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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command had said it arrested 19 Shi’ite members protesting the withholding of Sheikh Ibraheem El-zakzaky’s passport by the Nigerian authorities on Thursday in Abuja, The PUNCH reports. According to the police, following the Federal High Court ruling over the release of El-zakzaky’s passport, members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of […]
Continue ReadingShi’ite protesters stormed the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja asking the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to lift the travel ban placed on the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky. Believed to be followers of the Shi’ite leader, the protesters demanded the release of the International passports of El-Zakzaky, and his […]
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Senator-elect Ireti Kingibe has explained the motivation behind the victory of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the February 25th presidential election. Kingibe noted that the Labour Party presidential candidate won in the FCT because it is difficult to rig in the city. The […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over this week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. The meeting which commenced after Buhari’s arrival at 10:01 am also had Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance. Among other attendees were; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha; […]
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An Upper Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Friday, remanded one Shedrach Johnson for stealing plastic chairs from a church. The police charged Johnson, who lives in Gidan Daya, Orozo, Abuja with criminal trespass and theft. The Judge, Malam Hassan Mohammed, deferred sentence and adjourned the case until March 24. Mohammed ordered that the convict […]
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No fewer than nine residents have been kidnapped by gunmen at the Grow Homes Estate along Kuchibiyi in the Kubuwa area of the Federal Capital Territory. The gunmen numbering about 20 were said to have stormed the estate around 11:30 pm on Friday. A resident of the community who identified himself simply as Hassan told […]
Continue ReadingA women group under the auspices of ‘Angry Nigerian Women’ on Tuesday stormed the main road leading to the International Conference Centre venue for the national collation of the presidential election results over alleged irregularities. The women numbering about 200 were marching to the ICC to protest what they called ‘rigged’ results but were stopped […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an order of interim forfeiture of 14 properties in Lagos, Abuja, United Arab Emirates linked to the Kogi State government, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Trial judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, granted the order following an ex parte motion filed and argued by EFCC […]
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