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Abuja News July 10, 2025

Lawyers storm US, Swiss embassies over alleged corruption in NMDPRA

No fewer than 500 lawyers and members of the Concerned Young Professionals Network on Thursday gathered outside the United States and the Swiss Embassies in Abuja demand the international community intervention in the alleged corruption scandal involving Engr. Farouk Ahmed,
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Abuja News June 7, 2025

CDS, Timi of Ede, others to receive world peace award in Abuja

The World Institute for Peace (WIP) has announced details of its annual international event, the “World Peace Conference and Award Nigeria 2025,” scheduled for June 20, 2025, at 3:00 pm at the Nigerian Army Resource Center in Abuja. In a
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Abuja News May 6, 2025

VeryDarkMan arrested for alleged financial crimes – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has insisted that it has lawful powers to hold Martins Innocent Otse, known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), over issues of alleged financial crimes raised against him. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, who made this disclosure
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Abuja News April 18, 2025

Three NDLEA officers shot during Abuja raid

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says three of its officers have been hospitalised with gunshot wounds following an attack during a raid in Abuja. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in statement on Friday, said the officers were attacked at
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Abuja News March 17, 2025

IBB Golf Club crisis: NGF President appeals for calm

The President, Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has called for calm after the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja was sealed by Department of State Services (DSS) operatives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Club in Abuja is a prominent recreational and tourist attraction for golf enthusiasts and nature […]
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Abuja News March 1, 2025

ARCN urges media to sensitise farmers on govt programmes

The Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Prof Garba Sharubutu, has appealed to media practitioners to go beyond just reporting agricultural issues to sensitizing farmers across the country on government programs. Sharubutu who made this appeal in Abuja during a media and CSOs sensitisation program revealed plans by the government to […]
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Abuja News February 12, 2025

AEDC announces gradual power restoration after system disturbance

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) says gradual restoration of power has commenced following a system disturbance that occurred on the national grid on Wednesday. The company, in a statement on its X handle on Wednesday, said that the system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 am Wednesday, causing power outage across its […]
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Abuja News January 28, 2025

Police nab suspect linked to kidnap of medical students in Benue

The Zone 7 Police Headquarters in Abuja said it has arrested a suspect linked with the Aug. 2024 kidnap of 21 medical students in Benue. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of zone 7, Mr. Benneth Igweh said this during a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. Igweh said the suspect and two […]
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Abuja News January 12, 2025

NDLEA seizes six vehicles, trailer loaded with skunk in FCT

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 40ft trailer loaded with skunk (a strain of cannabis) weighing 2,217.6 kilograms while being distributed into six vehicles at an abandoned fuel station in Kagini, Kubwa Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, for onward distribution to some northern states. According to […]
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Abuja News December 26, 2024

Three men rescued from manhole in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) and other agencies rescued three men who were trapped in a blocked manhole in Abuja. The other agencies involved in the rescue operation at Guzape, Asokoro District, are the FCT Fire Service and the National Emergency Management Agency. The acting Director-General of the department, Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed, […]
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