A police officer has died in a gunfight with gunmen who invaded a community in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The slain officer was identified as Inspector Ambi John, who was attached to Operation Puff Adder team in Abuja. Reports say the gunmen were on a mission to kidnap some residents of the…
A Covid-19 isolation centre has been opened at the State House Clinic in Abuja. Government also plans to build a Covid-19 testing laboratory at the State House Clinic. The Secretary to Government, and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha, made this known in Abuja. Mustapha was speaking at the commissioning of the Special…
The National Examination Council, NECO, has withdrawn its recognition for twelve schools across the country for involvement in mass cheating. This was announced by NECO Registrar, Professor GODSWILL OBIOMA, while announcing results of the internal Senior Secondary School Certification Examination, SSCE. Professor OBIOMA said four of the affected schools are in Adamawa, two in Kaduna, two in…
Security operatives yesterday arrested a lawyer and human rights activist, MALCOLM OMIRHOBO, in Abuja. Reports indicate that OMIRHOBO had staged a one-man protest at the entrance to the Presidential Villa before he was picked up. OMIRHOBO was reportedly protesting over the killing of at least seventy-eight rice farmers in Borno State. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,…
Reports from the Federal Capital Territory indicate that EndSARS protesters returned to the streets of Abuja after yesterday’s attempt to break them up with armed thugs. Sahara Reporters publisher and Revolution Now convener, OMOYELE SOWORE, who has seen at the protest grounds, took to his Twitter handle to confirm the development. As the protests entered the ninth…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has confirmed an attack on a passenger train traveling on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line. NRC’s Managing Director, FIDET OKHIRIA, said the attack happened on Monday afternoon, between Asham and Kubwa. However; OKHIRIA said hoodlums were behind the attack on train KA-4, and not bandits as claimed in other reports. He suggested that the…