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Nigerian policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer of Gwarinpa in Abuja, Babale Hamza Galadima, in a gestapo manner have invaded Hotel VIMA in the 1st Avenue area of Gwarinpa, arresting all occupants and destroying properties in the hotel.   SaharaReporters obtained videos of the destruction left by the policemen during the incident which occurred on Sunday night at about 11:30pm.    The pictures and Close Circuit TV videos on Monday showed doors and room...

  A magistrate court in Abuja has struck out the case bordering on criminal intimidation, threat to life, cyberstalking, and cyberbullying filed against social media influencer Ofoegu Chukwuma, popularly known as Ijele. The Chief Magistrate, Emmanuel Iyanna, while ruling on the bail application filed through his lawyer on Thursday struck out the case for lack of jurisdiction. The judge also ordered the police to arraign the blogger before a competent court of law to enable...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will on Thursday, April 18, 2024 arraign a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello before a Federal High Court in Abuja.   According to the anti-corruption agency, Bello will be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite alongside three other suspects, Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalam Hudu.   It, however, lamented that Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State breached the security cordon and took...

There were gunshots at the Abuja residence of former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello as current state governor, Usman Ododo reportedly smuggled the former out of the premises which were laid siege to by the personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   A security source told SaharaReporters on Wednesday evening that “Ododo, aka Married Woman, escaped with Yahaya Bello,” adding that there was a “serious gun battle in Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was able to track former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello to Abuja by outsmarting him, SaharaReporters has learnt.   It was learnt that Bello deliberately left his mobile phone at the Government House in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital to avoid being tracked to Abuja not knowing that EFCC operatives were already tracking the mobile phone of his aide he used.   Through his aide’s mobile phone,...

Police Storm Alleged Criminal Hideouts In Abuja, Arrest 85 Suspects For Peddling Hard Drugs, Producing Counterfeit Currencies, Others The Federal Capital Territory Police Command between March 31 and April 4, 2024 stormed some identified black spots and criminal hideouts in Durumi and Dei-Dei axis of Abuja and arrested 85 suspects for various offences.   The offences range from erecting illegal structures and shanties to the peddling of hard drugs and the manufacturing of counterfeit currencies....

Members of the sect trooped out in their number shortly after the Juma’at prayer at the National Mosque defied the presence of the heavily armed security agents who had surrounded the mosque to prevent the sect from embarking on the rally.         A massive protest is currently going on in Abuja the nation’s capital by the Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites to mark the International...

The AEDC, while confirming the development to its customers through its social media handles, said the national grid collapsed at about 4:28pm.     Nigerians have again been thrown into darkness as the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Thursday announced another national grid collapse. The AEDC, while confirming the development to its customers through its social media handles, said the national grid collapsed at about 4:28pm. In the notice, the power distribution company said,...

        Former governor of Bayelsa State and serving Senator, Seriake Dickson, has accused top people residing in Lagos and Abuja as masterminds of the oil theft on the Niger Delta soil.     Dickson, who is a Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly made this revelation when he appeared on “Inside Sources” with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme which was aired on Channels Television on Friday.     He went...

Strike looms as health workers protest in Abuja over nonpayment of allowances

Health workers are currently protesting in the Federal Capital Territory, threatening an indefinite strike beginning at midnight unless the Federal Government addresses their grievances. According to reports, the Joint Health Workers Union represents these hardworking professionals. They are demanding immediate payment of hazard allowances as well as a revision of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure to align with the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure. Read Also: Fashola: Loko-Oweto, 2nd Niger Bridges will reduce travel time Protesters also...