Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court yesterday abruptly adjourned proceedings in the case between Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, over his failure to respond to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request on the engagement of lawyers for the recovery of Abacha…

The Not-Too-Young-To-Run Movement' is to host no fewer than 300 young elected legislators in the National and State Houses of Assembly on May 7 and May 8, 2019 in Abuja. With the theme: Leadership, Power and Politics, the meeting is designed to inspire, empower and expose newly elected lawmakers in the 2019 general elections to…

Christians in the 19 northern states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja yesterday cautioned the Federal Government against delay in ensuring the release of Leah Sharibu from Boko Haram insurgents.

The Chief Executive Officer of Lona Global Resources Limited, an indigenous outdoor advertising firm, Mr. Idoko Ilonah, has sent a Save Our Soul message to President Muhammadu Buhari and well-meaning Nigerians to help save his business by prevailing on authorities at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to restore the approval previously granted him to construct…

Most Nigerians would argue that they believe in meritocracy (at least in principle) but in practice they are wide off the mark and it would seem that they don’t believe in it at all. How else can one explain the rise and exaltation of the rather scrappy yet exhilarant and exuberant so called “dancing Senator”…

Residents of Kubwa Satellite town in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday called for the implementation of laws to end child labour in the area. In an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Chikakore, Kubwa, some of the residents called for appropriate measures to discourage it and to punish perpetrators. Mrs Rebecca Briggs,…

Officials of the 19 northern states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have cautioned its members against internal wrangling that may also pitch them against the national leadership and destroy the association. Besides, CAN northern states chapter urged all Christian clerics and members to join hands to fight insecurity in the…

Before and during political campaigns in the just concluded general elections, most major cities wore new looks, as they were decorated with colourful posters of political candidates. The pictures came in various shapes and sizes, as the politicians tried to outdo one another in their bid to impress the electorate and educate them on their…

The Federal Government has rebuilt over 4000 primary healthcare centres (PHCs) across the federation in line with the10,000 rehabilitation target of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who spoke while opening the six-day medical/dental surgical mission of the Association of Nigerian Physicians in America (ANPA) for 3000 residents of…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it has confirmed 16 new cases of Lassa fever from five states in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday ,while given an update about the disease and effort by the centre. He said that the 16…

Happily married mother of one, Zahra Indimi, nee Buhari, who is the most popular daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, glowed with pride at a recent event. Zahra looks beautiful during an All Progressives Congress (APC) woman and youth appreciation and victory dinner organised for young people and women to celebrate the re-election of her father.…

President Muhammadu Buhari says his decision to observe the Jumaat prayers at the Presidential Villa and not the National Mosque in Abuja, is to prevent the constraints and inconveniences presidential movements may cause to the people. A presidential spokesman Femi Adesina, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said the President disclosed this when he…