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FCT Security: Minister solicits police partnership

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2018 0

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has solicited the support and partnership of the FCT Police Command to check insecurity and vandalism of public assets in the Territory. The Minister, who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the Federal

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Abuja metro rail commences full commercial operation

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2018 0

The Abuja metro rail transportation system has commenced full commercial operation. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), said it is charged with the responsibility to regularize the fares, as it benefits the masses. The Secretary, Transportation Secretariat, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, while announcing the new fares and time table to the journalists Wednesday

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NRC holds final inspection of Abuja light Rail certification

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2018 0

A seven member Technical Team from Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), was in Abuja on a fact finding mission to ascertain the readiness of Abuja Light Rail Project for commercial operation. The Team on arrival visited the Transportation Secretariat where they received briefs from Chief Resident Engineer of the Project on the level of completion of […]

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Food sufficiency: FCT farmers to benefit on crops biotechnology

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2018 0

Effort to boost foods sufficiency across the six area councils of the FCT, has been stressed, as this would ensure the technological means of protecting crops from extinction. This technological idea came from Biocrops Biotechnology Nigeria Limited (Biocrops), a private crop science initiative in Abuja, while explaining that it is working in the six area […]

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FCT schools ban cellphone in govt secondary schools

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2018 0

Henceforth, public schools across the FCT will have its students banned from using cell phones, this is in the efforts to upgrade the standard of education in the schools. This is part of the resolutions reached at the end of a meeting held Tuesday between the chairman of FCT-SEB and chairmen of Parents Teachers Association […]

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FCT Minister inaugurates reconstituted Board of FCT Water Board

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2018 0

In respect to the order given by the presidency to all MDAs ensuring the inauguration of all boards of agencies and parastatals, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has inaugurated the reconstituted management Board of FCT Water Board and has charged them to give priority attention to ongoing water projects in […]

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Buhari signs 8 bills into law

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed eight bills earlier passed by the National Assembly into law. The brief signing ceremony was held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing the State House correspondents after the event, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Mr Ita Enang, said the president gave assent to […]

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FCT Minister tasks Christians on unity, peace

Ihesiulo Grace 25 December 2017 0

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello, on Monday enjoined residents in the Territory to use the Christmas period to reflect and rededicate themselves to the virtues of love, unity and peace. The minister, who was quoted by his Chief Press Secretary, Cosmas Uzodinma, as saying this in Abuja, also described these […]

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Bomb rumour in Nyanya Motor Park falsified, says Concessionire

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

The concessionaire of popular Nyanya Motor Park, Alhaji Baba Lagode, has described the recent bomb rumour at his controlled motor park as inhuman, fallacy and an evil plot by major general Niengi-led ministerial task force with the aim to run down his business this festive season as passengers journey to different destinations. Baba Lagode in […]

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Bello canvasses emergency awareness, commends NEMA relief services

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has appealed to FCT residents to collectively and personally adopt measures that eliminate or reduce risks of disasters in communities. Malam Bello made this call in Gwagwa, Abuja during the official presentation of relief materials by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to victims of […]

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FCTA bemoans reports of poor infrastructure in Utako village

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that reports that there are no basic infrastructure in the Utako Village area of the FCT are misleading as the village is actually benefitting from essential services provided in Utako District. The FCT Director of Engineering Services, Engr. Shehu Ahmad Hadi, who was responding to reports in […]

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FCTA partners NDLEA, Security agencies on war against drug abuse

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has lamented the growing incidence of drug abuse in the territory. To stem the upsurge, the minister has moved to rally FCT security agencies to combat the scourge. The FCT Minister gave this indication during a meeting with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the […]

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Yuletide: RTEAN boss advises drivers, road users on safety

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

In an effort to ensure safety during the festive period in the FCT and across the country, the President, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Shehu Musa Isiwele, has advised drivers and passengers under his watch to be cautious while plying the road throughout the festive period, just as he also called on the […]

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FCTA promises to modernise rural markets

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and various disaster management agencies are looking for a lasting solution to curb yearly fire disasters that claim lives and material resources across the local markets of the six area councils of the FCT. The administration said that its leadership will muster recourses to ensure that standard infrastructure are […]

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Knocks as FCT Mandate secretaries bemoan lack of take-off grant, overheads

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

Three months after the appointment and inauguration of mandate secretaries (Commissioners) and political aides by the Minister of FCT, Mallam Muhammad Bello, uncertainty has surrounded the recent appointment as the appointees have decried non take-off grants and overheads to run their offices since the appointments were made. This degree of apathy has in the recent […]

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Yuletide: FCT security alert advisory, says Buratai

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has again assured diplomatic corps in Nigeria and the entire residents of Nigeria that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will be safe during and after the festive period. General Burutai stated this while on a working visit to the Minister of FCT, Mallam Mohammed Musa Bello. […]

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FCT minister commissions 160-Cubic metre CSR waterworks in Kwali

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

Relief came the way of Kwali community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recently as the Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, commissioned the rehabilitated and upgraded 160m3 Kwali Water-works. Addressing the residents and guests gathered to witness the occasion, Malam Bello reiterated the commitment of FCT Administration to moving the momentum of infrastructural and

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Multiple taxation, challenge to business owners in FCT- ACCI

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says multiple taxation by the management of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is a major challenge for business owners in the territory. Mr. Tony Ejinkeoye, president, ACCI said this on Thursday in Abuja while delivering a lecture at the second Annual Lecture of Just Friends Club […]

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Utako market impasse: Parties urged to return to negotiation table

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Permanent Secretary, Sir Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa, has urged Utako market traders and shop owners to return to the negotiation table they earlier walked out from and continue on the path of peace in finding lasting solution to the disputed market upgrading exercise, which has pitched the two parties against each […]

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Fight over Utako market: We support Igbo traders – Arewa Traders’ Union

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

Leadership of the Arewa Traders Union at the disputed Utako market Abuja has thrown their support to their fellow Igbo traders in the fight for the stoppage of the plan to demolish the market. Speaking to The Abuja Times on its readiness to dive and swim with the Igbo friends, the Secretary of Arewa Traders’ […]