Abuja
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The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has reported a successful operation conducted by officers from Zone 7 Command and the National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) in Abuja. In a statement signed by the Police spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi via X on Monday, revealed that the operation resulted in the arrest of 113 foreign nationals involved in sophisticated…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that the FCT Administration had commenced the procurement processes for drones to boost the security architecture of the territory. Wike made this disclosure when the Consul-General of the Embassy of Hungary in Nigeria, Endre Deri, paid him a courtesy visit on Thursday in Abuja.…
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Amid his rift with Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said nobody can bring him down because God raised him. He said detractors ganging up and plotting to bring him down will fail. Speaking when he visited his loyalist and former Rivers Chairman of…
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Some social media users are currently expressing anger following reports that one Miss Folorunsho Ariyo was killed alongside Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar by bandits in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Daily Trust had reported that kidnappers dumped the remains of four victims they executed, around a former military checkpoint behind Idah Junction along the Bwari-Jere SCC Road in Kagarko…
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Abductors have demanded N30m ransom before the release of seven family members kidnapped in Zuma, Bwari Central ward of the Federal Territory Capital, Abuja. It could be recalled that bandits five days ago invaded the house of the victims, killed one person, while two policemen sustained bullet injuries in an attempt to foil the kidnap.…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has reportedly instructed the Director of the Department of Development Control to ensure that the Nuwalege community, located along the Airport Road, makes way for the presidential fleet plot. MEZIESBLOG understands that this directive issued in response to a request from the Nigerian Air Force, will have houses…
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Commuters in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja, and its environs have been gripped with palpable fear following the activities of men of the underworld, popularly known as ‘one-chance robbers’. The robbers, who are usually armed with dangerous weapons, including AK-47s, disguise themselves as commercial vehicle drivers and passengers to perpetrate evil. Despite the harrowing…
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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has announced the arrest of Chukwudi Ezirike, a wanted ‘one chance’ kingpin who was allegedly causing fear along the Kubwa/Zuba highway. ‘One chance’ is commonly used in Nigeria to refer to a robbery that takes place when a group of criminals picks up passengers waiting for a taxi or…
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The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Capital Territory command has said it has arraigned no fewer than 51 persons in court for raising false alarm, after it recorded about 62 cases of alleged disappearance of male private parts in the FCT. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, confirmed this while addressing newsmen at the command’s headquarters on Friday.…
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There are growing concerns over the activities of some criminal elements who are reportedly on the prowl in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja and other states of the federation stealing male genital organs. In recent times, there has been an increase in reported cases of disappearance of genital organs in some states in the…
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, has been told to start his plan of demolishing buildings that are not in the original Master Plan of Abuja from the seat of power, Aso Villa. Spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 elections, Daniel Bwala, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today,…
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A Bulldozer of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) demolished the multimillion-naira duplex built on Plot 226, in Wuse Zone 6, an unapproved land. Mr Mukhtar Gidado, Director, Department of Development Control, said that the building was illegally developed against all warnings. Gidado said that his team had carried out extensive investigation to ascertain the…
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People Selling Corn, Others In Abuja Are Responsible for Insecurity In Nigeria’s Capital —FCT Minister, Wike He said Abuja should be kept clean, adding, “If you are in charge of sanitation, will call you at any time of the day. The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced a ban on street trading…
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Peeved by the growing level of filth and haphazard transportation system in the nation’s capital, Abuja, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has charged top officials of the administration to sit up or seek redeployment elsewhere. Specifically, he ordered the director in charge of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board, AEPB, to clean…
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President Bola Tinubu is currently hosting members of the Nigerian Governors Forum at the Presidential Villa. The meeting also involves new personalities elected as governors in their various states, as well as the returning ones. The meeting commenced at noon shortly after Tinubu swore in Senator George Akume as the new Secretary to the Government…
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Following the deteriorating security situation in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, parents and guardians are worried over the safety of students as schools resume for a new academic section on Monday. The Federal Government had on July 25, 2022, directed the closure of federal colleges in the nation’s capital over series of terrorists’ attacks recorded in Abuja.…
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