A property allegedly belonging to the former first lady, Patience Jonathan, was on Tuesday demolished by the federal capital territory (FCT) development control department.The building, which is inside A. Aruera Reachout Foundation/Women For Change and Development Initiative, is situated on Shehu Yar’Adua Way along Mabushi-Kado Life Camp Expressway, Abuja.Emmanuel Anene, a lawyer with EA Ezugwu and Associates, told NAN that [...]
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Fifty-two members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have been arrested in Abuja.The Abuja police command, which announced this in a statement on Wednesday, said it recovered “some bottles of improvised petrol-bomb” from the IMN members who were demanding the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, their leader.Earlier on Wednesday, the police cracked down on the IMN members, popularly known as [...]
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have again clashed with the Nigeria police force in Abuja.The IMN members, popularly known as Shi'ites, were dispersed with teargas on Wednesday as they protested the continued detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, their leader.They had converged on area 10 in Garki, Abuja from where they matched towards area 2. But police officers confronted [...]
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) clashed with the police at the National Assembly Complex on Monday.They had arrived at the entrance of the national assembly around midday but were prevented from gaining access to the premises.The security operatives fired shots into the air while dispersing them. Tear gas was also used against them as they were chased out [...]
On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari was in Kaduna state to inaugurate new coaches and locomotives for the Abuja-Kaduna train service.The president, after the inauguration, took a train ride from Rigasa to Kakuri on the outskirts of Kaduna to inaugurate Nigeria’s first inland dry port.Commenting via Twitter, Ben Murray Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, asked Buhari to thank ex-President Goodluck Jonathan [...]
At least five armed policemen are currently at the entrance of Cedacrest Hospital, Abuja, where Yusuf Buhari is being treated.The president’s son was involved in a bike accident around Gwarimpa estate, Abuja, on Tuesday evening.Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, said Yusuf underwent a surgery.The presidential spokesman also disclosed that Buhari’s only son broke [...]
The ongoing fuel crisis is having its toll on Nigerians across the country, with some people now spending the night at filling stations just to get the commodity.The manhour loss can better be imagined. When TheCable visited some filling stations in Lagos and Abuja, motorists narrated their gruelling experiences.A public transport driver at a Peridot Oil and Gas Station in [...]
Mohammed Saidu, head public affairs unit of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), says petroleum marketers diverted 129,000 liters of petrol from Abuja on Friday.Saidu, who revealed this monitoring the stations, added that some of the erring filling stations had been given a total fine of more than N30.5 million.According to him, more intelligence units are liaising with the public [...]
Gunmen who attacked a farmhouse belonging to Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), took away some rifles from the farm, TheCable has learnt.The attackers overpowered two security guards they met at the farm, beating one to death.TheCable gathered that the two mobile policemen, identified as Haruna Seriki and Musa Izah, were drafted from Mopol [...]
Ibrahim Auta, a former chief judge of the federal high court, says the judiciary, especially the judges have become victims of corruption allegations in the country.Auta said when the Society Watch Media Ltd. (SWML), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), conferred an award of excellence on him in Abuja on Wednesday.He said because judges were barred from speaking to the press, most of the corruption [...]
Yakubu Gowon, former head of state, says he would have made Jos Nigeria's capital, but for the fear of being accused of "parochialism and favouritism".He said this on Tuesday at the 26th anniversary exhibition and commemoration of the movement of the seat of government from Lagos to Abuja.Gowon, who was the head of state from 1966 to 1975, said the [...]
At least 32 operatives of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) are currently in detention, TheCable can report.A source told TheCable that the arrested officers were moved to Abuja from different state commands during the weekend."The suspects, who are all male, are now being held at various detention cells of the Federal SARS at Guzape District Abuja," the source said."Since their [...]
A crowd of supporters broke into the Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention, on Saturday.The crowd comprising young persons had waited there for hours because the security personnel prevented from going into the venue.However, they suddenly broke loose when the gate was opened for a convoy of a yet to be identified politician.Before the development, [...]
Ibe Kachikwu, the minister of petroleum resources, and Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), have been mandated to clear the fuel queues in Abuja and Lagos by the weekend.The directive was issued on Wednesday at the federal executive council meeting presided over by Vice-President.Lai Mohammed, the minister of information, who briefed journalists about the [...]
The UK government has warned its citizens to stay away from crowded places in Nigeria during the Christmas and New Year festivities.It said there are plans by unnamed insurgent groups to bomb the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).In a travel advisory to its citizens, the UK government listed worship places, malls and markets amongst other places that should be avoided."The risk [...]
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, will lead a high-powered panel at the international human rights seminar on global impact of terrorism.The two-day programme scheduled for Yar'Adua Centre, Abuja, is organised by the Save Humanity Advocacy Centre.Ibrahim Abubakar, executive secretary of the centre, said the programme is aimed at discussing the economic impact of terrorism around the globe.“The two-day [...]
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