The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has given land allottees 21 days to pay all statutory Right of Occupancy (R of O) bills and charges or lose the offer. Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Mr Lere Olayinka, disclosed this at a...
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) screened only 8,287 out of the 261,914 area council land documents submitted for regularisation between 2006 and 2023. Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Mr Lere Olayinka, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, held a crucial closed-door meeting with Nigeria’s top military leadership in Abuja on Thursday. The meeting, which was held separately behind closed doors with the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede, the Chief of Naval...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed 50 billion Dollars into various sectors of Nigeria in the last 10 years. The President and Chairman of Afreximbank, Prof. Benedict Oramah disclosed this at the Commissioning of the Afreximbank African Trade Centre (AATC) in Abuja on Thursday. Oramah said the sectors...
The Federal Government and education stakeholders have vowed to end the Almajiri street-begging crisis by integrating modern learning with quranic education. This was the position of stakeholders at one-day presentation of Civil Society Organisations on the Revitalisation of the Almajiri- Tsangaya System of Education in Nigeria in Abuja on...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja– The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has intercepted a large consignment of tramadol valued at over ₦8.6 billion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja as part of its significant anti-smuggling effort. The seizure, made on Saturday, 5 April 2025, was...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister of State Dr. Mariya Mahmoud has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s unwavering commitment to the infrastructural transformation of Abuja. The Minister stressed that under his leadership, the FCT has witnessed remarkable improvements in road networks, urban development, and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud has stated that the Kugbo international market would undoubtedly promote local and national economies through increased trade and commerce. The Minister also said that the market would generate revenue for the government through taxes, levies, and...
Young demonstrators under the aegis of the Take-It-Back Movement on Monday defied police warning and staged protests in Abuja, Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, among other states. Clad in their signature orange berets, the protesters began their rally in Lagos at the Ikeja Under Bridge, marching through major roads in the...
Mr Olabode Tijani, an aggrieved and former member of Dominion Chapel Church International, Favour House Branch, Lugbe in Abuja, has sued the church; the Senior Pastor, Eyong Eyong, and others for allegedly inciting his wife, Mrs Abolore Tijani, to divorce him. Also joined in the suit are President, Christian...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Ondo State, has said no court has confirmed Dr Boniface Aniebonam as the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, and Dr Agbo Major, as National Chairman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Federal Court in Abuja on Thursday...
President Bola Tinubu will visit some of the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to identify with rural dwellers as part of activities to celebrate his second year in office. FCT Minister Nyesom Wike stated this after he inspected some ongoing projects in Kwali, Gwagwalada and Bwari...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated the newly constituted Board of Trustees for the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Golf Club. Wike said during the inauguration in Abuja on Friday, that the FCT Administration was committed to restoring order and efficiency of the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has frowned at land grabbing and undeveloped lands in the territory. Wike raised the alarm while inspecting some ongoing projects in Abuja on Friday, in preparation for the second anniversary of President Bola Tinubu. The minister particularly complained...
The body of Commodore Jerome Zemoh Jatau (rtd), who passed on in India on March 31, 2025 arrived Abuja on Thursday, according to family source. Born in Kwoi Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State on 24 January 1962, Jatau attended the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), as a member...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, ordered the final forfeiture of two property linked to a staff member of Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Aminu Garunbaba, to the Federal Government. The property include a four bedroom terrace maisonette with BQ at Barumark Groove Estate, Plot 667, Cadastral...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, gas said he is healthy, strong and performing his duties as the minister of FCT. Wike stated this in Abuja on Thursday, while reacting to the rumour going round that he collapsed on Friday and was flown to France...
The former Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Maharazu Tsiga Rtd. said he was able to come out alive from kidnappers’ den by the help and mercies of God. Tsiga said this on Thursday, when he and 18 other victims were reunited with their families by...
The Nigerian military is committed to enhancing defence cooperation in Africa, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa has said. Musa said this while inaugurating the committee to work out modalities for the maiden edition of the Africa Chiefs of Defence Summit which will hold from June...