By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – A four-day meeting for the establishment and strengthening of National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) in West Africa opened in Abuja on Monday, with the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris, recalling the past experiences of Ebola,...
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No fewer than 74 Directors have bowed out of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), having clocked 60 years of age or 35 years in service. FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, stated this in Abuja on Sunday, at an event organised in...
An electricity consumer Mr Jimoh Olarewaju has said the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) is aggravating suffering of its consumers in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Olarewaju, who resides in Kubwa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on...
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), Publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, have agreed to partner on fact-checking as part of efforts to stem the tide of fake news, misinformation, and disinformation in the digital age. The partnership deal was discussed when...
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 11 suspects over alleged involvement in `one chance” robbery in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Adejobi said a POS Machine and one Mazda...
Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, insisted that all the commercial motorcycles impounded in the city would be crushed. Head of Operations, Directorate of Road Transport Services, FCTA, Mrs Deborah Osho, stated this during a clampdown operation on commercial motorcycles operators in Abuja. Osho said that the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says his constant monitoring of ongoing projects in the territory, Abuja, is to keep contractors on their toes. Wike stated this in Abuja on Monday, after inspecting ongoing road projects in Guzape and the full-scale development of...
The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has declared that the looting of a warehouse in the Gwagwa-Tasha on Sunday by hoodlums was beyond hunger, but a criminal act. The Minister made this declaration at the end of her assessment visit to Gwagwa-Tasha to ascertain the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has debunked media reports on Sunday alleging that the Agency’s warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja amidst the worsening economic hardship. A statement issued by the agency’s Press Unit on Sunday, said the looted warehouse...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the Wuye/Wuse Flyover is 85 per cent completed and will be inaugurated in May. Wike stated this in Abuja on Saturday, after inspecting the project, along with the Vice-President’s residence and 11-kilometre (km) six lane...
Sen. Ireti Kingibe has pledged to ensure full execution of all constituency projects earmarked in the budget for the FCT. “Everything that’s budgeted for in the zonal intervention projects will be done,” she said during the opening of Karu-Ishan road on Saturday. Kingibe who represents the Federal Capital...
The City Management Team of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has demolished illegal shanties and structures of Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja. Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, who led the team on Wednesday, explained that the BDC operators...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration is creating a conducive environment for investors in the federal capital. Wike stated this when a delegation from the Sunrise Estate Developers, a subsidiary of Nadeem Group, visited him in Abuja on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said its 330kV Gwagwalada-Katampe Transmission line has been destroyed by vandals. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. According to her, ”Bulk power supply flexibility and...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigerian Army troops have rescued 10 passengers onboard a Peace Mass Transit Bus, who were kidnapped while traveling from Calabar to Abuja. The Director, Army Public relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who revealed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the victims were...
The Federal Government has said the Obiafu/Obrikom/Oben (OB3) Gas Pipeline will be completed in March 2024. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, made this known at the official opening of the 7th edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2024) on Tuesday at...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu led administration has turned Abuja into a construction site. Wike stated this when the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Richard Montgomery, visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that construction...
Nine-time African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria, on Monday piped the Lionesses of Cameroon 1-0 in a crucial second leg Women’s Olympic football qualifier after a pulsating encounter in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Esther Okoronkwo’s 15th minute goal at the Moshood Abiola...
The private residence of the FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud in Abuja was razed down by fire on Sunday. Media Aide to the minister, Mr Austine Elemue, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said the cause of the fire was being investigated by the authorities. He...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso was based on the need to maintain regional unity and security. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, said this at the end of the extraordinary session of...