Abuja
News report from the Federal Capital Territory
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An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has discharged and acquitted former President Goodluck Jonathan's cousin, Robert Azibaola, of $40 million laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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As part of moves to further traumatise him, the Nigerian police, through the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on Tuesday froze the bank account of PREMIUM TIMES reporter, Samuel Ogundipe. Mr Ogundipe was arrested at about
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Sacked DSS director general, Lawal Daura, has been released from custody and his international passport confiscated. Daura was sacked and taken into custody on Tuesday, August 7, after he ordered the deployment of SSS operatives
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Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West - PDP) has resurfaced a day after the lawmaker's family raised an alarm that he was abducted. The senator took to his Twitter account @dino_melaye to disclose how he escaped
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Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West in the Senate has been abducted by unknown gunmen. This was made public by his colleague in the senate, Senator Ben Bruce (Bayelsa East) on his Dino Twitter page.
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Policemen on Tuesday morning blocked the convoy of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki at Lake Chad Junction, Maitama, Abuja. Effort to get the reaction of the Police over this latest move proves abortive
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The MTN office in Maitama, Abuja, has been shut after continuous picketing of its offices nationwide by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). On Monday, members of the union had laid siege on MTN offices in
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Congratulations are in order for the queen of Nollywood, Genevieve Nnaji as she appears to have completed her estate (Stick and Stones Homes) in Abuja. The actress who shared a photo of herself at the
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Inspector Benjamin Peters, the policeman who shot and killed National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member Angela Igwetu in Abuja on Wednesday, has been dismissed from the Force and arraigned in court over the incident. According
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Scores of Nigerians gathered at the Unity Fountain in Abuja to stage a protest against the ongoing killings across the country. A coalition of civic organisations – EiE Nigeria, Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Global
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