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Abia group calls for release of Abaribe

A pan-Abia group, Ala Abia, has called for the release of Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe who is being detained by the Department of State Security for undisclosed reason.

The group in a statement on Saturday in Abuja said the gestapo nature of Abaribe’s arrest calls for concern, noting that the [...]

Judge withdraws from hearing Innoson’s case

Justice Mojisola Dada last Friday withdrew from the case involving the chairman of Innoson Motors Limited, Innocent Chukwuma, over a petition against her.

The businessman was to be arraigned before a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, but could not as Justice Dada returne [...]

Bello makes case for home-made products

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello, has underscored the enormous benefits of patronizing home-made products 

Bello made this promotion at a cocktail the FCT Administration hosted for members of the International Press Institute, IPI, at the opening of the world [...]

FCTA tasks ministries, agencies on title regularisation

Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has charged ministries and agencies that have lands allocated to them under the FCT Master-plan to come forward and regularise such parcels of land by processing their titles. 

Bello, who made this call when his Ministry of Interior [...]

Group empowers FCT school girls

To continue to showcase the various potential of students in public schools in FCT, a non-governmental organization, Visola Foundation, has selected 567 female students from 15 Senior Secondary Schools in FCT for the end of the year Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM, club competit [...]

Helpline Foundation rolls out zero interest loan for widows

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the International Women's Day, Helpline Foundation for the Needy, Abuja, has concluded plans to roll-out free interest revolving loan scheme for widows in the FCT. 

The group said the revolving free interest loan scheme is part of effort b [...]

2019: Ortom sets up ward campaign committees

In their bid to re-elect Governor Samuel Ortom and his deputy, Engr Benson Abounu come 2019, major stakeholders and their supporters have constituted campaign committees in the 276 council wards in the state.

The committees, Ortom/Abounu Support Movement 2019, were constituted across the state [...]

ICRC holds workshop for lecturers on international humanitarian law

A three-day workshop on international humanitarian law, IHL, gathering close to 70 lecturers, organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, aimed at enhancing the knowledge of IHL among participants and contributing to the academic debate on IHL in Nigeria has closed in Abuja.