Tag: Abuja

The court said the Nigerian President can contest for a second term. An Abuja High Court on Friday ruled that ...

Nigerian anti-smoking advocates are getting behind a renewed push for stiffer tobacco control and higher tobacco taxes in Nigeria. Campaign ...

Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, has vowed to sanction an official who said government was confused. Nigeria’s Justice ...

Again, some Abuja residents will have no water during the weekend. Parts of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, will ...

By Kevwe Ebireri The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCT, has for over a year been generating revenue by forcing an illegal and dubious ...

The Nigerian first lady wants a N4 billion mission house for wives of African Presidents. The Nigerian Senate, Tuesday, said ...

Industry and commerce associations lament insufficient credit to grow businesses and high rates. The growth in Nigeria's credit to private ...

The Nigerian leader and his Brazilian counterpart met on Saturday. Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, and his Brazilian counterpart, Dilma Rousseff, ...

Stalls in the market, near the Nigerian capital, were being demolished by authorities. An orange market in Mararaba, near Abuja ...

The minister said the disease may have been imported into the Nigerian capital. A polio case has been reported in ...

The sex worker was arraigned in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. The police on Thursday arraigned a commercial sex worker, Loval ...

Some areas in Abuja have no access to pipe borne water. The non-flowing taps in most parts of Abuja has ...

The workers want implementation of an enhanced salary package. Aviation workers on Wednesday announced plans to embark on a one-day ...

The Health Minister said this in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, said on Tuesday that over ...

The commissioner gave his maiden speech as Abuja police boss on Tuesday. The new Commissioner of Police in the Federal ...

The Phase IV of the Federal Capital City will be fully financed by private investors. In a bid to placate ...

Petroleum Minister says efforts to recover funds from illegal bunkering and crude oil theft have commenced. President Goodluck Jonathan is ...

FEC members will converge for their weekly meeting on Wednesday. President Goodluck Jonathan will on Wednesday present a memo to ...

A 23-year old woman, Hadiza Aliyu, on Monday asked an Abuja Area Court  to compel her ex-husband to accept responsibility ...

Last year, Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan spent six weeks in a Germany hospital receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. ...

The president made the payment in 2010. President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to pay an American firm $40, 000 (N6.3 million) ...

The couple are at a Makurdi court in Benue State, North Central Nigeria. A 43-year-old man, Alao Gbenro, on Thursday ...

The money was shared among the three tiers of government in Nigeria. The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, on Thursday ...

The women said the money can be put to be better use for Nigerians. Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has condemned ...

Mr. Lamido said Nigeria’s ruling party would not disappoint Nigerians. Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa said on Thursday that the ...