The Abuja Salsa Community – A Happy Spot

The sight of Siam City Garden every Friday night makes it feels like the city of Abuja is awake till dawn. Rows of cars, luxuriant lightning and happy folks of all ages in their salsa shoes step in to dance in their happy spot once again. Be it Salsa, Kizomba, Bachata, sensual bachta or Merengue […]

Married Man Bathed with Hot Oil as Romeo & Juliet Love Turns Sour in Abuja

What could make a Juliet in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city bathe her Romeo with hot oil? Pre-meditated evil? Tongues are already wagging in parts of the city as a Juliet bathed her married Romeo with hot oil. Some who appear to know the secret love tango between the two are even claiming that the Juliet […]

THE PROVISIONS UNDER THE HIGH COURT OF FCT-ABUJA (CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES, 2018, MANDATING PARTIES TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO: MY WORDS OF COMMENDATION!

One of the very commendable achievements of the immediate past Chief Judge of FCT-Abuja (who just retired from the judicial service few weeks ago) was the novel inclusion in the new Rules of an injunctive (but un-appealable) provision which is contained in the Forms: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 prescribed by the Rules. From […]

Despite NNPC’s Revelation, Petrol Scarcity Persists In Abuja

Despite the revelation by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that there are no plans to increase the price of petrol in March, scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol on Monday persisted in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The Nation reports that it monitored the petrol market situation around 10:00am to 11:30am, […]

Busted: Another Internet Fraud Training Centre Uncovered in Abuja

Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered yet another underworld ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters. The ‘academy’ located in Arab Contractors Area of Mpape Hills, a suburb of Abuja, was discovered when operatives, acting on intelligence, stormed the base on Thursday and arrested 27 […]

Wike Hits NDDC, Ijaw Youths, Abuja Contractors, Says Nothing To Show For Trillions Pumped In

In a deft political masterstroke, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State took a well-measured aim at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Management, Ijaw youths, and Abuja contractors, and shattered the ego of the three forces. To the NDDC management, the governor dropped his killer weapon, ‘’trillions of naira have been spent, and we cannot […]

Wike Hits NDDC, Ijaw Youths, Abuja Contractors, Says Nothing To Show For Trillions Pumped In

In a deft political masterstroke, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State took a well-measured aim at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Management, Ijaw youths, and Abuja contractors, and shattered the ego of the three forces. To the NDDC management, the governor dropped his killer weapon, ‘’trillions of naira have been spent, and we cannot […]

10 ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Students’ Nabbed In Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arrested 10 suspects over computer-related fraud known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ They were arrested at their Academy in Bwari axis of Abuja where they were said to be learning the trade of cyber trickery. The suspects aged between 20 and 30 years, are Sixtus Jude, Moses Samuel, Isalan Johnny, […]

COVID-19: We May Lockdown Lagos, Abuja, Two Other States – FG

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has disclosed that it is contemplating a targeted lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and major cities in Nigeria as the number of COVID-19 cases soars in the West African nation. The government expressed worry that with more than 127,000 infections, many citizens are not adhering to the safety protocols. […]

Abuja under siege by bandits, but DSS, army after agitators in south-east

Abuja is under siege. Terror lives and breathes here. Citizens are kidnapped every day from their homes but sadly, some of these tragedies escape outrage and alarm. There is a false sense of security in the federal capital territory (FCT) – the flawed assumption of safety – which has enabled the atrocities of bandits in […]