Tag: Abuja
#EndSARS: Protesters defy ban, block Abuja airport road
Residents of Abuja today, defied the ban placed on protests in the city by the Federal Capital Territory Authority, FCTA, who blamed a possible [...]
Two isolation centres in Abuja shut due to lack of patients
Authorities in Abuja have shut two of the four isolation centres that cater for coronavirus patients in the Nigerian capital. The isolation [...]
10 people including children abducted in Abuja suburb
The Nigeria Police have confirmed that at least 10 people were abducted in Tungan Maje, a suburb of Abuja early Thursday.
A resident had sent out a [...]
Security beef up in FCT, others over terrorists’ threat
Security agencies have stepped up surveillance of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the two contiguous states of Nasarawa and Kogi to forest [...]
Naira Marley dragged to court over Abuja concert, fined N200,000
Controversial singer, Azeez Fashola, more popularly known as Naira Marley, was on Thursday, August 6, taken to the Lagos State Special Offences Court [...]
Gunmen storm Abuja community, abduct residents
An unidentified number of persons were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Abaji in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja in the early hours of Thursd [...]
Man arrested for defiling four-year old daughter in Abuja
A 35-year-old man, Onyebuchi Ezema, was yesterday arraigned before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja High Court for allegedly raping his four-y [...]
Baby dies after falling from Abuja hospital’s top floor
A three-month-old baby has died after falling from the first floor of the Garki General Hospital, Abuja, ThePunch is reporting.
It was learnt that [...]
Naira Marley breaks lock down rules again for Abuja concert
Amidst the rising coronavirus cases in Nigeria, many residents of flouted the covid-19 lock down rules to attend a concert headlined by Azeez Fashola, [...]
How 3 brothers lured Abuja-based widow through Facebook, murdered her
Three brothers have been arrested over the abduction of Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya, a 55-year-old widow who was murdered after honouring the invitation of [...]