The Women Affairs Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the disbarment of the N10 million grants to 20 women farmers in the FCT. The grant is under the First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Initiative’s (RHI) Women Agricultural Empowerment programme. Mandate Secretary of the...
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‘Up NEPA’, a documentary that chronicles the lingering challenges of electricity supply in Nigeria has premiered in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that filmmakers, industry stakeholders, representatives of relevant institutions and electricity consumers were present at the screening of the film...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration will deal squarely with land grabbers, no matter how highly- placed. Wike gave the warning when officials of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), FCT Chapter, visited him in Abuja...
The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has sealed Residency Hotels, a school and three business premises in the capital city for tax evasion. The FCT-IRS acting Director, Legal Services, Mr Festus Tsavsar, who led the enforcement team, explained that the closure of the premises was in line...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has unveiled new products as part of his promise to take NASENI to the market. A statement by the Director Information, NASENI,...
Co A High Court in Zuba, Abuja has adjourned until May 21 the trial of the Medical Director, Alliance Hospital, Dr Christopher Otabor, Emmanuel Olorunlaye, Chikaodili Ugochukwu and Dr Aremu Abayomi over alleged organ harvesting. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) charged the defendants...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has funded over 5,525 physical infrastructural projects and provided over 576 faculty/departmental libraries in tertiary institutions across the country. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono disclosed this while presenting a paper at the 26th seminar of Nigerian...
A Senior Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, has sentenced a 28-year old housewife, Faith Felix to eight months in prison for pouring hot water on her co-wife. The woman, who resides in Gosa Toge along airport road in the FCT, was convicted and sentenced for criminal force, assault...
No fewer than half of the 35.5 million population of Persons With Disabilities (PWD) across the country, require basic education to meet up with their counterpart across the globe. The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), James Lalu, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja. Lalu...
A 16-year old boy, on Tuesday, told an FCT High Court in Zuba that he was given N880,000 cash by Mr Emmanuel Olorunlaye, in Alliance Hospital, Abuja, after his kidney was removed. The teenager made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Hassan Tahir....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned two separate money laundering suits filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against British national, James Nolan, bi and two other companies for judgment. Justice Donatus Okorowo adjourned the suits for judgment after counsel for the EFCC, Bala...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, has gotten an award as the “Advocate of the Masses and Human Rights”, at the 2024 Press Freedom and Good Governance Awards Night and Dinner, organized by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ). The ceremony was...
A 16-year old boy, on Monday, told an FCT High Court in Zuba that he was offered N1 million by Mr Emmanuel Olorunlaye,for his kidney to be removed at Alliance Hospital, Abuja. The teenager made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Hassan Tahir....
Vice-President Kashim Shettima is expected to depart Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit is organised by the Corporate Council on Africa. The Senior Special Assistant to...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives on stop and search operation along Abuja-Abaji highway on Wednesday 1st May intercepted a 40-ft gas tanker marked RBC 77XG and upon a thorough search discovered 511 jumbo sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 4,752kg concealed in the gas tank compartment...
The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery, on Sunday said trade relations between Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) currently stands at about seven billion pounds sterling. Montgomery told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that Nigeria and the UK signed a new agreement...
The United kingdom (UK) says only international students coming in for their Doctor of Philosophy.(PhD) studies were eligible to bring in dependents to the country. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans obtained by their states and the...
Film on Nigeria’s electricity sector, ‘Up NEPA’ premieres in FCT ‘Up NEPA’, a documentary film that explores the challenges of electricity supply in Nigeria is set for premiere in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) on May 9,. Ishaya Bako, ace Nollyood filmmaker and Director of the film, stated this in...
Dozens of protesters from Zamfara State have occupied the entrance to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), calling on the commission to reopen investigations on the former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. The protesters under the auspices of APC Loyalists Forum...