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Backed with valid quit notices and months of warnings, the Federal Capital Territory Administration on Monday stormed another area in Gwarimpa District, demolishing multiple illegal structures said to have been built on road corridors. The illegal structures used for both residential and commercial purposes occupied a large chunk of the major interchange linking Gwarimpa […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State almost created a scene on Wednesday when he returned to Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the ongoing Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dignitaries who assembled for the convention departed the venue as voting was underway. While many of them did not return after several hours, […]
Alhaji Isah Baba Buji, one of the Jigawa All Progressive Congress (APC) delegates who slumped and died in Abuja, in the early hours of today died of heart failure. Reportedly, Baba Buji had died while attending the presidential primary of the party in Abuja. He slumped and died reportedly of suspected heart failure […]
The crisis has hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the announcement of Senate President Ahmed Lawan as a consensus presidential aspirant by the national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Adamu announced this at the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday in Abuja. Other aspirants including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi […]
The country’s proposed national carrier, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, is set to present the Air Transport License (ATL) to the interim management of Nigeria Air today. This was posted by the Ministry of Aviation on its Instagram page Sunday. The ATL certification precedes the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) which empowers the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, slated for noon, has all members of the PGF represented. It is expected to provide a direction on who should become the flag bearer of the party. The Governors, who were elected under the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the interest rate to 13.5 per cent. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this on Tuesday while addressing the reporters after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja. Justifying the raise, Emefiele said the MPC is suspicious “there might be an aggressive accretion of inflation”. To prevent […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said bandits are using the captives of the Kaduna train attack as shields, making rescue operations difficult. The president said this while receiving residents of the Federal Capital Territory on Sallah homage at the State House, Abuja. Buhari said the government would explore every opportunity to rescue the captives […]
The sum of N44.2 million got missing on Wednesday at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The development led to the abrupt end of the sale of forms, especially for the Senate and House of Representatives over the sudden disappearance of the N44.2 million. The party had put up a […]
Billionaire drug baron behind the N3billion Tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. After months of surveillance and evading arrest, Ukatu who is Chairman of Mallinson […]
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