The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration is concluding the engagement of contractors for waste management in satellite towns. Wike disclosed this after inspecting some ongoing projects in the capital city in Abuja on Wednesday. The minister, who said that...
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed security agencies to monitor the influx of people that could pose security threats into FCT. The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the FCT Security Committee...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged security agencies to tackle menace of vote buying during party primaries for the Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call during the regular meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) on Tuesday...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has observed that Nigeria is witnessing a surge in reverse medical tourism, with patients from the United States and other countries thronging the nation’s hospitals to seek affordable and high-quality kidney transplants. The Vice President attributed the choice of Nigeria for treatment to affordability and...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has approved N36.5 billion for the execution of several projects in Federal Capital City and satellite towns. Coordinator, Satellite Towns Development Department, FCTA, Mr Abdulkadir Zulkiflu, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the FCT Executive Committee...
The pioneer MD/CEO of the newly established North-West Development Commission (NWDC) paid a courtesy call on the MD/CEO of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) at its Liaison office in Abuja. Prof. Abdullahi Ma’aji visited the Managing Director of NEDC, Mohammed G. Alkali, to establish a relationship between the two...
Dear Editor Sir, The recent report that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided the Abuja home of a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, picking him up a few days after he spoke as Chairman at a one-day...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has recognised Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the authentic National Secretary of the party. The BoT Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, disclosed this after the BoT meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja. Wabara said the recognition followed the recommendations of the Taminu Turaki-led committee...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As cancer remains a significant public health challenge, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud has called for urgent, inclusive, and sustained action in the fight against disease. The Minister made this call at the commemoration of 2025 World Cancer Day organised by...
The Police Command in the Federal capital Territory (FCT) said it has commenced the enforcement of the mandatory Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance in the FCT. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh on Sunday in Abuja said the enforcement followed the directive...
The management of Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has ordered suspension of all ongoing development work in its estates in Lugbe, Karu and Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory. FHA Managing Director and Chief Executive, Oyetunde Ojo, made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has successfully rescued a young woman from the clutches of a suspected armed robber and ritualist, launching an immediate manhunt for the fleeing suspect. Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a...
Normalcy has returned to Kuje Area Council of the FCT after a violent clash on Friday that claimed one life through suspected accidental discharge by police personnel. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the area on Saturday reports that residents were seen going about...
) The World Bank has announced that it has earmarked 1.2 billion dollars for investment in girls’ education across 18 states. The states include; Borno, Ekiti, Kebbi, Kaduna, Plateau, Katsina, Kano, Adamawa, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Bauchi, Jigawa, Yobe, Kwara, Gombe, Sokoto and Zamfara. The World Bank Country Director, Mr...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, on Thursday, January 30, 2025 rescheduled to February 3, 2025 the arraignment of Professor Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had on Wednesday, January 29, 2024 arrested Yusuf and brought before...
A Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced two lovers, Mohammed Nazifi, 30, and Bilkisu Ibrahim, 25, to three months imprisonment each for adultery. The police charged the lovers with a one-count charge of adultery by man and woman, to which they pleaded guilty. Nazifi pleaded with the court...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it would continue to engage with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic, in spite of their formal withdrawal from the bloc on Wednesday. The President of ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, made this known at a news conference in...
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Wednesday granted permission to former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku, to travel to Arjam, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for his routine medical check up. The judge granted the leave after hearing a motion filed through, his counsel...
The corpse of one of the five abducted residents of Chikakore community in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory has been found. The dead body of Mrs Esther Adesiyan was reportedly recovered in a bush near Itagbajii community in Niger state on Monday night. The deceased, her husband,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has revealed how suspected bandits abducted three members of a family disguised as vigilantes. The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command Josephine Adeh said the gunmen stormed the community around 10:00 am on Monday. “On 27th January...