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95-year-old Man ‘Marries Teenage Girl’ In Abuja Community
A 95-year-old man identified as Alhaji Muhammad Sabo has reportedly married a young girl said to be 14 years old in Abuja community. The wedding fatiha was held on May 5, 2023, at Dogon Ruwa under Gawu in Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. People earlier expressed scepticism over the news […]
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Gunmen Attack Abuja Estate, Kidnap Nine
Nine persons have been kidnapped after gunmen stormed the Grow Homes Estate along Kuchibiyi in the Kubuwa area of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday, March 10 at about 11.30pm and carried out an attack. According to residents of the estate, the gunmen numbering about 20 attacked the estate and abducted the nine persons from […]
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Man Stoned And Set Ablaze Over Alleged Blasphemy In Abuja {Video}
A man was stoned and set ablaze over alleged blasphemy in Lugbe, Abuja. The lynching took place on Saturday afternoon, June 4, 2022, at the Lugbe Timber Shed, along Airport Road in Abuja following an argument over alleged blasphemy. Below is a clip from the scene courtesy AIT
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Lagos-bound Passenger Dies At Abuja Airport
A Lagos-bound passenger died at the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, on Tuesday, April 19. The female passenger simply identified as Mama Tobi was at the boarding area for her flight to Lagos when she reportedly slumped as a result of high blood pressure. A lawyer, Felix Ashimole, who witnessed the incident, […]
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Deputy Inspector General Of Police Joseph Egbunike Who Investigated Suspended Police Officer Abba Kyari Slumps And Dies In Abuja
The Deputy Inspector General of Police in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Joseph Egbunike is dead. Late DIG Egbunike hails from Onitsha in Anambra State and was until his death, the most senior police officer from the Southeast region of the country. He reportedly slumped and died in his office in Abuja in the late hours […]
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Car Skids Off Bridge And Plunges Into Jabi Lake, Abuja {Video}
A car plunged into Jabi Laki, in Abuja. The car swerved off the Shehu Yaradua Highway and landed in the lake under on Friday morning, February 11. A video from the scene shows fishermen in boats at the site where the car landed. Another video shows the car being pulled out of the water. Watch […]
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Police Arrest 4 Abuja Officers Involved In Viral Extortion Video
Four police officers who were involved in an extortion while on duty in Abuja, have been taken into custody. In a video which went viral, the officers who were on traffic duty along Area 11 were seen trying to extort a yet-to-be identified young man. The police officers were taken into custody after FCT Commissioner of Police, […]
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Reactions Pour In As Photos From A Catholic Church In Abuja Celebrating Mass Using African Cultural Items Surface Online
Reactions have poured in after the St. Lukes Catholic church in Kubwa, Abuja celebrated mass recently using African cultural items. Young men who followed the priests to the altar were dressed in white singlets with a wrapper tied around their waists with white chalks used to place dots on some parts of their bodies. Some ladies […]
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EFCC Raids Abuja Hotel, Arrests Woman And Others With Fake $427,400
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested members of a syndicate that specialize in the production and sale of counterfeit foreign currencies, especially the dollar, to unsuspecting members of the public. Spokesperson of the agency, Wilson Uwujaren, said the four suspects usually sold counterfeited foreign currencies to unsuspecting members of the public. He said the suspects […]
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Rivers VAT Is Not For Abuja People And I Don’t Care If Heaven Falls – Governor Wike Warns Oil Companies As He Threatens To Take Over FIRS Offices In Rivers State
Governor Nyesom Wike has threatened to take over offices of the Federal Inland Revenue Services in Rivers state over an alleged “bullying”. Wike who addressed Shell Petroleum Development Company and other representatives of oil companies and business owners in the state during a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt, insisted that money generated in Rivers state is not meant […]