The National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly condemned the withdrawal of some of its chairmanship candidates from the forthcoming FCT area council elections. National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Comrade Ini Ememobong, who stated this in a statement on Friday, described the move as...
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Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has announced a restriction of movement across the FCT from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Saturday, 21st February, 2026, in view of the scheduled Area Council Elections. Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Miller G. Dantawaye, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) across the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has recorded an impressive outcome ahead of the Area Council Election scheduled to hold on Saturday 21st February 2026. In a statement by...
Ahead of the FCT Area Council elections, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has officially declared Friday, February 20, 2026, as a Work Free Day for all residents of the FCT. In a formal broadcast addressed to the residents of the FCT, the Hon. Minister said...
On 25th of April, 2025 unending waves of applause and a sense of more safer flights filled the minds of airline passengers in Nigeria as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) officially concluded its flight calibration exercise. The event, which drew critical stakeholders in the aviation sector at the...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, has reassured stakeholders that the Commission is fully prepared to conduct credible, transparent and peaceful Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Saturday, February 21, 2026. In a remark at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja ahead...
FCT Police Command has announced a large-scale security deployment ahead of the 2026 Area Council Elections scheduled for Saturday, February 21, 2026. The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the operation is being carried out in collaboration with sister security agencies, including the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force,...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday, played host to a delegation from the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), led by its President, Tony Emoekpere, who were on a courtesy visit. The ATCON members were received at the Commission’s Headquarters, Abuja, by the Executive Vice-Chairman/CEO of the...
African Democratic Congress (ADC), has strongly condemned remarks by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, describing his declaration of “war” against anti-Tinubu candidates as reckless and inflammatory. In a statement signed by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, the party warned that such rhetoric...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has warned transport unions against a repeat of what was witnessed during the Anambra State governorship election as the Federal Capital Territory FCT Council polls approach. In a remark during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting with the National Union...
A China-based Nigerian businessman, Ibeanu Vincent Chukwudulue and two Angolan citizens: Mbandu Martins Makiadi and Ngoma Wilson Fernando have excreted a total of 236 wraps of cocaine following their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and Mallam...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated its high-powered National Campaign Council for the 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections, deploying massive national leadership to secure victories across all six area councils. The inauguration ceremony, held at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja was led by the party’s...
Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has firmly dismissed allegations circulating in sections of the media that student loan funds were diverted at the University of Abuja, stating that no verified evidence supports the claims. A statement issued on Friday by the Director of Strategic Communications, NELFUND, Mrs. Oseyemi Oluwatuyi,...
Former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has reaffirmed his readiness to appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, February 16, 2026, following an alleged attempt by security operatives to arrest him at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. El-Rufai’s legal team disclosed this...
Legal team of former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has strongly condemned what it described as an unlawful attempt by security operatives to arrest him at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. According to a statement signed by his counsel, Ubong Esop Akpan of The Chambers of...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that the three Bus and Taxi Terminals constructed by the FCT Administration (FCTA) will begin operation once the the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement for the operations and management of the terminals is approved by the Federal Executive...
PDP Advocates for Peace and Justice (PAPA-J) has voiced “deep disappointment and concern” over Governor Umo Eno’s plan to acquire land in Abuja to build an “Akwa Ibom Estate”. According to the group, the announcement is coming at a time when Akwa Ibom State is facing housing shortages, outrageous...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has vowed to step down from office if the ongoing Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Road project fails any independent quality assessment, declaring his readiness to subject the work to rigorous testing. Umahi made the statement on Wednesday while defending his ministry’s 2026 budget before a joint session...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said that the ongoing dualisation of the Airport road to Kuje and Gwagwalada roads has reached an advanced stage, which will be ready for commissioning in June, this year, as part of activities to mark the President third...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Peace Committee (NPC) have forged a strategic partnership to strengthen election security and promote peaceful conduct ahead of the forthcoming Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election. The renewed collaboration was affirmed on Wednesday, 11th February 2026, at the Commission’s Headquarters...