By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has announced massive deployment of personnel and materials to ensure security of lives and property ahead of the Yuletide. Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja....
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The previous night I had a puzzling dream. My phone slipped out of my grasp and shattered to smithereens. I observed pieces of the phone that I had no idea existed strewn all around me, indicating that the damage was beyond repair. I awoke with a start; realising...
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, says his visit to Kuje Custodial Centre in the FCT was part of advocacy to commemorate his 8th-year ascension to the throne. He said in his palace on Thursday that his visit to the centre was not to visit embattled...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested five suspects in possession of five guns and security agencies’ uniforms were intercepted during the convention of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja. The Command’s spokesman, SP Josephine Adeh, said...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed media reports alleging that its operatives killed two students at Junior Secondary School, Gwarinpa, Abuja. Media reports had stated that two students of the school were accidentally shot by NSCDC personnel...
No fewer than ten babies reported to have died of malnutrished related illness in Waru Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) Camp of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Mrs Fatima Mohammed, the Women Leader of the Camp disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – FCT Police Command has debunked media reports alleging the kidnapping of 19 individuals and killing of 12 persons in Galadimawa, Abuja. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesperson of the FCT police command, Joseph Adeh. Mr....
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...
Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB)ae says it is determined to ensure that Abuja residents pay their waste bills. Director AEPB, Mr Osi Braimah, stated this on Wednesday after a court hearing on defaulters of waste bills in the FCT. Braimah frowned at the non-payment of waste bills...
The Minister of The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has sought the collaboration of the European Union (EU) to strengthen the economy of the federal capital, Abuja. Wike made the appeal when the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Samuela Isopi, visited him in his office in Abuja...
The Federal Government is to investigate alleged negligence and refusal to treat Miss Greatness Olorunfemi, victim of “one chance” before her death at the Maitama General Hospital. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. Olorunfemi was on...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Saturday expressed confidence that some of the ongoing road projects in the FCT would be delivered within eight months. Wike gave the assurance after inspecting some of the projects in Abuja to see the level...
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) has given 78 million dollars as training grant to 150 farmers in Bauchi State and the FCT to boost food security in Nigeria. The beneficiaries are farmers of the Community Allied Farmers Association of Nigeria (COMAFAS). Mrs Massandje Toure-Litse, ECOWAS Commissioner...
Some residents of Gwagwalada Area Council in FCT have cautioned against lynching of persons alleged to have ‘stolen’ male genital organs. The residents spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. They expressed concerns following recent outcry of some men and women...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended President Bola Tinubu and the Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on the recent appointment of Bitrus Garki as Mandate Secretary of the FCT Area Council. The Head of Government, NANS, Umar Lawal made the commendation in a...
Some electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to count their losses following the power outage recorded in the territory for two days. The consumers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Wednesday in Abuja that blackout has adversely affected their...
Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Christopher Maikalangu, says the Park and Pay policy in the City Center and some other parts of the FCT began on Friday. Maikalangu said this while addressing a news conference at the council secretariat on Friday in Abuja. ...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday met with building professionals, regulatory bodies and other stakeholders to address the problems of building collapse, undeveloped plots and abandoned structures. Addressing journalists after the meeting in Abuja, the Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, expressed FCTA’s...