The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike says the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) project is 95 per cent completed and will be ready for inauguration in May. Wike stated this when the Belgium Ambassador to…
…Police arrest 15 suspects, recover 26 bags of maize By Our Correspondents Nigerians continue to groan as the hardship occasioned by the current economic realities continue to bite harder. Recently, food crises in the country have continued to worsen with…
The attention of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has been drawn to media reports on Sunday alleging that the Agency’s warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja. This is to clarify that the looted warehouse does not belong…
By Matthew Denis, Abuja Pandemonium rocked the government storage facility in Gwagwa town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday as individuals supsected to be hoodlums looted the warehouse. Findings by the Newdirect Newspaper indicates some youths in their…
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has committed up to $40 million to support the construction of the first African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) in Abuja. The 500-bed facility is being developed by the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in partnership…
Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC (EFCC) have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters. Its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to him, they were arrested…
The recent pronouncement of the relocation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and some other parastatals from Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to Lagos may have elicited some reactions, ideal in a society, but…
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G) Mr Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the handover of a suspect, arrested in Kaduna State over kidnapping in Bwari area of Abuja, to the Department of Force Intelligence (DFI) Abuja. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP…
The FCT Police Command on Wednesday said it had arrested another suspected kidnapper as its Special Intervention Squad takes more steps to protect residents. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Haruna Garba, made…
President Bola Tinubu has travelled for a private visit to France. A statement by Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said that Tinubu would return in the first week of February. The President has earlier engaged a delegation from the Master Card…
