No fewer than 10 people, including children, lost their lives, while 10 others sustained injuries in the stampede.
Amid rising costs of edibles and other commodities, some Abuja residents have opted for homemade drinks instead of carbonated soft drinks due to their high prices.
Hospital managers were calling on residents to donate blood amid fears that the available facilities might be inadequate to contain the crisis.
”Troops also arrested 45 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 152 kidnapped hostages,” said the DHQ.
Mr Tijani said this on Friday in Abuja. He said a fibre optic network was being laid across the country.
NAFDAC has raided shops and warehouses producing and distributing counterfeit rice in Nasarawa, discovering 1,600 counterfeit bags of rice.
“They are all expected to impact the knowledge and skills acquired during the sessions on their other colleagues,” the statement said.
The minister noted that a healthy military “is the backbone of a strong nation.”
Army spokesman Onyema Nwachukwu announced this in a statement on Friday.
The police are holding the female activist for her outburst against the president’s family after she was tear-gassed at a rally against police brutality in October.
