The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons said its operatives have rescued nine pregnant women from a baby factory in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the Press Officer, NAPTIP, Mr Vincent Adekoye, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Mr. Adekoye revealed that the baby factory is…
The Federal Government has commenced a free Compressed Natural Gas bus service in Abuja to ease transportation costs for Nigerians in the capital city. The CNG buses began operations on December 2, 2024, as shown in a video shared by the Presidential CNG Initiative on its social media page. The buses, according to reports, will…
At least 10 children have been reported dead in Damangaza community, Lokogoma district of Abuja.Newsmen reports that the children died as a result of a suspected measles outbreak.James Budebo, Damangaza community head, was said to have announced the fatalities during an outreach programme on Friday. The programme was organised by Damangaza primary health care (PHC)…
The arraignment of Mr Saleh Mamman, former Minister of Power under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, was, on Thursday, stalled after he collapsed outside the courtroom of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Mr Mamman, whose plea was fixed for Thursday morning, collapsed before the case was called. Newsmen reports that the former minister’s counsel, Femi Ate, SAN,…
Fresh queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, surfaced in Abuja, parts of Niger and Nasarawa States on Friday, following the closure of many filling stations operated by independent marketers. Dealers closed their retail outlets due to their inability to access petrol as a result of the hike in the ex-depot price of the…
President Bola Tinubu has left Lagos for Abuja, where he is slated to oversee the inauguration of projects carried out by the Federal Capital Territory Administration. President Tinubu, departing from the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, received a send-off from Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Chief of Staff to the President,…
The Federal Government on Monday launched guidelines on safe motherhood, targeting at least seven million pregnant women, and at least six million newborn births annually. Speaking at the launch of the guidelines the Labour Care Guide, and the Guidelines for Community Use of Misoprostol, to commemorate the 2024 Safe Motherhood Day in Abuja, the Coordinating…
Amidst reports of surging illegal organ harvesting in the country, a former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has advised Nigerians against selling their organs. Sani said Nigerians shouldn’t allow present economic hardships in the nation to make them to sell either kidney or testicles to underground clinics. He wrote, “No matter the economic situation, don’t…
No fewer than 250 police, military retirees, and other senior citizens across the country will be supported with a N950m by the wife of the President, Mrs Remi Tinubu. According to her, each of the beneficiaries will receive N100,000. Tinubu disclosed this at the maiden edition of the Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme on…
Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has ordered that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele, be remanded in Kuje prison pending the determination of his request for bail. Emefiele will remain in prison until November 22, when the court will deliver…