By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo – NNP – July 4, 2011 – It is intriguing and indeed mind-bugling that in the envied history of Abuja, our federal capital and to the best of my recollection, that beautiful and well crested city has never had a Minister from the south and that includes the South-South, South-East and […]
Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory malam Nasir el-Ruffai was this morning, arrested by the State Security Service (SSS). He was picked up as he landed aboard British Airways flight from London. el-Ruffai has been very critical of the conduct of the 2011 elections and the policies of the Jonathan government. However, It’s not yet […]
UNUSUAL presence of military and anti-bomb policemen was, on Thursday, noticed on major roads in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Motorists, as well as their vehicles, were thoroughly searched by the soldiers, in a manner that raised the apprehension of the residents of the area and workers. Nigerian Tribune observed that the heavily armed […]
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to launch a new transport scheme for Abuja tomorrow in a renewed bid by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration to revamp the comatose sector. The new scheme, which comes under Greater FCT Operators’ License Scheme, is a new plan to inject over 100 high capacity mini bus and taxi […]
Pedigree Gardens Kabusa Village, located in the Logogoma District of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is off the beaten path. Though surrounded by the pleasant and pricey Sunnyville and Kabusa Gardens Estates, there is no good road leading to the sleepy community. The community, whose population has soared in recent times on account of low […]
Two suspected robbers were on Tuesday killed by policemen in Abuja during a gun duel, while two others escaped with bullet wounds. Two senior police officers also sustained serious injuries with one of them who was shot in the stomach still on admission at the National Hospital, Abuja. The robbers, who drove in a […]
There was security scare in Abuja on Thursday as Police and State Security Service operatives intercepted a truckload of youths numbering 246. The youths who claimed to be migrant labourers, said they were on their way to Nyanya, an Abuja sattelite town from Dutse-mai, Katsina State. The youths were stopped by the security agencies […]
Latest Presidential Results 17 Apr 2011 ABIA Goodluck 1,175,954 Buhari 3,608 Ribadu 4,156 EDO Goodluck 542,173 Buhari 17,795 ENUGU Goodluck 802,144 Buhari 3,753 Ribadu 1755 JIGAWA Goodluck 419,252 Buhari 663,994 KANO Goodluck 440, 666 Buhari 1,624, 354 Ribadu 42, 353 KOGI Goodluck 399,816 Buhari 132, 201 Ribadu 6516 KWARA Goodluck 268,243 Buhari 83,603 Ribadu 52, […]
Below is a table of the latest available results from states around Nigeria from Saturday’s presidential elections. The figures show the number of seats won by the main candidates in each state as announced by the local offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). There are 36 states plus Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory […]
Today, the die is cast and all the anxiety of who becomes the country’s president in the next four years would give way within the next 48 hours, when the results would be announced. Some of the presidential candidates are seen as contestants to the throne, while some are mere pretenders. Indeed, most of them […]
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