The Biennial Sports Fiesta of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has opened in Abuja on Sunday with athletes from the company’s three zones participating. The athletes will compete for laurels in football, basketball, volleyball, chess, squash, scrabble, 8-ball pool, golf, tennis, table tennis, badminton, swimming and Athletics....
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Former Super Eagles Captain, Austin Okocha will lead his former teammates to tackle the football team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), as the 13th NNPC Sports Fiesta gets underway in Abuja on Sunday. The NNPC Ltd Chief Corporate Communications Officer,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed how one of its officers foiled a ‘one-chance’ robbery and kidnap attempt in Wuse, Abuja. The NAF officer, identified as Air Commodore John Ijudigal, ensured the arrest of the three suspected robbers and the rescue of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has reopened the head office of Sahad supermarket previously sealed for customers extortion and lack of transparency in prices fixing. The Acting Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Dr Adamu Abdullahi, said this in a statement in...
The UK Government said it spent more than 300 million pound sterling delivering programmes and peacekeeping in Africa in 2023 to strengthen security and ensure stability. The UK Minister of State, Cabinet Office, Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday during her visit to Nigeria aimed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The EFCC spokesman,, Dele Oyewale, who confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said they were arrested at Kurudu, Jahi, Kubwa and Gwarimpa areas of Abuja. He...
Filmmakers, actors and other players in the Nigerian movie industry have ‘lit up’ the 2024 edition of Inside Nollywood International Film Festival & Awards (INIFFAA), held in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the stakeholders hit the opening of the...
Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Dr Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has extolled the Super Eagles for making the country proud with their impressive performance at AFCON 2023. Dabiri-Erewa gave the commendation during the reception and conferment of National Diaspora Merit Award on the Team Captain, Ahmed Musa, on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley, being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for defrauding an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers the sum of $370,000 in a contrived marriage, Okanne Kelechi, on Tuesday, February 13, 2024,...
The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has threatened to blacklist Setraco Nigeria Ltd. if it failed to deliver the Southern Parkway Road project before May 29. Wike gave the warning in Abuja on Wednesday, after inspecting some road projects in the territory. The southern parkway road project connects...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has announced a N20 million bounty on two criminals terrorising residents of the territory. He said they should be apprehended dead or alive. Wike made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday during a visit to the FCT...
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A leading real estate developing company in Africa, Aazik homes, has said the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has helped in enhancing standardisation in the real estate industry, especially in Abuja. The Chief Executive Officer, Aazik homes, Dr Frank Azikiwe, communicated this on Tuesday in Abuja...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has called on FCT residents to pay their taxes and ground rents to enable the FCT Administration provides critical infrastructure in the capital city. Wike, who made the call on Tuesday after an inspection tour of project...
The City Management Team of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday began demolition of shanties built under bridges by illegal squatters. The team, supported by security personnel, also sent the squatters packing as part of efforts to strengthen security measures to secure the lives and properties...
Despite being surrounded by water, many residents of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried lack of potable water in their areas. The residents say, it is ironic, that Usuma dam, the main source of water supply within FCT and its environs, is located...
Some hoodlums on Monday attacked officials of NAFDAC who were on enforcement operation against substandard drugs in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials were attacked by the hoodlums during a raid at Area 1 motor park. The hoodlums harassed the enforcement officers...
FCT Chapter, on Monday, protested against the new verification certification guidelines recently released by Nigeria and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NMCN recently released a circular stating that nurses must have a minimum of two years post qualification experience from...
Mrs Precious Ifeanyi, who gave birth to sextuplets at the National Hospital, Abuja after 13 years of marriage, has appealed to the government and well-meaning Nigerians to come to the babies’ aid. She made the appeal on Monday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The FCT Police Command said its operatives have successfully raided a marked black spot – Gidan Dambe in Dei-Dei -Zuba axis of Abuja and arrested three hundred and seven (307) suspects. The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh on Sunday at...