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Abuja

October 18, 2025

Tinubu returns to Abuja after Aqaba meeting in Rome

On the sidelines, Mr Tinubu held bilateral talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and U.S. presidential adviser on Arab-African affairs, Massad Boulos.

Bola Tinubu disembarking from plane
October 18, 2025

#FreeNnamdiKanu: Sowore, others barred from protesting around Aso Rock, NASS

The court also barred the protesters from anywhere close to the villa, National Assembly, Force Headquarters, Court of Appeal, Eagle Square, and Shehu Shagari Way.

Nnamdi Kanu and Omoyele Sowore
October 17, 2025

Female farmers seek safer access to farmland

The Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria has appealed to the federal government and the FCTA to tackle insecurity.

Female farmers
October 17, 2025

Abuja road will be closed on Saturday for air force’s 10km walk: NAF

The jogging will be along the service lane between Karu Bridge and Mogadishu Cantonment Bridge in the Abuja-Nyanya-Keffi expressway.

Air force personnel jogging
October 17, 2025

Indian embassy donates 2,000 gift packs to Abuja schoolgirls

The India embassy in Nigeria has donated 2,000 gift packs to students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dutse, reaffirming its commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment.

October 17, 2025

Abuja: FCTA demolishes 11 buildings under high tension in Apo-Dutse

Eleven buildings were demolished on Thursday in Apo-Dutse by the Federal Capital Territory Administration.

October 16, 2025

Orji Kalu, NCAA disagree over Nigerian pilots smoking cannabis while flying

The NCAA said Mr Kalu’s claims “do not reflect the factual state of regulatory practice in the Nigerian aviation sector”.

Pilots and crew members
October 16, 2025

IPOB kingpin Nnamdi Kanu’s ailment is not life-threatening, Nigerian doctors tell court

NMA has told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court that Nnamdi Kanu’s ailment was not life-threatening.

Indigenous People of Biafra Logo and Nigerian Medical Association Logo
October 16, 2025

NALDA to launch greenhouse farms by December

NALDA executive secretary Olusegun Adebayo stated this during an inspection of the ongoing construction of 20 greenhouse farm units in Abuja on Wednesday.

Olusegun Adebayo
October 16, 2025

EU supports peace committee to bolster peaceful, credible elections

The European Union and the National Peace Committee have deepened collaboration to curb electoral violence and promote credible, peaceful, and inclusive elections in Nigeria.

Violence at polling booth