Tag: Abuja FCT
Wike vs Workers: Strike continues despite Court ruling
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) workers have continued their strike despite a court order asking them to suspend the action and…
Wike: Tinubu earmarks ₦25bn for health projects in FCT
Wike spoke while inaugurating the construction of Arterial Road N1 from Wuye District to Ring Road II on Thursday in…
FCT Blackout: Abuja residents left powerless amid AEDC glitch
Although AEDC frequently attributes these blackouts to technical faults and infrastructure issues, experts say the problems stem from deeper, systemic…
Corporate begging rises as economic hardship worsens
But presently, as the economy bites harder, corporate beggars are on the streets, people who don’t have any form of…
Tunji Disu resumes as new FCT Police Commissioner
Olatunji issued a stern warning to trouble makers, saying his tenure “will be marked by a zero-tolerance approach to all…
FCT Police nab four suspects, thwart planned Independence Day attack
The suspects were apprehended in their hideout in the Sauka area following an intelligence report on their activities.
DRTS impounds 9,389 vehicles for traffic offenses in eight months in FCT
This initiative aims to educate those who may not have undergone formal driving instruction, providing them with essential skills for…
NDLEA sets up special squads to tackle drug dealers in Abuja
Tsakuba said the FCT was unique because it had an international airport where some flights come directly from drug source…
FCT’s 5% tax on private schools will kill our businesses – Proprietors
The Department of Quality Assurance of FCT’s Education Secretariat announced the measure in January after which the association pleaded with…
There’ll be no abandoned projects in FCT – Wike vows
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has addressed the concern of residents over the seeming delay in the…
Insecurity: Wike urges FCT residents not to panic
“So, council chairmen should know that they must wake up to their responsibilities. It is not everything that happens people…
Eight one- chance robbers busted in FCT
The one chance robbers were among the 135 suspects arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Safe FCT during…
FEMA sends warning to FCT residents
The deceased, identified as Yakubu Lucky, after a heavy downpour on Friday, defied warnings from the local divers stationed at…
2023 Elections, Headlines, News
Argument for compulsory 25% in FCT to win presidential election ridiculous – PEPC
“The futility and hollowness in the arguments of the petitioners that the votes of the voters in the FCT have…
FCT residents react to petrol subsidy removal
Mrs Juliet Lewis, a resident of Abaji Area Council, said that the average Nigerian would be seriously affected, "because, once…
Over 15,000 driver’s licences unclaimed in FCT
He however said while some of the motorists might have deliberately refused to collect the licence, others may have relocated…
Police foil robbery operation, nab suspect in FCT
“The driver was later identified as one Dahiru Muazu ‘M’. The suspect and exhibits recovered are in custody while investigations…
FCT Administration begins registration, licensing of tourism, hospitality establishments
Kabir said that the registration of hospitality outfits implied the legal act of granting rights to a hospitality business to…
Abuja not saturated with bombs – Police
The Nigeria Police described reports that the Federal Capital Territory was being saturated with bombs as fake news.
Parents beg minister, council chiefs to end FCT teachers’ strike
Primary school teachers in FCT have embarked on an indefinite strike over failure by the area councils’ chairmen to reach…
1,400 impounded motorcycles crushed in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Directorate of Road Traffic Services on Thursday crushed over 1,400 impounded motorcycles.
Lagos hits two grim COVID-19 milestones , Abuja posts 7 of 15 deaths
Lagos posted a new grim record 901 daily COVID-19 cases on Sunday as it simultaneously surpassed 40,000 in cumulative cases.
NIN enrolment: Pantami approves 20 new centres for Abuja (Full list)
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isah Ali Pantami has approved activation of 20 NIN enrolment centres for FCT…
OSSAP-SDGs water project to serve university, 10 FCT communities
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Ten communities in the Federal Capital Territory and the proposed Abuja University of Technology will benefit from the…
Why #EndSARS protests must stop in FCT – Security Committee
The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Thursday announced a ban on all forms of protests and public demonstrations within the…
Lockdown: Mobile court convicts 42 people in Abuja
A mobile court in FCT, Abuja has convicted 42 people at different locations within the territory for violating the stay-at-home…
Trailer loses control, crushes 3, injures 7 in FCT
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said three persons were crushed to death on Saturday while seven others were injured…
NGO partners U.S. embassy to train 45 NYSC members
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Devatop Centre for Africa Development, has collaborated with U.S. Embassy in Nigeria to train 45 National Youth…