The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has expressed sympathy over Sunday’s fire incident at two supermarkets in Abuja. The Minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Nneka Anibeze, quoted Farouq as condemning the rising incidents of fire disasters in the country. The Minister urge shop owners and traders to be more vigilant…
Gunmen have attacked the staff quarters of the University of Abuja at Gwagwalada, and abducted six persons. Those who were taken away by the hoodlums are two professors, a senior lecturer, and three of their family members. The branch Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Doctor Kassim Umaru, mentioned the names of those who were…
Security operatives have reportedly stopped the ongoing recruitment of Nigerian doctors who applied to work in Saudi Arabia. Several medical doctors have been taking part in the Saudi job screening at the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja since Tuesday this week. Reports say a journalist with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, identified as Marcus Fatunde, was also arrested…
Sultan, Ooni call for action to end insecurity A five-day national security summit organized by the National Assembly has opened at the National Intelligence Agency in Abuja. The summit, which was meant to have started on Monday, was delayed by two days due to the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. The…
• Bandits free Greenfield Varsity students Some parents whose children were abducted by bandits at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State, have staged a protest to the National Assembly in Abuja. However; reports indicate that the protesting parents, who were joined by some students of the institution, were not allowed into the National…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said it is not true that bandits attacked the University of Abuja. The Police Command was responding to a viral video on social media, alleging an attack by bandits at the University of Abuja. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Yusuf Mariam in a statement today, advised Abuja residents to disregard the…