In what will come as a rare and contentious ruling, Magistrate Farida Ibrahim of the Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse 6, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a young man to 15 strokes of public flogging. The Chief Magistrate Ibrahim handed down a sentence of public flogging to the young man accused of fighting with a prostitute….
The Federal Government on Tuesday officially launched toll operations on the Abuja–Akwanga–Lafia–Makurdi Road corridor to repay the $460.8 million loan obtained from the China Exim Bank for the road’s rehabilitation and upgrade. It also announced that motorists using the highway would begin paying tolls ranging from N500 for saloon cars to N1,600 for multi-axle vehicles….
The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has called off its warning strike after the intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, in a statement on Friday, said the FCTA under Wike has met their demands. On Wednesday, the doctors grounded all FCTA-owned…
The legal team of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, is free to transfer Kanu’s case out of Abuja if no other judge is willing to take the case. The team made this known in a…
The President General (PG) of all Igbo-speaking people in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, under the umbrella of Igbo Community Association (ICA), Engr. Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe, has extended warm congratulations to Senator John Azuta-Mbata, the newly-elected President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. The felicitation, laden with optimism and calls for unity, was delivered through…
President Bola Tinubu cancelled all his official events in Lagos today, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja, Okija, Anambra State. The two tragedies claimed many lives and left many others injured. President Tinubu was scheduled to watch the boat parade and other activities of…
The FCT Police Command expresses its profound sorrow over the tragic incident that occurred at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, on Saturday, December 21, 2024, during the distribution of food items to vulnerable and elderly individuals. This unfortunate event, which took place around 6:30 AM, resulted in a stampede that claimed the lives of ten…
In a bid to strengthen unity and foster a sense of brotherhood, Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has hosted the Plateau State community in Abuja, urging them to work together to attract the maximum development necessary for the growth of the state. Addressing leaders and traditional rulers of the various ethnic nationalities resident…
On Wednesday, Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered multiple security agencies in the country to seize Dele Farotimi’s Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System from bookstores. The ruling was delivered following an ex parte application by Kehinde Ogunwumiju, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the managing partner of the…
The Igbo indigenes residing in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, under the aegis of the Igbo Community Association (ICA), have reiterated the need for unity and improved security in the South-East region. This was the central message at the association’s 2024 end-of-year celebration, which held recently at Wuse Zone 5, Abuja. The fun-filled event,…
