The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has asked for a renegotiation of FCT’s stake in the Kugbo International Market, Abuja. Wike gave the order when he inspected the market, being developed by a private investor, Mesotho Group Ltd, in Abuja on Wednesday. He explained...
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has promised to increase funds allocation for nutrition intervention in the FCT Administration’s 2025 budget. Wike made the promise when the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister particularly commended the agency’s Capacity...
The Nigerian Police has said six persons were arrested for various electoral offences during Saturday’s governorship election in Edo. Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of the election, Frank Mba, disclosed this in Benin, on Tuesday, at a news conference. “We have made a total of six arrests, and we...
Some Electricity Consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have decried the transfer of their tariff to Band A while they were not having 20 hours power supply. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Tuesday, the consumers who reside in Kubwa, Lugbe and environs...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced on Monday that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the construction of roads in Abuja’s satellite towns. Wike made this known while addressing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting. He emphasised that these satellite towns had...
Nigerian Army troops have killed eight notorious terrorist fighters and rescued 16 kidnapped hostages in sweeping operations against terrorists and insurgents in different parts of the country. The Nigerian Army, in a post on its official X-Handle on Monday, said the troops recovered a haul of firearms during the...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for the United States to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the behest of President Bola Tinubu. Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and Communications (Office of The Vice President), Mr Stanley Nkwocha, made this...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) has disclosed that Nigeria will host some 1,000 outstanding thinkers and distinguished stakeholders from around the world, including policy stakeholders, regional science bodies, development partners, and key leaders in the continent for biannual conference and General Assembly of...
Residents of Abuja living at Mpape in Bwari Area Council have been thrown into panic over continued suspected tremor and vibration in parts of the city. The Chairman, Mpape Hills Landlord Association, Dr Ebenezer Adebisi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the residents had been...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, emphasized the importance of collective efforts in achieving progress and prosperity in the FCT. In his Eid-el-Maulud message to FCT residents on Monday, Wike stressed that the territory’s growth depends on the combined efforts of...
JEOG holds 1st Africa regional conference on equal of access to higher education in Abuja on Tuesday
JEOG holds 1st Africa regional conference on equal of access to higher education in Abuja on Tuesday
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Equal opportunity Group (JEOG) will hold its First Africa Regional Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education (ARCEAHED), on Tuesday, September 17, and Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at the Idris AbdulKadir Conference Hall, National Universities Commission...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has attributed the rising cost of housing accommodation in FCT to market forces. Wike stated this in Abuja on Saturday when he visited Zeberced Limited Quarry, Kubwa-Abuja on Saturday, to see what the company was doing. While responding to...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Chinese corporations to improve light and water supply in the territory. Wike disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Anthony Ogunleye, Director of Press, Office of the Minister,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has declared that within the first year of the current administration in the FCT, the Fadama CARES programme has disbursed grants to a total of 9,170 beneficiaries. The minister who made this declaration at the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, rejected the medical intervention by the State House Clinic. Counsel for the EFCC, Ekele Iheanacho, told Justice Emeka Nwite while opposing Gambaryan’s second bail...
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court in Abuja, on Wednesday referred the case filed against Omoyele Sowore and 11 others’ to the FCT Chief Judge for reassignment. The judge had earlier given an order restricting the hunger protest to MKO Abiola stadium in Abuja....
Many motorists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed frustration over increase in the pump price of petrol. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NNPC Retail Management has approved upward review of the pump price of petrol from N617 per litre to N897 llitre, effective from...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is set to host a five-day Research Exhibition scheduled for the 17th of November, dedicated to showcasing the latest innovations and groundbreaking research. The event, which is set to bring together researchers, inventors, and creators to share their cutting-edge...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has embarked on a 30-day intensive operation, tagged ‘Operation Karara’, aimed at checking the excesses of motorists who disregard traffic lights in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Muta’a Chorrie, made this announcement while addressing operatives at the sector command...
Becky Danladi of TYB International Golf Resort and Country Club, Abuja, on Saturday emerged overall winner of Africa’s first ever indoor golf championship in Abuja. The championship which was organised by Olusegun Runsewe, the President of Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF), had no fewer than 150 lady golfers participating at...