The House of Representatives has urged the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to halt recruitment process of judges into the 12 vacant positions in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The house said no action should be taken until there was compliance with the Federal Character...
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The City Management Team of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday began demolition of shanties built under bridges by illegal squatters. The team, supported by security personnel, also sent the squatters packing as part of efforts to strengthen security measures to secure the lives and properties...
Some hoodlums on Monday attacked officials of NAFDAC who were on enforcement operation against substandard drugs in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials were attacked by the hoodlums during a raid at Area 1 motor park. The hoodlums harassed the enforcement officers...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will flag-off a N750 million financial intervention scheme tagged ‘Lagos Market Trader Money’ for 15, 000 beneficiaries on Feb. 14. Ms Abisola Olusanya, State Commissioner for Agriculture, said this during a sensitisation programme on hygiene for 500 market men and women...
The Technical Director of Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Yusuf Alli, has said no fewer than 5,000 runners who failed to pick up their kits on time were disqualified. Alli disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Alli noted...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has issued a traffic advisory ahead of the yearly Access Bank Lagos City Marathon coming up on Saturday between 5.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, who announced this in a statement on Friday in...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sanctioned two pizza outlets in the FCT for using expired dough blend seasoning. The FCT Director of NAFDAC, Mr Ozigis Abdulsalam, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday....
Sen. Banigo Ipalibo has said the senate will take steps to tackle the menace of ‘one chance’, a notorious criminal gang operating in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other major cities. Ipalibo, the Chairperson, Senate Committee on Health gave the assurance when she led members of her...
A 62-year old woman, Mrs Fummi Akinade, has been successfully delivered of a baby boy in a private hospital in Lagos after 31 years in marriage without a child. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the baby was conceived through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and delivered...
A former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), was inexplicably absent at his polling unit, to vote for his party’s (APC) candidate for the Surulere 1 House of Representatives. Fashola, who was expected at the polling unit with the wife, Mrs Abimbola Fashola, was not seen...
APC Candidate in the ongoing Surulere Federal Constituency I by-election in Lagos State, Mr Fuad Laguda, says he is waiting to be congratulated as the winner. Laguda expressed this confidence while addressing newsmen shortly after casting his vote at Randle Primary School on Saturday. The candidate, who cast...
The By-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State, kicked off with early arrival of election materials. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC officials were seen at polling units as early as 7 30 a.m., with voting starting almost simultaneously at the polling units...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, has said only 121, 111 registered voters possesses Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to vote at Saturday’s by-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of the state. The INEC’s spokesman in Lagos State, Alhaji Taiwo Gbadegesin disclosed this in an interview...
The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike has approved N30.9 billion for massive school rehabilitation projects in the federal capital. Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, FCT Administration, Dr Danlami Hayyo, stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Hayyo, the gesture is a testament to the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – An ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). She was declared wanted after she escaped from her Lekki, Lagos residence when NDLEA operatives raided her...
The FCT-Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) on Saturday reminded an Abuja socialite, Mrs Aisha Achimugu to fulfil her tax obligations. FCT-IRS posted on its social media X handle that it wished the socialite warmest birthday as she lavishly celebrated her 50th birthday setting the Caribbean state of Grenada agog...
The Secretary for Education, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr Danlami Hayyo, has approved N7 billion to offset 25 per cent of the outstanding arrears of salaries of teachers in public primary schools. Hayyo said this during a familiarisation visit to the management of the FCT Universal Basic...
The Lagos State Government has constructed and completed 70 kilometres of new roads at various areas of the Lagos West Senatorial District. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made this known on Thursday in Ikeja, during the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting. Sanwo-Olu said the government...
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has enlisted the support of traditional leaders to strengthen the fight against insecurity in the federal capital. Wike said this during a security meeting with the FCT Council of Chiefs and the chairmen of the six Area Councils in Abuja on Wednesday, that the...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the profiling of areas worst-hit by kidnappers in the territory. Mr Mukhtar Galadima, Director, Development Control, FCTA, who led the exercise in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the exercise was to ascertain the causes of the kidnappings and suggest solutions....