Abuja
23 Feb
Penultimate Thursday at Karsana, a suburb of Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the pilot phase of his ambitious housing project tagged Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Development Programme.
22 Feb
Following the coordinated raid operation by the tactical teams of the FCT Police Command, led by the Commissioner of Police himself at Gidan-Dambe, Dei-dei-Zuba, Abuja, 307 suspects have been arrested. Police sources revealed that when the suspects were screened, 170 were found wanting in criminal activities. Spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, who informed…
21 Feb
The anti-violence crime unit of the Nigerian Police Force has arrested Kasarachi Aniagolu, a journalist with the Abuja-based Whistler Newspaper. In a statement on Wednesday, the management of the newspaper said Miss Aniagolu was arrested while covering a police raid on bureau de change operators in the Wuse Zone 4 area of Abuja. The newspaper's…
19 Feb
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested Ulagu Philemon Chukwuma, a 29-year-old domestic worker, for allegedly masterminding the kidnapping of his employer's son, 12-year-old Justin Nwakwo.
17 Feb
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has reopened the Sahad Stores in Abuja after it was temporarily closed over product prices. Executive Vice Chairman, FCCPC, Adamu Abdullahi, confirmed the reopening of the store in a statement on Saturday. On Friday, 16, February, 2024, FCCPC sealed the stores due to the way it was…
15 Feb
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ezenwo Wike, yesterday, placed a N20 million bounty on three suspected kidnappers, who are at large.
6 Feb
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after spending two weeks in France on a private.
5 Feb
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have been rattled by insecurity, especially the frequent and indiscriminate kidnapping of persons within the city centre and its outskirts. ODITA SUNDAY reports that the routine failure of intelligence gathering and poor preparedness among security agencies has come to the erstwhile haven of the ruling elites. Despite multiple…
2 Feb
The newly appointed FCT police command boss, CP Bennet Igwe, has asked kidnappers and other criminals to make haste and run away from Abuja, saying that their days are now numbered. Igwe gave the warning today after taking over from the former CP, Garba Haruna. "I want to appreciate Mr President and the Inspector-General of…
2 Feb
There seems to be no immediate end to the insecurity in Abuja as bandits, yesterday, abducted a director with the Federal Housing Authority (FHA)
1 Feb
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has vowed to flush out criminals, terrorists and bandits from Abuja.
30 Jan
The deteriorating security of the nation’s capital, Abuja, took a frightening dimension with the abduction of Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar and his six daughters, in Bwari area council of the Federal Capital Territory
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