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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Headlines
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
L-R: Suspected masterminds of the El-Rufai Motor Park bomb explosion in Nyanya, Ahmad Rufai Abubakar; Muhammadu Sani Ishaq; Ya’u Saidu; Adamu Yusuf; and Anas Isah, after being paraded at the Dss headquarters in Abuja… on Monday. | credits: Sam Adeko THE Department of State Service has arrested five persons in connection with the April […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday decried the Federal Government’s decision to shut down the nation’s capital, Abuja, for the World Economic Forum. He said the government’s action was illegal and could not be defended in law. The forum holds in Abuja between Wednesday […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, May 4th, 2014

Nigerian security forces have detained several people in Abuja over recent bomb attacks, days before a World Economic Forum event in the capital. Most of those held were said to be foreign, but no details were announced. Officials have ordered schools and government offices to close during the WEF event, which be attended by the […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
The FCT Police Command on Wednesday appealed to residents spreading rumour of bomb blasts in the territory to desist from such habit. The spokesperson of the command, DSP Altine Daniel, made the appeal while reacting to another purported bomb scare at the Federal Secretariat. Daniel advised anyone with useful information on suspected persons, movement or […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Friday, April 18th, 2014
Vice-President Namadi Sambo Two years after the completion of a $470m (N76.bn) National Public Security Communications System Project in Abuja, most of the installed 1,000 cameras for the Closed-Circuit Television in the city have either been vandalised or stolen, investigation by Saturday PUNCH has revealed. Checks showed that the solar panels and batteries of the […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News
Friday, April 18th, 2014
The First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday in Abuja distributed medical items to the hospitalised victims of Nyanya bomb blast. The blast which occurred on April 14, in Nyanya, a suburb of the FCT, was officially reported to have claimed 75 lives. The First Lady was represented by the National Coordinator of her NGO, […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 14th, 2014
Abuja explosion: Security agencies on red alert in FCT Mba 4 By on April 14, 2014 · Breaking News (ABUJA) Security agencies have been placed on red alert throughout the Federal Capital Territory following the explosion that occurred in Nyanya bus stop on Monday morning. CSP Frank Mba, Police Force spokesman, told newsmen in […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 14th, 2014
ABUJA) President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday urged Nigerians to be conscious and observant of possible security threat around them, to reduce incidences of terror attacks. The President gave the advice when he visited the scene of the early morning bomb attack at Nyanya motor park in Abuja. Jonathan, who was accompanied by the Senate President, […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Monday, April 14th, 2014

Security men at the scene of explosion | credits: PUNCH Photos Security agencies have confirmed that 71 persons have so far lost their lives in the bomb explosion that occurred at a motor park in Nyanya, a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday. Police spokesman, Frank Mba, disclosed this to […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 14th, 2014
Abuja motor park blast | credits: ‘Lekan Adetayo Scores of people were killed and maimed as an early morning bomb explosion rocked a motor park in Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday. Nyanya is a satellite town bordering the FCT and Nasarawa State. The explosion reportedly occurred in a section of […]