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Abuja

October 23, 2025

IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu sacks legal team, tells court he wants to defend himself

Mr Kanu, who is currently addressing the court from the dock, challenged the court’s jurisdiction to try him.

Nnamdi Kanu in court
October 23, 2025

Police redeploy DPO who slapped Abuja resident

FCT police commissioner Miller Dantawaye has ordered the immediate redeployment of the divisional police officer in Ushafa.

Kogi State, Miller Dantawaye,
October 23, 2025

#FreeNnamdiKanu Protests: Police arrest Sowore in Abuja

“He was picked up not too long ago by armed policemen acting under the instructions of the commissioner of police in the FCT,” said Tope Temokun.

Sowore protesting in Abuja
October 23, 2025

NIMet unions suspend proposed strike action

The unions of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency have suspended a planned strike that was set to begin at midnight on Wednesday.

Festus Keyamo
October 22, 2025

Wike pledges support for Nigeria’s first international airshow in Abuja

Mr Keyamo said, “From the first aircraft landing in Nigeria in 1925 till now, this year marks a century of aviation in our country.’’

FCT minister Nyesom Wike
October 22, 2025

Reps to probe $460 million CCTV camera installation contract in Abuja 

Mr Ogah recalled that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration embarked on the CCTV camera installation around strategic areas to monitor unwholesome activities with a view to checking

October 22, 2025

Wike woos investors to FCT at Abuja Investment Summit

The minister emphasised the importance of infrastructure as a foundation for industrialisation and economic development.

FCT
October 22, 2025

Court dashes bail hope of alleged terrorist negotiator Tukur Mamu

Mr Mamu was arrested in 2022 by Egyptian security at the Cairo International Airport on suspicion of financing terrorism.

Tukur Mamu
October 22, 2025

69 people, N14 billion property saved from fire in Abuja: FCT Fire Service

Eighteen people and N6 billion worth of property were lost in Abuja fires between January and September 2025.

A raging inferno on a building used to illustrate the story
October 22, 2025

PDP Convention Crisis: Court fixes October 31 for judgment

The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, on Tuesday, fixed October 31 for judgment in a suit seeking to stop the planned convention of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Damagum, Samuel Anyanwu