The Permanent Secretary of Federal Capital Territory Administration, Adesola Olusade, on Tuesday, said that an investigation had commenced unraveling the immediate and remote causes of the four-storey building collapse on plot 965, Dape, Life Camp, in the Gwarinpa District of the FCT. Olusade, who confirmed the development during an on-the-spot assessment of the scene of the collapsed structure, said anyone …

An explosion resulting from a fuel tanker crash rocked Gwagwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, on Friday night. This is contrary to rumours making the rounds of an aeroplane crash in the Kubwa suburb of the FCT on Friday night. Meanwhile, our correspondent gathered that first responders had been deployed to the scene of the incident. The spokesperson …

Residents of Bako area, the Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja are yet to come to terms with the disappearance of two siblings in the neighbourhood yesterday. Two ladies, who secured an apartment in the area recently, reportedly fled with their neighbour’s children, a five-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy. The development has since thrown the community …

The National Assembly, through the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), has established ‘Democracy Radio’ in Abuja to propagate the activities of the legislature. On Tuesday, NILDS Director-General, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman conducted reporters on a tour of facilities of the station in Asokoro ahead of the formal opening today. According to him, the station is an independent body …

The Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mua’zu Jaji Sambo on Tuesday opened the Abuja Zonal Office of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) with the primary aim of ending the huge amount the Federal Government spends yearly on rented apartment for the agency. According to NIMASA’s Director-General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, the new building would house the much-awaited Regional Maritime …

The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika assured on Sunday night that the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would be opened around 10 pm local time after a Max Air plane had an emergency landing there earlier in the day. “Following the temporary closure of Abuja Airport due to an emergency landing by Max Air, I am …

Some residents of Abuja and its environs have lamented the scarcity of the new naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restored the old 200, 500, and 1000 naira notes to remain as legal tender until 31st December. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that residents are lamenting over the scarcity of the new notes. Mr Moses …

The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has confirmed the death of two persons and the rescue of four individuals at a collapsed wall in Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja. The Director-General of FEMA, Dr Abbas Idriss confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. Idriss said: “Around between 10 a.m to 11 am., …

United Kingdom-based Prophet, Tomi Arayomi has taken to social media to relive his experience in the hands of agents of the Department of State Services (DSS), who whisked him, his wife, Prophetess Tahmar, and his aide away on Good Friday in Abuja. Arayomi, the founder of RIG Nation and Pioneer Church was in the country with his wife to minister …

One of the prisoners who escaped from the Kuje Correctional Center during the attack on it last year in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja has been captured by men from the Nasarawa State Police Command. In a statement made available to journalists in Lafia, the state capital on Sunday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, identified …