The proposed plan for the construction of the Vice President’s official residence was awarded by the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Spokesman of Vice President Kashim Shettima, stated this is a statement title, ” Peter Obi And The Limits Of Self-Aggrandizement,” on Tuesday in Abuja....
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other stakeholders have received the sum of N4,966,217,872.99 billion as share of statutory allocation for the month of October, 2023. FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, who presided over the...
Following astronomical increase in prices of drugs, some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have resorted to herbal concoctions commonly referred to as “Agbo” to treat various illnesses. Agbo is made by combining different herbs, roots and plants that are believed to have medicinal properties. The News...
Nasarawa State has gotten the nod to host the 2024 National Skating championship after successful hosting of the maiden event in Abuja. President of the Skating Federation of Nigeria (SFN), Abdullahi Maikano, said this on Saturday at the closing of the maiden edition of the National Skating championship....
The Defence Headquarters says the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the last one week have resulted in the killing of more than 180 terrorists, arrest of 204 others and rescue of 234 kidnapped victims. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a...
The Super Falcons on Thursday walloped their counterparts from Cape Verde 5-0 in the first leg of their 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nations final round qualifying fixture in Abuja. Uchenna Kanu, with a first-half brace, and substitute Esther Okoronkwo, with a second-half brace, swept the nine-time African...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has commended women and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces for dedicating their lives to protecting the territorial integrity of the country. He also commended them for combating crime and terrorism within the borders of the country. Wike...
The officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), in collaboration with security agencies, on Thursday, uncovered an alleged illegal oil refining warehouse in Mabushi, Abuja. The warehouse, located opposite Mobile Filling Station along Ahmadu Bello Way, Mabushi, was thereafter, demolished by the Department of Development Control, FCTA....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As the nation grapples with the housing deficit, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has advocated for special partnership with private developers through the provision of Mass Housing Scheme at subsidized and affordable rate. The minister made this call in...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished a mini market allegedly being used in publishing forged vehicle papers and other documents. The market, located in Mabushi, opposite the headquarters of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), FCTA, was demolished on Wednesday, by the Department of Development...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday sought approval of the National Assembly to spend N61.6 billion 2023 supplementary budget. Wile made the appeal when he appeared before the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on FCT at the National Assembly complex...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to release details of how the sum of N535.8 million was expended on feeding of school children during COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directed the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Deputy Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Jamilu Barade, has been sacked from his position as Member of the Assembly representing Ningi Central Constituency, by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division. The court also ordered for a rerun in...
The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), to provide infrastructure in the area earmarked for the construction of residential buildings for judges in Katampe District, Abuja. The minister also directed FCDA to provide infrastructure, particularly roads in the area designated for...
The Joint Task Force on City Sanitation of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has dislodged artisans and traders operating illegally under high tension wires in Katampe Extension, Abuja. The task force also displaced suspected criminal elements, who erected illegal structures in reserved green zones, including FCT Water...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding United Nigeria flight NUA 0506 to Asaba and the confusion it has created in the public domain. The NCAA Director – General, Capt. Musa Nuhu, disclosure this in...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it has concluded plans to review the security architecture in the federal capital, Abuja. The Director, Department of Security Service, FCTA, Mr Adamu Gwary, stated this during end-of-year media briefing in Abuja on Sunday. Gwary said that plans had also reached...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed the Education Secretariat of the FCT Administration to reconstruct the classrooms of Local Education Authority Primary School, Bagusa, in Abuja. The school under Abuja Municipal Area Council, with a population of about 200 pupils, had...
Minster of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has expressed readiness to partner Mexico to develop the agriculture sector of the federal capital, Abuja. Wike stated this when the Mexican Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Alfredo Ortiz, visited him in his office on Thursday, in Abuja. “Mexico...
The members of the National Economic Council are meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja for their monthly programme. The meeting is chaired by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima and attended by state governors, ministers in charge of the finance budget, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and...