Abuja

Succor for traders as AMAC takes over reconstruction of old Karu market, two months after fire incident

As the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) begins reconstructing the recently destroyed old Karu market, traders at the market have expressed joy and...

Fatalities as police, Shi’ites clash in Abuja

Tensions escalated in the Julius Berger area of Abuja on Sunday following a violent clash between members of the El Zakzaky movement, also...

#EndBadGovernance protesters return to Abuja streets

Protesters have resumed demonstrations in the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday, reigniting the movement after a brief halt following earlier crackdowns and arrests...

Abuja cross-dresser Area Mama murdered, police launch investigation

The Abuja Command of the Nigeria Police has launched an investigation into the death of a cross-dresser, Area Mama, whose body was discovered...

Breaking: Abuja protesters dispersed, three arrested

Security agents in the Karu area of the Federal Capital Territory dispersed a group of protesters on Monday, taking three people into custody...

Abuja situation report: Police teargas demonstrators, minister intervenes, pacifies protesters

Despite assurances from Police Inspector General Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, Police fired tear gas canisters at a small group of peaceful protesters gathered near...

Abuja protest: Federal Secretariat shut

Abuja protest: Federal Secretariat shut Following the nationwide protest which kicked off on Thursday, the Federal Secretariat in Abuja has been shut down....

Just in: #EndBadGovernanceProtest: Protesters converge on Abuja Stadium

A mass of protesters started flooding the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Thursday morning, the designated venue of the protest called...

Breaking: Two-storey building collapses in Abuja, trapping several people

A partial collapse of a two-storey residential building occurred in Abuja early Saturday morning, with several people trapped. The structure, situated adjacent to...

Tragedy as robbers invade Abuja estate, kill retired Brigadier General

A deadly robbery attack occurred at the Sunshine Homes estate in Abuja’s Lokogoma district on Saturday, claiming the life of retired Army Brigadier...

Train accident in Abuja claims two lives

An Abuja-bound train from Kaduna State has killed a set of twins in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)....

Paris-bound businessman nabbed at Abuja airport, ingests 111 wraps of cocaine

Emmanuel Okechuku Orjinze, a 48-year-old businessman travelling to Paris, has reportedly consumed 111 wraps of cocaine. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)...

Driver nabbed for slaughtering 80-year-old boss, wife in their Abuja apartment

Pa Adebola Ezekiel, an 80-year-old man, and his wife, Abiodun Ezekiel, have been found murdered in their Apo apartment in the Federal Capital...

Terrorism: Bodejo, Miyetti Allah leader, arraigned in Abuja, faces trial in court

Bello Bodejo, the head of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group, was charged with offences relating to terrorism on Friday at an Abuja...

Abuja power supply drops by 250 MW as vandals destroy Gwagwalada-Katampe transmission line

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that Tower 70 along its 330 kV Gwagwalada-Katampe line has been vandalized. The company said...

Update: FG reopens popular Abuja store sealed over alleged hoarding, price fixing

The Federal Government has reopened a popular supermarket, Sahad Store, located in the Garki area of Abuja. Persecondnews reports that the store was...