EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede says many deserted estates in Abuja were built with stolen public funds by civil servants.
He revealed that a special team will begin tracing ownership of such properties nationwide.
“Once they leave office and the money stops,...
Abuja has emerged as the leading destination for foreign capital inflow into Nigeria, overtaking Lagos for the first time, according to the latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The FCT attracted $3.04 billion in the first quarter...
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was briefly stopped from travelling at the Abuja airport on Thursday morning.
She was told her name was on a watch list but was later cleared to board her UK-bound flight after nearly an hour.
The Nigeria Immigration...
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, says President Bola Tinubu is transforming Abuja into a capital city Nigerians can be proud of.
Speaking during a thanksgiving service in Abuja, Wike said the FCT had been stagnant before Tinubu’s intervention. “Before now, nothing...
Plans to unveil the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the political platform for Nigeria’s major opposition alliance hit a snag on Wednesday after an Abuja hotel cancelled the event at the last minute.
The unveiling, scheduled to hold at Wells...
Security operatives on Monday blocked PDP’s Board of Trustees from holding a meeting at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
Officers cleared the NEC hall and ordered members out, insisting no meeting should take place. A senior officer was overheard...
The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has advised its citizens to avoid military and government facilities in Abuja due to rising global security concerns.
In a statement issued Sunday, it said all embassy staff and their families are barred from visiting...
A woman, identified as Aldi (or Aladi Offikwu) Johnson from Benue State, was found dead in a hotel on 3rd Avenue, Gwarimpa. She had checked in Monday night with an unknown man who left the next morning. A cleaner...
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has dismissed NEMA’s claim that a suicide bomber caused Monday’s explosion near Mogadishu Barracks in Abuja.
Wike said security reports indicate the blast came from a man carrying quarry explosives, not a suicide attack.
“Let’s not cause...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a suicide bomber died while trying to enter the Mogadishu Barracks in Abuja on Monday.
The bomber’s device exploded before he could get in, killing him instantly and injuring a passerby.
The explosion happened...
