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INEC displays voters register for claims, objections in Lagos

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INEC displays voters register for claims, objections in Lagos

Bode August 16, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says it has displayed the register of newly registered voters for claims and objections from members of the public. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos state, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this on Monday evening in a statement by the...

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FCTA to prosecute 413 property owners over N29bn debts

Bode August 14, 2022

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has concluded arrangements to prosecute no fewer than 413 defaulting property owners by the end of August. Mr Muhammad Sule, who doubles as the Director, Information and Communication, FCT and Chairman, Media and Publicity Sub-Committee of FCT Debts Recovery Committee, made the disclosure...

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Police arrest 4 carjackers terrorising residents of Lagos

Bode August 13, 2022

Detectives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four suspected carjackers within Iba, Igando and Egbeda axis of Lagos State. The Spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. He identified the suspects as Victor Chibuike, 26 aka Azaman;...

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Police officer dismissed for illegal phone search, assault on civilian

Bode August 13, 2022

By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed an officer, Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri, for disobeying an order related to the illegal search of phones and assaulting a civilian. Corporal Kadiri, before his dismissal, was attached to Dolphin Divisional Headquarters, Lagos Police Command. The police spokesman, Olumuyiwa...

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AEDC assures FCT residents of improved power supply

Bode August 13, 2022

By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has assured residents of the Federal Capital City (FCT), especially Life Camp, Gwaripa, Dawaki and environs that the company is making frantic efforts to boost power supply to these areas. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of AEDC, Engr....

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Tourism key driver for socio-economic progress – FCT Minister of State

Bode August 12, 2022

By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu says modern tourism has become a key driver for socio-economic progress through the creation of jobs and enterprises, infrastructure development, and the export revenues earned. The minister, who made this declaration while inaugurating the FCT Tourism...

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Gov. Wike releases N2bn to Rivers’ community

Bode August 10, 2022

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced the release of N2 billion promised to the Ogbunuabali community in Port Harcourt. Governor Wike made the announcement on Tuesday at the inauguration of the dualised Ogbunuabali -Eastern Bypass Road in Port Harcourt. He used the occasion to lift the ban on...

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World Indigenous Day: FCT natives urge FG to recognise Abuja as state

Bode August 10, 2022

Abuja Original Inhabitants Youths Empowerment Organisation (AOIYEO), has urged the Federal Government to reorganise the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as a state and for its development. Mr Iseac David, the Executive Director of the organisation said this at the International Day for World Indigenous Day Celebration,on Tuesday in Abuja....

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FCT Area Councils, stakeholders share N2.903b allocation

Bode August 9, 2022

By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N2,903,139,412.86billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of June 2022. Minister of State, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu,...

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FG committed to Cross River/Akwa-Ibom road infrastructure – Sen. Ita Enang

Bode August 7, 2022

By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang has expressed optimism that the dualization of the Oku-Iboku road between Cross River and Akwa-Ibom State will be completed. Senator Enang gave the assurance over the weekend during an...

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Abuja residents speak on 2023 population census

Bode August 7, 2022

Residents of Abuja (FCT) on Sunday expressed their opinions concerning the upcoming national population census scheduled for April 2023.. Mr Soboma West, a resident of Lugbe area, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the census is important and requires the support of all Nigerians. “Nigeria as a...

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FCT Tribunal judgment: We will appeal, says AMAC chairman

Bode August 6, 2022

Mr Christopher Maikalangu, the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), says he will appeal the FCT Election Tribunal judgment nullifying his emergence as winner of the Feb. 12 area council elections. In a statement issued in Abuja, he called on his supporters to remain calm for the needful...

Kidnappers den discovered opposite police Headquarters in Abuja

Bode August 5, 2022

Residents have uncovered a kidnappers’ den opposite The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in the Central Business District, Abuja. The den is located inside thick bush off the expressway Security agents were said to have invaded the hideout and arrested one of the suspected kidnappers. A video taken at the...

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Nigeria Customs Service seizes N1.38bn worth of tramadol in Lagos

Bode August 4, 2022

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, on Thursday displayed 55 cartons of tramadol it seized on July 21. Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, Apapa Customs Area Controller, while displaying the drug in Lagos, said that it was exported from India and concealed in food flasks. `On July 21, acting...

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BUA donates over N275m projects to Sokoto communities

Bode August 4, 2022

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – BUA Cement has donated projects worth over 275 million naira to host community of Gidan Boka in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The projects which includes fully furnished clinic, school mosque and 170 tonnes of BUA cement, to 68 communities was part...

Demolition: FCTA hits suspected bandits forest

Bode August 4, 2022

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pulled down trees and shanties at a forest in Pasali along Kuje-Gwagwalada road, suspected to be a haven for bandits and other criminal elements. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Department of Development Control and Sanitation executed the demolition...

FCT security: FEC approves N2.6b for operational vehicles, gadgets

Bode August 3, 2022

By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to secure lives and property in the Federal Capital Territory (FEC), the Federal Executive Council (FEC), has approved the purchase of operational vehicles and various security equipment to support security agencies in the FCT. FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, who...

FCT minister reopens millennium park

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FCT minister reopens millennium park

Bode August 2, 2022

By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, on Monday reopened the Millennium Park, Abuja, which was closed to the public in 2020 as part of the Administration’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID -19. Accompanied by members of the FCT Executive...

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Borno Govt allocates 1000 housing units to IDPs in Konduga

Bode August 1, 2022

By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has resettled the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Konduga LGA into the newly constructed 1000 housing units that was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari months ago. The Commissioner for the Ministry of Reconstruction Rehabilitation and Resettlement (MRRR), Engr Mustapha Gubio relocated...

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Gridlock grips Kuje as FCTA demolishes illegal shanties

Bode August 1, 2022

Unprecedented traffic gridlock has been recorded in Kuje as the Department of Development Control and Sanitation embarked on demolition of illegal structures and shanties in Kuje Area Council, FCT, on Monday. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) had earlier warned of plans to remove illegal structures along the Tipper...