Following agitation for the conduct of fresh council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the incumbent Area Council chairmen in the FCT would remain in office Continue Reading 

The Chairman, Military Pensions Board (MPB), AVM Paul Irumheson, says the Federal Government has approved an electronic verification system for military pensioners to ensure sanity in pension administration. Irumheson stated this while Continue Reading 

President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to traders whose shops and goods were destroyed in the Karu, Abuja market fire on Thursday. Tinubu, in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Chief Ajuri Continue Reading 

A distraught trader, one of many affected by Thursday evening’s fire outbreak at Karu Market in Abuja, is in tears after losing goods worth about ₦10 million to the inferno. The woman, who spoke on Channels TV and did not mention her Continue Reading 

The Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, has urged ECOWAS defence ministers to unite and work together with determination to achieve a safer and more secure region. Speaking at the ECOWAS Defence and Finance Ministers’ meeting in Abuja, Continue Reading 

An Abeokuta Magistrates Court on Friday remanded a 32-year-woman for allegedly arranging kidnap for herself with the purpose of extracting money from her husband. The defendant, whose plea was not taken by the court, was arraigned on a one- Continue Reading 

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed up 531 illegal pharmacies and patent medicines premises in the Federal Capital Territory, for various offences. Meanwhile, the council has concluded plans to introduce an online platform designed Continue Reading 

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has blamed the mass exodus of multinational companies out of the country on the inability of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, to stabilise the naira. Continue Reading 

The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said that 17 persons died in 16 road crashes during Eid-el Kabir celebration in the state. Mr Anthony Uga, Sector Commander of FRSC, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency Continue Reading 

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Peru early Friday, injuring eight people and prompting brief tsunami fears. The United States Geological Survey said the tremor hit 8.8 kilometers (5.5 miles) from the southern region Continue Reading