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Abuja News November 1, 2025

Abuja teacher gets life sentence for raping nine-year-old boy

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has secured a life imprisonment sentence against a 19-year-old teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, for the rape of a nine-year-old male pupil in Abuja. The sentence, handed down by Honourable Justice
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Abuja News September 11, 2025

Abuja: Heavy downpour disrupts movement, residents urged to priotise safety

An early morning downpour on Thursday disrupted movement in several parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), leaving residents stranded and heightening safety concerns.
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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 August 18, 2024

FG lights up Abuja community with 40Wp solar after decades of darkness

Rafinzurufi Community in the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has been connected with a 40kWp solar hybrid
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Abuja News August 2, 2024

Abuja residents count losses as #EndBadGovernance protest enters Day 2

As the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest enters its second day, Abuja business owners and traders are the worst for it, as they continue to count their losses. This comes as findings have revealed that Nigeria has witnessed no fewer than 15 national protests in 64 years. The Guardian observed that palpable fear has enveloped the nation’s […]
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Abuja News June 29, 2024

FEMD rescues two from collapsed building in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) says it has rescued two persons from a collapsed building in Abuja. Mr Florence Wenegieme, the acting Director-General of the department, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said that the incidents happened at about 6:45 p.m. on Friday. Wenegieme explained that the building collapsed at Close 10, Drive 5, Second Gate of Prince and Princess Estate, Gudu District, Abuja. She said that FEMD activated the National Emergency Management Agency and the FCT Fire Service after it received a distress call about the building collapse. The acting D-G, who
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Abuja News June 14, 2024

Police, military foil robbery incident at Abuja bank, arrest three

Three persons have been declared dead after a combination of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and the military foiled an attempted robbery at a First Bank branch in the Abaji area of Abuja on Thursday. The spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, who revealed this in a statement on […]
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Abuja News May 11, 2024

FIRS staff shot dead in Abuja

A middle-aged man identified as Khalid Bichi, was reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday night. Bichi,  believed to be a staff member of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), was said to have been surrendered by his assailants shortly before 9 pm after going to get food. He was shot […]
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Abuja News March 13, 2024

Convict shot dead after attempt to escape prison in Abuja

A 27-year-old convict, Ibrahim Yahaya, has been shot dead in Abuja by some corrections personnel, after he allegedly jumped down from the vehicle conveying him to prison in a bid to escape.
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Abuja News December 29, 2023

RCCG pastor, three others killed as bandits besiege Abuja communities, abducts 39

Not less than four persons have been killed while 39 others were abducted when bloodthirsty bandits invaded Kuduru, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and two communities Garam and Azu in Niger State. Garam community which is about five minute drive from Bwari was invaded on Saturday, December 23, by bandits killing […]
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