The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says provision of water to Abuja satellite towns is dear to the heart of President Bola Tinubu. Wike stated this after he inspected some projects in Abuja on Friday, while responding to a question about his recent visit...
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The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has given its Development Control Department 48 hours to demolish more than 10 duplexes built on a green area. The Coordinator, Mr Felix Obuah, gave the order in Abuja on Thursday, during a joint inspection of illegal...
Established in 1994 by the military administration of late General Sani Abacha, the Abuja Investments Company Limited, (AICL) is positioned as a government-owned investment enterprise charged with the responsibility to drive economic development in the federal capital territory. Its primary goal is to promote strategic investment and boost realistic...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has called for development of effective mechanisms to enhance the ability to prevent and counter the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by terrorist groups in West Africa. Ribadu made the call at the opening of the Stakeholders meeting on Consolidating...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested 62,595 drug suspects and convicted 11,628 offenders between January 2021 to March 2025 across the 36 states and the FCT. The NDLEA Chairman, retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa said this during the opening ceremony of a conference for Nigeria Governors...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, banished Mrs Favour Kanu, wife of Prince Fineboy Kanu, the younger brother to Nnamdi Kanu for streaming the proceedings of the court live on her Facebook page. Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is being prosecuted...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Renewed Hope Nigeria First Policy, an initiative by President Bola Tinubu aimed at placing Nigerians at the heart of all business and economic activities in the country. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House...
Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has ordered the demolition of 24 two-storey buildings illegally constructed on a waterway in Guzape District, Abuja. AMMC Coordinator, Chief Felix Obuah, issued the directive during an inspection tour of various parts of Abuja on Monday, alongside...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned a suit filed by some vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, petty traders, among others, against the Minister, Nyesom Wike, until May 29 for hearing. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter after Adamu Mahmood, who appeared for the plaintiff, sought...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will prosecute any developer caught developing illegal structures on waterways and green areas across the city. Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Chief Felix Obuah, stated this during a joint inspection of parts of the city on Monday. During the inspection,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has called on the South-South and South-East regions to increase their participation in the student loan scheme. The Fund stated this during its stakeholders’ engagement session and technical workshop on system automation and the loan application process in...
A Bureau De Change (BDC) Operator, Alhaji Idris Ali, on Monday testified against Muhammad Lawal, the managing director of Faru Power Solution Limited, for allegedly defrauding him of the total sum of N280 million. Ali, while being cross examined as 1st prosecution witness (PW-1) by the defence lawyer, Yakubu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Details have emerged of how operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) rescued a factional President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Hon. Abubakar Isa Atiku, Tuesday in Abuja, after an attempt to inaugurate factional executives ended in a free for all....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mr Nyeson Wike, is enroute to China for a series of official engagements toward the provision of water for satellite towns in the FCT. Senior Special Assistant to the minister on Public Communications and Social Media,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyeson Wike, has said the voices of workers remained central to governance, policy-making and economic reforms in the territory. Wike stated this in his message to commemorate the 2025 Workers Day in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the theme...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said Publisher of Ovation Photo Album, Dele Momodu, will dump former Vice President Atiku Abubakar the moment money stopped flowing into his pocket...
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, launched the National Procurement Certification Portal, NPCP, to enhance effective and transparent utilisation of public finance to broaden economic development in the country. The NPCP, which is a World Bank sponsored project, is the initiative of the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, under the...
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has commended the establishment of Africa’s first Gemology and Gemstones Department at the Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja. Alake described the new department as a significant milestone in developing a formal curriculum for the sector, emphasising its role as a vital hub...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has said that the Administration is poised to reposition the area councils as thriving tourism and investment hubs. The Minister stated this at the maiden edition of the FCT area councils’ tourism and hospitality investment carnival...
The Speaker, House of representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Monday said Nigerians must find ways to make political parties fulfill their objectives and not turned to business ventures by their managers. Abbas said this in Abuja, in his keynote address at a technical workshop on Political Parties Bill, organised by...