Abuja Times

PDP misrule plunged Nigeria into recession – AMAC chair

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2017 0

….Extols Sen. Aduda’s venture Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Alhaji Adamu candido, has blamed the present economic woes of the country on the sixteen years’ leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stressing that the level of financial misappropriation,

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FCTA makes case for the para-military agencies

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2017 0

The FCT Administration (FCTA) has stressed the need for a total support for the para-military agencies operating in the Federal Capital Territory as such will enhance performance of their statutory functions. FTC Minister, Mallam Mohammed Musa Bello gave the charge while receiving a delegation from the Nigerian Prisons Service, FCT Command, led by the new […]

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Abuja airport runway repair is on schedule, says VP Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2017 0

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday in Abuja stated that ongoing construction of the runway will be completed on schedule. He made the observation shortly after the inspection of the 3.6 kilometers part of the Abuja airport runway under repair. His words: “I have looked round and I think that with what I’ve seen and […]

Abuja Times Politics

Mayoral position: Sen. Aduda may defect to APC

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2017 0

Indications have emerged that the only senator representing the people of the Federal Capital Territory in the Senate, Senator Philip Tanimu Aduda, may defect to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), as the only condition to clinch the mayoral position for the FCT, when he serves out his tenure at the Senate. Recall that the […]

Abuja Times

Bello solicits investments in Abuja rail, solid waste

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2017 0

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has called for foreign direct investment in the emerging Abuja metro rail transportation and solid waste sector in the Federal Capital Territory as opportunities abound in that sub-sector for any would-be genuine investor. The Minister made this call while receiving a delegation of non-career […]

Abuja Times

Monarchs list impediments to sustainable agricultural growth in FCT

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2017 0

A cross section of traditional rulers from Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory have cited lack of access to long term agricultural financing and credit for small scale farmers as some of the causes of under-performance in the agricultural sector. They also pointed fingers on the menace of Fulani herdsmen, otherwise known as […]

Abuja Times

Traders protest power failure in Garki market

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2017 0

Pandemonium broke out at Garki modern market at the heart of Abuja as traders protested the perennial power failure from the Abuja Electricity Power company (AEDC) who has failed to provide adequate electricity. The incident resulted in free for all fight at the tailoring section and the entire market when the traders sighted the AEDC […]

Abuja Times

Group berates FCTA over inability to sustain existing polices

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has again been berated over its inability to sustain existing policies targeted on putting the Nigerian capital city in the world map among world most developed cities. The Abuja based groups under the aegis of Environmental Impact Initiative and Worthy Lives Advocate while assessing the ability of the preset […]

Abuja Times

Abuja master plan: FCTA to strengthen transport policy

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2017 0

Thousands of unregistered commercial vehicle in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may soon face hard time as the present leadership has reaffirmed its commitment fully implement the policy of the Transportation system in the territory as such would be in line with the Abuja Master Plan to improve the security of lives and property. The […]

Abuja Times

Group tasks FCT minister on clean capital city

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2017 0

A civil society organisation under the aegis of Change Vision Nigeria Group has tasked the FCT Minister on the establishment of policies that will lure the residents into practicing clean environment and bring a standard worthy of emulation. The group made challenge through its leader, Architect Tunde Imolehin, in addition to numerous calls by visitors […]

Abuja Times

Land allocation: FCTA adjusts plan to include armed forces

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2017 0

The FCT Administration has made adequate provisions in the Abuja Master Plan to cater for the land requirements of all arms of the Nigerian Armed Forces. FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, gave this assurance while receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Air Force Properties Limited led by its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Air Commodore […]

Abuja Times News

Bello inaugurates committee on abandoned N61b Katampe project

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2017 0

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee to look into the abandoned N61 billion Katampe District engineering Infrastructure project and make recommendations within six weeks. The Committee tagged “Inter-Ministerial Committee on Contract and Financial Audit of the PPP Project for the Development of Engineering

Abuja Times Headlines News

FCTA land allocation: 1000 C of Os ready for collection, says AEGIS

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2017 0

The Abuja Geographical information System (AGIS) has announced that in order to respond to people plight in irregularities made by previous administration in land allocations, the Administration has rolled out about 1000 Certificates of Occupancy in furtherance of commitment to clearing more than 80 percent of the backlog of inherited obligations on land issues. The […]

Abuja Times

FG approves second phase of Abuja rail mass transit

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2017 0

The Federal Government has again approved the sum of 1.79 billion dollars for the contract of Phase 2 of Abuja Rail Mass Transit. Recall that the first phase of the Abuja metro rail project Lot A 1 has reached 90% completion and would be ready to commence operation in April 2018. According to reliable information […]

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Abuja Airport Closure: FG offers free transportation

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2017

*says second runway in all airports sacrosanct In its effort to ensure smooth transportation and to help alleviate the suffering of passengers throughout the duration of runway maintenance of the Abuja airport, federal government has announced the kickstarting of free rail transportation, to all passengers traveling through the Kaduna airport. Speaking to journalists at

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Abuja airport closure: FG announces readiness for seamless operation

Ihesiulo Grace 7 March 2017 0

The federal government, on Monday, announced its readiness to ensure seamless operation at Kaduna International Airport as Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja closes on March 8 for runway repairs. The Minster of Information, Alhaji Lai Muhammed government disclosed this during a World News Conference organized by the ministry in Abuja. The news conference featured

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FCT: GBAGYIS DECRIES CULTURAL EXTINCTION OVER FCT DEVELOPMENT

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2016 0

***SAYS ETHNIC MUSEUM UNDERWAY By Jude Idu, Abuja. The ethnic majority in the federal capital territory, has cried out to the leadership of the Federal Capital Territory, to help protect its ethnic culture by providing schools for the teaching of its languages and museums for its preservation. This call, was however, made Thursday, in Abuja, […]

Abuja Times Life & Style News

I was once suicidal, says Kano student who stepped up, studied law.

Ihesiulo Grace 8 October 2016 0

For eleven years, Hauwa Yusuf has been battling with an ailment which makes her unable to walk, or stand for more than five minutes. It was detected when she was 14, she said. “I was in SS1 at the former Al-Ansar Girls College now Zara Nanono Memorial College when my parents observed that I was […]