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Govs, minister, CAN, Niger leader, others mourn The Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd.), on behalf of the Federal Government, has paid a condolence visit to the widow of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Mrs. Fati Attahiru, at the Flag House, Niger Barrack, Abuja. The visit was after the burial of Ibrahim Attahiru, who died with 10 others in a Kaduna plane crash. Accompanied by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) and Chief of Air Staff (CAS), the minster said the visit was to mitigate the excruciating psychological impact of the army chief’s deat...

The project is a partnership between the FCTA and Qatar Charity, whereby financial cost would be borne entirely by the charity while the FCTA has provided the land. Country Director of Qatar Charity, Mr Hamdi Elsayed, was quoted in the statement as saying that the estate is being constructed on about 13 hectares of land and has a planned completion period of 12 months. “The housing estate, according to the Country Director, will contain 200 units of two bedroom houses, a school, a vocational training centre, shops, and recreational facilities among other amenities,” he said. Mr Hamdi also...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has urged residents of the territory to remain resolute and shun forces of divisiveness as they ensure unity of the country. The minister, in his Eid-el-Fitr message to residents of the capital city yesterday, felicitated with the Muslim Ummah. “Most importantly, I congratulate us […]

Punch Newspapers Sections Solomon Odeniyi, Abuja Published 13 May 2021 The World Health Organisation Country Representative for Nigeria, Dr Walter Mulombo, has said Nigeria and other African countries would no longer receive fund given to support polio eradication activities from January 2022. According to him, Nigeria and other countries on the continent had been removed from the priority list having been declared polio-free. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary of the FCT Minister, Anthony Ogunleye, on Thursday, quoted Mulombo as saying this when he led a delegation of the WHO to updat...

6 min read Florence Nwokoro’s dream for 2020 was to expand her business. She was making headway until October 19 when everything went up in flames. That day, her shop and many others at the Apo-Kabusa market in Abuja were torched by arsonists during the ENDSARS protests that shook Nigeria for weeks that month. The market was one of the worst scenes of violence as hoodlums attacked protesters, looted shops and destroyed properties estimated at hundreds of millions of naira. Mrs Nwokoro said she had a foreboding of the mayhem. Her husband had had a dream the night before of he...