Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged the National Assembly, legislating on FCT matters, to pay close attention to what the FCT area councils are doing. Wike made the call in Abuja on Thursday, while reacting to the ongoing strike by primary school teachers...
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the performance of President Bola Tinubu in the FCT in the last two years is unprecedented. Wike stated this in Abuja on Thursday, after he inspected some ongoing projects in preparation for inauguration to celebrate Tinubu’s...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has described corruption as a dream killer that Nigerian children should resist at all costs. Assistant Director, Education Department, ICPC, Mr Suleiman Achile, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of Students Anti-Corruption Clubs (SACs) in the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Several Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on Wednesday marched through the major streets of Abuja protesting against what they called “a pattern of reckless rascality disguised as activism” by the 2023 presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore. The protesters, who in their hundreds...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- A federal high court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday heard how the self-acclaimed lead of the separatist group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, smuggled a radio transmitter which he set up in Ubuluisiuzor, in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State. The Department...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said his greatest challenge as minister of the nation’s capital is residents refusing to pay their taxes. Wike stated this after he inspected ongoing projects in the city, in preparation for inauguration to celebrate President Bola Tinibu’s second...
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Bode George, has expressed dismay over the sealing of the PDP’s national secretariat by the Federal Capital Territory Administration due to unpaid ground rent. George, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, said it was painful that...
The Federal Capital Administration (FCTA) has sealed the premise of Federal Internal Revenue Service (FIRS) Access Bank and Total Energy in Wuse over unpaid ground rent. The FCTA also sealed the Chinese Cultural Centre, Wuse, belonging to Jade Garden Restaurants, for nonpayment of ground rent for 19 years. The...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it has rescued a victim and commenced investigation into an explosion incident that occurred along Mararaba-Nyanya bypass area of Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh said this in a...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that no Local Government Area in the state falls to Boko Haram or ISWAP terrorists. Zulum said this while speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa. The...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken possession of Wadata Plaza, the building used by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its National Secretariat, due to 28 years of unpaid ground rent. Director of Lands at the FCTA, Mr Chijoke Nwankwoeze, said the action followed the revocation of...
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has inaugurated a 12-member Ministerial Committee to oversee the 753-unit housing estate recovered from former Central Bank Governor (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The estate was recently handed over to the Ministry by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in collaboration with the Nigerian Army and other security agencies have inaugurated an operation to rescue a kidnap victim in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh said this in a statement...
A Political Economist and Development Specialist, Prof. Salisu Usman, has called for the conversion of the recovered housing estate of former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele to Liaison Offices for the 774 Local Government Areas. Usman, in a statement on Sunday in Lokoja, said this would ensure each council has...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of all previous agreements reached to resolve the lingering crisis in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike, who said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, vowed to fight on until he got justice. He said he had told...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), through the INTERPOL NCB Abuja, has successfully extradited a Nigerian fugitive, Abubakar Aboki Muhammed, from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday, 23rd May 2025. The Force spokesman, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to honour the 2009 FG/ASUU agreement or face a nationwide industrial action. ASUU President, Chris Piwuna, issued this warning during a news conference in Abuja on Friday. He stressed the importance of the government fulfilling its promises...
The State of Palestine has officially welcomed its new Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency Muhannad Alhammouri, as he begins his diplomatic assignment in Abuja. Ambassador Alhammouri succeeds Ambassador Abdullah Abu M. Shawesh, who served from 2022 to 2024 and played a key role in enhancing bilateral relations between Nigeria...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- In fulfillment of a promise to give free medical services to a Sokoto businessman accidentally shot during an operation, the Department of State Services (DSS) has invited the victim to its hospital in Abuja. In mid-March, the DSS Director- General, Mr. Tosin Ajayi, approved the...
Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, has discharged 56 inmates across two custodial centres in the FCT Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The NCoS Public Relations Officer (PRO) of FCT command, Mr Samson Duza made this known in a statement...