Abuja
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The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) has launched the '10 for 10 campaign', an ambitious drive to convert 10,000 commercial vehicles in Abuja and Lagos in 10 weeks. The campaign was announced by the PCNGI on Friday in a statement shared on its official X account. "From Thursday, January 16th, to March 31st, 2025,…
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The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Mahmud Kambari, has stressed that Nigeria will continue to strengthen its institutional and technical capacity to respond to the transparency requirements of the Paris Agreement. Kambari made the assertion at a workshop organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Global Environment Facility-funded projects in…
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The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) on Wednesday honoured the courage, selfless service and unwavering dedication of men and women of the military. Dr. Emeka Obegolu, President, ACCI, in his message while commemorating the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the military had stood as guardians of the nation.…
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken steps to cut the demand and supply chain of vandalised manhole and gully inlets covers on FCT roads. Mr Adamu Gwary, Director, Department of Security Services, FCT Administration, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. NAN recalls that…
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The FCT Police Command operatives have intercepted a J-5 bus transporting 59 kids in a truck to Nasarawa State. FCT Police boss, CP Tunji, who gave details of the arrest, noted that the kids are aged between 4 and 12 years old. The CP stated that preliminary investigations revealed that the children, who came from…
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has launched a major offensive against criminals targeting public infrastructure, with a series of raids across the city yielding significant results. The operation, which is part of a broader effort to improve public safety, has seen police officers conduct daily raids on known criminal hotspots. These include areas…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, ordered the release of Bashir Hadejia, an aide to the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, while he was Governor of Zamfara, unconditionally. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, described Hadejia’s arrest and subsequent detention since Aug. 12, 2024, without being charged to court, as unlawful…
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The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on Monday called for alternative funding beyond budgetary allocations to improve Nigeria’s road infrastructure. FERMA’s Managing Director, Mr. Emeka Agbasi, said this during the Convocation Lecture of the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) in Abuja. Agbasi also underscored the need for increased investment in road infrastructure to…
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the military expects bountiful harvest as they commence the 2025 budget defence before the National Assembly. Musa said this at the Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day 2025 Regimental and Award Night for Officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, on Monday in Abuja. He…
13 Jan
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officially unveiled Éric Sékou Chelle as the new head coach of the Super Eagles at a ceremony
13 Jan
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has banned scavengers from operating in the territory. The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Olatunji Disu, announced the ban while briefing newsmen after the FCT Security Committee Meeting in Abuja on Monday. Disu said that the scavengers were allowed to operate only on dumpsites located in the outskirts of…
13 Jan
Senator Sam Anyanwu has resumed his role as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by returning to his office at the party's national secretariat in Abuja. Addressing reporters after his personal staff received him around 10:56am, Anyanwu dismissed a statement credited to the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba. The PDP spokesperson…
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Yagba Action Group (YAG), a non-partisan socio-political body consisting of professionals and technocrats from Yagba Federal Constituency, Kogi State has commiserated with the member, Federal House of Representatives for Yagba Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Customs and Excise, Hon Leke Abejide over the demise of his Senior Legislative Aide, Barrister Kunle Adeniyi. Adeniyi,…
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Eintracht Frankfurt overcame the imminent departure of in-form Omar Marmoush to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at home on Friday, heaping more misery on the slumping visitors. Frankfurt, who cut Manchester City target Marmoush from the matchday squad just hours before kickoff, were clinical and controlled. Striker Hugo Ekitike put Frankfurt in front early and Dortmund…
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BARELY 72 hours to his inauguration, the United States of America's President-elect, Donald Trump, has declared that the nation would resolve its differences with China to foster development and global peace. Trump, on his X Handle on Friday, revealed that he was on a mutual phone conversation with the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, adding that…
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Justice M. A Hassan of Federal high court, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), division, has restrained the Boniface Aneibonam led faction of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) from conducting local, state, and zonal congresses as well as state convention in the name of the party. In an exparte motion instituted by NNPP, National Chairman Dr. Ajuji…
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Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Friday in connection with a graft scandal that sparked an economic crisis in his home country. Chang, 69, was convicted in a US court in August for his role in the so-called "hidden debt" scandal that saw the Mozambican…
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The First Lady of Kwara State, Ambassador Olufolake AbdulRasaq, has urged equal access to quality education for every child, irrespective of socio-economic background. AbdulRasaq made the appeal at a lecture organised by the Havilah Foundation in collaboration with Chidimma. titled: “The Need for Girl-Child Education.” The event, held at Tanke Secondary School Ilorin, saw the…
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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC Bishop Stephen Adegbite has paid a condolence visit to the widow of late Jerusalem Pilgrim, Pastor, Magistrate Olasanmi Ogunkanmi at their Ikorodu residence in Lagos on Friday, 17th January, 2025. The Executive Secretary sympathised with Mrs Ogunkanmi over the sudden demise of her husband, Magistrate…
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US law enforcement agents carried out exercises using barbed wire and concrete blocks Friday at a crossing on the border with Mexico as tensions crept up ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Vehicle crossings on an international bridge connecting Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas were halted for about 40 minutes while US Customs and…
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Calabar Municipal Council in Cross River State has introduced a new payment system for revenue collect and other payments to the local council. The new automated payment platform is to make payments easier and revenue collection more convenient. This was introduced barely a week after the council chairman, Apostle James Anam, terminated all revenue collection…
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Citizens' Gavel Foundation for Social Justice (GAVEL) and Asabe Waziri Justice Advocacy Initiative (AWJAI) have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun demanding transparency over the investigation into the alleged killings of three persons by one Inspector Wilson Collins in Abuja. The incident, which occurred on August 26, 2024, involved Collins allegedly shooting and…