•Over 32 injured, 54 arrested •Buhari summons emergency security meeting •IGP decries the incident, warns that 'Enough is Enough' •Shiites give own account of the clash Senator Iroegbu The Nigerian Police has confirmed that the unending protest of the members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as the Shiites
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Borno now safer than Abuja, Zamfara, others, says Shettima
Godsgift Onyedinefu The governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has said that the state which has suffered attack by Boko Haram Terrorists in the last ten years is now safer than many states in Nigeria. Shettima made the declaration when he spoke to the Chairman House Committee on Army, Rima Shawulu and other
Again, police raid Abuja night clubs, arrest 70 women
Nike Adebowale About two weeks after police officers arrested 30 women at different night clubs in Abuja, another 70 women have been arrested. The latest arrests were done on Saturday night and the victims were taken to and detained at a police station, a witness said. Martin Obono, a lawyer and activist, said
NAF takes medical outreach to 4,000 people in Abuja Community
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday conducted one-day medical outreach, for Basa Community in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The NAF spokesperson Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola in a statement said the outreach is in commemoration of the NAF of the 55th Anniversary Celebration. He explained that the outreach catered
The hypocrisy of controversial Abuja “Strippers Club’ raid
Supplementary polls: Police restricts vehicular movement in parts of Abuja
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has imposed restriction on vehicular movement in Bwari, Kuje and Kwali Area Councils of Abuja from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. Deputy Spokesman of the command, ASP Danjuma Tanimu, made this known in a statement on Friday. News Agency of Nigeria
Another tremor hits Abuja
Another tremor measuring 3.0 Mercalli Intensity Scale, MIS, hits Maitama District in Abuja on Thursday as Federal Government despatches rescue and technical teams to the area to ascertain level of impact. This was made known by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, after receiving distress calls from residents in the area. According
Breaking: NAF Pilot dies in Abuja plane crash
•Another successfully ejected Senator Iroegbu The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that one of its pilots died from the collision and crash of two its aircraft at Mpape, Abuja Friday morning. This was announced by the Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola. Daramola however, noted that one of
Graduating Cadets: Make National Interest Your Watchword-AVM Adeluoye
Jude Johnson The Director of Sports, Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Air Vice Marshal Dayo Adeluoye, has charged cadets of the 65 Regular Course (Army) and 66 Regular Course (Navy and Air Force) to put National Interest above all other consideration in the discharge of their duties as officers, upon their graduation from
Panic in Abuja community over severe ground vibration
Residents of Mpape off Maitama district of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT are currently in panic over what they described as ‘ground vibration’. A resident of the area, Mr. Oladimeji Folorunsho told vanguard on Wednesday that tension had started mounting around the area. He said that the unusual occurrence which started