A female officer of the Nigerian Navy attached to the Defence Headquarters, (name withheld) has been kidnapped alongside two others by gunmen in Abuja. A military source told LEADERSHIP that the victims were taken from their residence in the Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday night. According to the source who craved…
The cause of gas explosion that occurred on Karu Bridge in Abuja on Wednesday night has been revealed This as six people were reportedly killed while 25 are hospitalised for various degree of injuries. They are currently being treated at the National Hospital and Asokoro Hospital. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Public Education Officer,…
The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed claims circulating on social media about the presence of 79 terrorists in the Lugbe area of Abuja, describing the report as false and misleading. Amid growing security concerns in the Federal Capital Territory, the police reassured residents that there was no intelligence to support the claim. In a statement…
Legendary Afrobeats singer, Innocent Idibia, widely known as 2Baba, has left fans deeply unsettled with his visibly slimmer appearance after a recent report claimed he was seen with his lover, Honourable Natasha Irobosa Osawaru Igbinedion, the Deputy Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, representing Egor Constituency under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP….
Dr. Adekunle Raif Adeniji, the Director of Administration at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in Abuja, has been abducted by gunmen. Dr. Adeniji was kidnapped two weeks ago in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. SaharaReporters learnt that his abductors have contacted his family, demanding a ransom of N350 million for his release….
The police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested 31 individuals and recovered stolen items worth over N1 billion in Abuja. At a press briefing on Friday, Commissioner of Police Olatunji Disu confirmed that 16 of the suspects had been charged in court for criminal conspiracy and damaging public infrastructure, such as roads,…
With four days left to the end of the relocation of electricity infrastructure that led to power rationing in Abuja, the city is once again threatened with another bout of blackout as vandals steal cables supplying 60 percent of electricity to the city. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in a statement on Friday stated…
A midnight fire has killed a 24-year-old woman identified as Jumai Sunday and her one year-six months son, Nasir Rabiu, in Abuja. The deceased, it was gathered hailed from Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The incident happened in a house at Kugbo furniture market in the Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal…
The natives of the FCT under the aegis of the Abuja Origianal Inhabitants Youths and Empowerment Organisation (AOIYEO) have warned northern geopolitical leaders to cease any attempt to perpetuate the marginalisation of FCT citizens for their own interests. President of AOIYEO, Commandant David Isaac, who addressed newsmen in Abuja, over weekend, said the indigenous people…
Abuja Police Command said Monday that the explosives at an Islamiyyah school in the Kuchibiyi community of Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which resulted in the deaths of two persons were suspected to have been brought to the school by three suspects from Kastina state. According to the FCT Police command,…
