The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Transportation Secretariat has revealed plans to begin construction of 5.76 km rail track in the nation’s capital. The Mandate Secretary for the secretariat, Alhaji Zakari Dobi, made the disclosure when he inspected the vandalised Abuja Light Rail Track, Station and Idu Training Centre...
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The Nigeria Football Federation has decried a stream of incorrect reports being peddled in sections of the media in connection with Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup playoff match between Nigeria and Ghana at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, spoke on the development...
… recognised as one of the top 20 taxpayers by FIRS By JOY ADARA, Abuja – MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) has been recognised with two awards at the recently concluded National Tax Dialogue Event organised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The second edition of this...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted four persons, including the traditional ruler of Bukpe community in FCT, Alhaji Hassan Shamidozhi. It was learnt that the four victims were abducted on Wednesday evening. Confirming the incident to newsmen, The Head of Information and Protocol...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has said that the FCT Administration has no plans whatsoever to shut down the Garki District Hospital, explaining that the 15 year concession agreement signed between the FCTA and the Nisa Medical Group on the management of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Babaji Sunday, has called on residents to disregard the news of bandit invasion in Kubwa axis of Abuja. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, said this in...
The East African nation of Zambia has confirmed the death of its football official in Nigeria, a situation that could expose Nigerian football to FIFA sanctions. The Football Association of Zambia confirmed the death of Joseph Kabungo, a CAF/FIFA medical officer, in Abuja after Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier second...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has directed all offices to close by 1p.m. on Tuesday, so as to mobilise support for the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The match is scheduled to take place at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, by 6 p. m Dr Ngozi Onwudiwe,...
Otto Addo, the coach of Black Stars of Ghana, says his team will surprise Nigeria’s Super Eagles by securing the 2022 FIFA World Cup ticket in Abuja. Addo told newsmen at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s match that he was optimistic of...
The Black Stars of Ghana squad have arrived in Abuja ahead of the second leg clash against the Super Eagles of Nigeria which will be held at the National Stadium. The Super-Eagles had formerly visited Ghana in the first leg of the World Cup qualifier which ended in a goalless...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are fully focused and ready for Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 playoff battle with Ghana’s Black Stars. Nigeria made a debut World Cup appearance in 1994 and the players have confirmed they are determined to put up a performance that will earn Nigeria...
A stampede has occurred at the Convention grounds of the Ruling All Progressives Congress, APC as members of the Party’s organising committee for the national convention failed to control a huge crowd at the Eagle Square in Abuja. The convention scheduled to hold on Saturday has witnessed the presence...
An alleged video of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma’s, Daughter, Sandra Nkechi as she clashed with her husband’s side chick (girlfriend) in Abuja has surfaced on the internet. The governor’s daughter was seen in a bank at Business Central District trying to drag her husband’s side chick out of...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Lagos on Friday for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the summit would focus on the political situation in Mali...
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has called for massive support for the Super Eagles during their return leg match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs. Kola Daniel, the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday that Dare was hopeful that...
▪︎ Says it has 106m litres in stock By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – An end to the protracted fuel scarcity in Abuja may be in sight as 49 trucks of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol will be supplied to the nation’s capital on a daily basis. This...
A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alamin Saleh Bature has been rescued from Abuja kidnappers by good Samaritans. PRNigeria gathered that the swift intervention and efforts of an Igbo Christian, identified as Godspower Chinaechrem and two Northern Muslims, helped in the rescue of the victim...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said former Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra was being quizzed over alleged misappropriation of N42 billion belonging to the state. An authoritative source in the EFCC disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. The source said...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from London after a routine medical check-up. The presidential aircraft carrying the president landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7.09 p.m. NATIONAL ACCORD has reported that President Buhari had earlier departed...
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday said it has arrested a 38-year-old female suspect over arms and ammunition smuggling from Plateau to different terrorists’ camps in Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and other parts of the country. The Acting Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a...