Friday, March 21, 2025

Abuja

March 21, 2025

Tinubu congratulates pharmacist Ifejola Arowolo at 80

President Bola Tinubu wished public health icon and administrator Ifejola Arowolo a happy 80th birthday on Friday.

Ifejola Arowolo
March 21, 2025

Supreme Court declares Wike’s henchman Samuel Anyanwu as PDP national secretary

The Supreme Court on Friday declared Samuel Anyanwu, Nyesom Wike’s loyalist, as the legitimate National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Senator Samuel Anyanwu
March 20, 2025

Tinubu orders investigation into Karu tanker explosion

Mr Tinubu also instructed that the injured be given priority treatment at various medical facilities in the capital city.

Tinubu
March 20, 2025

Death toll in Abuja explosion hits 10

Mr Nyam said that eight bodies were deposited at the Karu Hospital morgue and one at the Asokoro District Hospital morgue.

Photos from Karu accident scene (Ahmed Oluwasanjo/Peoples Gazette) and explosion used to illustrate this story.
March 20, 2025

Rivers Emergency Order: El-Rufai exposes Tinubu’s hypocrisy, warns against repeating 1962 Old Western Region catastrophe

Mr El-Rufai called Mr Tinubu’s proclamation of an emergency rule “a wanton aggression against democratic tenets and the rule of law.”

Bola Tinubu and Nasir El-Rufai (Credit: Daily Trust)
March 20, 2025

Nigeria’s defence chief restates commitment to UN peacekeeping operations

Mr Musa restated the importance of civil-military relations, saying it was more impactful than kinetic means of operations.

UN peacekeepers (credit: united states institute of peace)
March 20, 2025

FCTA to spend N242 million on Microsoft 365 licence for FCT-IRS

Mr Ango said the FCTA was investing in technology to enhance revenue generation and collection.

Michael Ango
March 20, 2025

Abuja Explosion: 31 casualties recorded in Abuja multiple road crash, says FRSC

FRSC attributed the cause of the crash to brake failure, which led to a chain reaction of collisions involving the 18 vehicles.

Photos from Karu accident scene (Ahmed Oluwasanjo/Peoples Gazette) and explosion used to illustrate this story.
March 19, 2025

Scores feared dead as gas explosion rocks Karu bridge in Abuja

The number of fatalities is yet to be ascertained at the moment of filing this report.

Karu bridge gas explosion
March 19, 2025

Wike orders FCDA to resettle, compensate victims of Gishiri demolition 

Mr Wike directed the director to commence the payment and urged the community leaders to collect the money.

FCT minister Nyesom Wike