Tag: Federal Capital Territory
FCT doctors suspend warning strike
The doctors also listed the deplorable conditions of some the hospitals in the FCT, manpower shortage among other demands.
FCT teachers threaten indefinite strike over unpaid salary arrears
By Cecilia Ijuo Federal Capital Territory primary and secondary school teachers have insisted that nothing will avert an indefinite strike…
SERAP sues FCT over payment of life pensions to ex-Abuja council chairs, speakers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court to declare…
FCT pledges adequate sanitation in communities
The Federal Capital Territory Administration will partner the six Area Councils and other Agencies of government to address challenges of…
FG to roll out digital switchover in Abuja- Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says that the Federal Government will roll out digital switchover in…
Eid-el-Fitri: Police promises hitch-free celebration in Abuja
The Police in the Federal Capital Territory have assured residents of the area of adequate security during the Eid-El-Fitri celebration.…
Reps order investigation into implementation of Land Swap Policy
The House of Representatives on Wednesday ordered for investigation into the implementation of the Land Swap Policy initiated by former…
FG trains 100,000 youths on brick moulding
No fewer than 100,000 youths are to benefit from a special bricks moulding training programme, Ambassador Obi Adim, Special Adviser…
How To Defeat Boko Haram – Police Affairs Minister
Jamiu Yisa All Nigerians must unite and stay focused in the war against terrorism for the country to defeat the…
Fire guts popular orange market in Marraba
Fire on Saturday gutted the popular orange market in Marraba on the outskirt of the Federal Capital Territory. Eyewitnesses told…
Federation Cup: NFF warns states to comply with schedule
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has issued a warning to all 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital…
Land Scam: EFCC to Arraign Kano Commissioner
A Kano State Civil Service Commissioner, Alhaji Aminu Ibrahim Gaya, is to be arraigned by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes…
More students pass WASCE in Nigeria’s capital
Students in the FCT in 2012 scored 38.39 per cent credit pass in five WASCE subjects, including English and Mathematics,…
9,654 Okadas Impounded
The FCT Road Traffic Offences Mobile Court said on Thursday that it has impounded a total of 9,654 motorcycles for…
Man Arrested With Grenades At Radio House
A man, whose name was given as John Akpapu, was Monday morning caught with several grenades in a bag at…
Court Orders EFCC TO Search Bankole’s Home
An Abuja Magistrate’s Court this morning granted an order sought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to search…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Automotive Mechanics In Lagos Endorse ACN, Fashola For April Elections
Motorcycle operators, owners, motor mechanics and technicians under the aegis of their separate associations which are affiliated to the National…
Presidential Debate Holds In March
Arrangements are in top gear to host 18 of the presidential candidates to a debate which is billed to hold…
J.K. Randle Floors Gov. Gbenga Daniel’s Man
Justice O. O. Goodluck of the High Court, Federal Capital Territory, Wuse Zone 5, Court 9, Abuja, Nigeria, has dismissed…
Zoning: Court Dashes The Hope Of Atiku & Co
Hopes for judicial backing by former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar and other campaigners for the zoning of the candidacy for presidency…
Strike: The Language Govt Understands
It is disheartening that the only language federal and state governments understand in Nigeria is that of strike. It is…
2011: Oyo PDP Battle Shifts To Abuja
The battle for the soul of the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the forthcoming…
LAND FRAUD: Court Discharges El Rufai
The trial of former Federal Capital Territory Minister; Mallam Nasir el Rufai before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja…
Abuja Courts To Be Computerized In 2011
If all go according to plans, Abuja High Courts will become computerized from next year to conform with international best…
MEND Issues Bomb Threat To Jonathan’s Campaign
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has issued a fresh threat to bomb any campaign gathering…
Fasehun Condemns Abuja Bomb Attacks
The president and founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun has described the bomb blasts that rocked…
Fafunwa Buried, Nigerians Pay Tributes
The remains of Nigeria’s Professor Aliyu Babatunde Fafunwa will be buried today in Lagos. The former minister of education and…
Attah, Eagles’ Coordinator Fired
Super Eagles Team Coordinator, Emmanuel Attah, has been fired. Attah, FA chairman of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, is one of…
Abuja Bomb Blasts: Police Name Two Suspects
The Nigeria Police have identified two men who it described as the brain behind the deadly independence day bomb blasts.…
Unveil Perpetrators of Bomb Blasts -Goodluck/ Sambo Campaign Organisation Tasks Security Agencies
The campaign organization of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Goodluck/ Sambo Campaign Organisation has called on security agencies to do anything possible…