesman ASP Yusuf Mariam said the Commissioner of Police, CP Bala Ciroma, has ordered an investigation into the
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