By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Mr. Olusade Adesola on Tuesday visited the site of the collapsed three storey building under construction in Dape District of the FCT. The Permanent Secretary, who was accompanied on the visit by senior officials...
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Motorists plying the popular Abuja-Lokoja Highway were at a standstill in Giri, Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT, due to flood from rainfall that started in the early hours of Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that motorists coming from Zuba Axis had to use alternative routes, especially...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday in Abuja, announced the outbreak of diphtheria infection in some parts of the capital city. The Director, FCT Public Health Department, Dr. Sadiq Abdulrahman, announced the outbreak at a news conference. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that diphtheria is...
The residents of Trademore Estate, located at Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have appealed to the FCT Administration to rescind its planned demolition of the estate. The Chairman of the residents, Mr Adewale Adeleke, made the appeal in a news conference on Monday in Abuja. The...
The Federal Fire Service says rescue operations at the site of the collapsed four-storey building at Dape in Life Camp, Abuja, will resume on Tuesday at 8.a.m. Mr Emeribe David, a Superintendent of Fire, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene of the disaster, that all...
First minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, has passed on at the age of 96. Adeogun died on Saturday, 1 July 2023, and his passing was confirmed by his family in a statement released, according to VOICE OF JNAIJA. The news medium also quoted the...
Mr Bola Babarinde, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa Chapter, has commended the reconciliatory effort of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and his immediate past predecessor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Babarinde in a statement on Monday, commended Sanwo-Olu for attending Ambode’s 60th birthday party and...
Malam Shehu Ahmed, the Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) says the FCT Administration would demolish all structures on waterways across the nation’s capital. Ahmed made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said some structures were preventing water from flowing freely through its natural...
A female pilgrim from the FCT, Hajiya Amina Yunusa, passed away in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.ma Malam Abubakar Evuti, the Director of the Federal Capital Territory Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, confirmed the sad incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Makkah. ” With total submission to Allah, the...
Some residents of Sauka and Anguwan Gede communities in Kuje Area Council, FCT, have commended the council Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Sabo, for the ongoing road construction in their areas. The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, said the project would...
President Bola Tinubu has joined other Nigerian Muslims to perform the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the Dodan Barracks Praying Ground in Lagos. The president was accompanied by Mr Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Babatunde Fashola, a former Lagos State Governor...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has declared Trademore Estate, located at Lugbe area of the FCT, Abuja, a disaster area, following a flood that left the area in ruin on June 23. The Permanent Secretary of the FCTA, Mr Olusade Adesola, made the declaration on Tuesday during an assessment...
The Police Commissioner in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Garba Haruna, says adequate security measures have been put in place to ensure peaceful Eid-el-Kabir Sallah celebration in the FCT. Haruna gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja shortly after the monthly FCT Security Committee Meeting, chaired by the...
Mr Dayo Israel, a Labour Party agent at the last Governorship Election in Lagos State, on Monday told Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife cast votes with invalid card readers. Israel, LP’s agent for Unit 006, Ward 15, Lagos Island Local Government,...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has expressed his commitment to the progress and well-being of the residents of Lagos. He made the commitment in his birthday message on Sunday, while marking his 58th birthday. According to him, every decision he makes and every initiative he undertakes is driven...
In his acceptance speech, Hon Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the House of Assembly in the state, emphasized that Lagos is Yoruba Land. He also expressed the commitment of the lawmakers to introduce legislation that safeguards the rights of the indigenes, even if it entails reversing existing laws. Lagos,...
Objectively speaking, the purpose of this piece is not to merely identify the physical location of the Lagos State Water Corporation. This author, like the generality of Lagosians, is aware that its headquarters are in Water House, Ijora, Lagos, while the corporation’s supervisory ministry, the Lagos state Ministry of...
The Police Command in Lagos State on Friday arrested a 49-year-old woman over alleged theft of a day-old baby from a hospital. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the Ojokoro Police Division carried out...
The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says 116 houses have been affected by flood at Trademore Estate, Lugbe, Abuja.loolw The Director-General, FEMA, Dr Abbas Idriss, who said this in a statement by Nkechi Isa, Head, Public Affairs, FEMA, however said no life was lost in the incident. “No fewer...