The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike has promised to complete the abandoned construction of the official residence of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria . Wike made the pledge in Abuja on Tuesday, after inspecting the project being handled...
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday affirmed the election of Gov. Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress as Governor of Benue. The appellate court dismissed the appeal filed by the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Titus Uba challenging the election of Alia....
The Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has signed a historic deal with the Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR) – publishers of PRNigeria, Spokespersons’ Digest and Economic Confidential – for the hosting of annual Spokespersons’ Communications Awards (SCA). The epoch-making Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Seven years after his escape from prison custody following his conviction for drug dealing, a notorious major distributor of illicit substances within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Ibrahim Momoh, popularly known as Ibrahim Bendel, has been arrested by operatives of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu will, on Saturday, depart Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on November 20, 2023, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement issued...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has sought partnership with Daewoo for the construction of five-star hotel to boost tourism in the federal capital city, Abuja. Wike called for the partnership when the Chairman, Daewoo Engineering and Construction, Mr Jung Won-ju visited him...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Safe FCT, has arrested 135 suspects during coordinated raids of criminal hideouts, uncompleted buildings and shanties in the territory. The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Mr Haruna Garba, said this during a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said the...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Sen. Ireti Kingibe, on Thursday called for the recruitment of more women into the various security agencies to ensure gender inclusivity. She made the call while speaking at a three-day “Strategic Sensitisation Workshop with Senior Officers of Defence and Security Agencies and...
As the strike by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) enters second day, court activities at the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja were going on smoothly. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Showed that judges, staff, lawyers and litigants in the high-rise...
Not long ago, one of the correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), was abducted by gunmen in Abuja. The correspondent had boarded their vehicle at the Federal Secretariat on the way home after an assignment on the fateful day. The fear-stricken Reporter, who is yet to...
The Google LLC, an American multinational technology company, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss the 150 million dollars suit filed by a Nigerian, Mr Chianugo Peter, against it and GoDaddy.com. Google, the 2nd defendant in the suit, told Justice Obiora Egwuatu that Peter’s claims were...
An 11-year-old Nelson George has filed an N100 million suit against Limi Children’s Hospital Limited for alleged misdiagnosis and mistreatment leading to the damage of one of his testicles. Nelson, who instituted the suit through his father, Bankole George, also prayed Justice Akanbi Yusuf of FCT High Court,...
Workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) observed partial compliance to the directive by the organised labour to it members to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike. The Trade Union Congress(TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had on Nov. 13, directed all affiliates to embark on an...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Monday, that the FCT Administration was open for discussion with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on tourism development. Wike stated this when the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Salem Al-Shamsi visited him in his office in...
Access Bank P.lc., has partnered with the Office of the Vice-President to provide N30 billion to support four million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), women and youths businesses in Nigeria. The Group Managing Director of the bank, Mr Roosevelt Ogbonna, made this known in an...
The House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has called on Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, to focus on enhancing the security of lives and property in the nation’s capital. The committee also emphasised the importance of leveraging his experience and network...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declined to grant a motion ex-parte brought by Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) to stop Athan Achonu as governorship candidate of the Saturday’s election in Imo. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, refused to grant the prayer...
The Federal Capital Territory High Court on Wednesday admitted the embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to bail. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi granted him bail based on his application for for enhancement of his fundamental right before him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emefiele...