Tag: ABUJA
Flight tickets soar as Abuja airport records heavy Christmas traffic
Many airlines operating domestic routes in Nigeria have hiked airfares due to the volume of traffic of passengers travelling for the Christmas celebration, the...
Police will partner with students on security, says I-G
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Friday said that the Nigeria Police Force would partner with Nigerian students to fight crimes in...
Fire guts NAFDAC headquarters
The headquarters of National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Abuja has been gutted by fire on Friday, the News...
Kwankwanso visits burnt Abuja Art, Craft village, pledges support
Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso representing Kano Central Senatorial District has pledged to assist the affected artists whose works of art were destroyed in the recent...
Traffic offenders to pay N100, 000 fine, says FRSC
Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says plans are underway to compel traffic offenders to pay one hundred...
Man gets 5 strokes of cane for stealing chicken
A Kubwa Grade I Area Court on Wednesday ordered that one Austine Odu‎ be given five strokes of a cane for stealing one broiler...
Dogara tasks academic institutions on quality education
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday in Abuja urged institutions of learning to impart quality education to their students.
Dogara...
Man tells court 12-yr-old girl is his girlfriend
A 27-year-old man, Lawal Abubakar, on Tuesday told a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja, that a 12-year-old girl he allegedly abducted was...
Osinbajo says federal, states partnership crucial to national development
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the collaboration of the Federal and state government is crucial to achieving development plans of the country.
He stated this...
Court jails businessman three months for assault
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 57-year-old businessman, Haruna Isah, to three months imprisonment for causing grievous hurt.
Isah of...