Unity Fountain

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm nominees for the Nigeria Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC), Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).

President Buhari to assent to electoral bill Friday

February 24, 2022

A coalition of Nigerian activists demonstrated Tuesday in the capital city Abuja, demanding President Mohammadu Buhari sign a bill that aims to improve transparency, inclusion, and planning for national elections.

Nigerian activists push President Buhari to sign election reform bill

February 22, 2022

Tension is currently brewing at the unity fountain in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja as a combined security operative blocked angry youths protesting to mark one-year remembrance of those killed and brutalised at Lekki tollgate in Lagos and around the country during the #EndSARS protest on October 20, 2020.

#EndSARSMemorial: Tension as police, army block protesters in Abuja

October 20, 2021

Nigerian youths held memorial protests in Lagos and Abuja on Wednesday, one year after security forces violently suppressed mass protests against police brutality and bad governance.

Nigerian youths protest a year after bloody crackdown

October 20, 2021

Protesters who demonstrated on Saturday in solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari alleged members of their group were promised a participation fee of N1,500 to hold a counter-protest against those marching against bad governance.

Abuja resident: We got N1,500 each for pro-Buhari June 12 protests

June 12, 2021

Security agencies on Saturday took over strategic public spaces to frustrate protests organised across the country by activists demonstrating against what they described as bad government and unbridled insecurity.

Police confront protesters over June 12 rally

June 12, 2021

Amnesty: Protesters deserve to be heard, not shot at

June 1, 2021

Omoyele Sowore

Amnesty International, others condemn attack on Omoyele Sowore

May 31, 2021

Mr Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant Olawale Bakare have pleaded not guilty to a two-count amended charge levelled against them.

FCT Police deny firing teargas at Omoyele Sowore

May 31, 2021

Omoyele Sowore

Omoyele Sowore: Let the struggle continue even if they take my life

May 31, 2021

Omoyele Sowore

Sahara Reporters publisher ‘shot’ in Abuja

May 31, 2021

Kaduna state government has said further checks in the wake of the attack by armed bandits on the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi LGA indicated that 39 students are currently unaccounted for.

Parents, mates of abducted Kaduna students protest at National Assembly

May 4, 2021

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)

NLC stages protest over minimum wage bill

March 9, 2021

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Musa Bello

Coronavirus: FCT taskforce clears Abuja recreational spots of fun-seekers

December 25, 2020

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, who raised the concern on Thursday during the daily press briefing by the task force in Abuja.

#EndSARS: PTF predicts spike in virus cases

October 20, 2020