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FCT Police boss lauds minister for upgrading facilities

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

In readiness to a hitch free ember months leading to end of the year festivities, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sadiq Bello, has lauded the support of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, in boosting the operational capacity of the Command especially FCT Administration’s recent

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FCTA vows to eradicate infrastructure vandalism

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

Owing to the spate of public property vandalism across the nation’s capital city, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has promised to get to the root of the activities of vandals especially by fishing out who their sponsors are and seriously deal with them. Speaking to the media while touring the FCT facilities after his […]

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NIPR commends FCT minister over security, infrastructural dev’t

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

The Chairman, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), FCT chapter, Dr. Tayo Haastrop, has commended the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, over the accelerated infrastructural development in the territory as well as the overall improvement in the security situation in the capital city. The NIPR boss made these remarks when he led a strong […]

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Recalled staff: I’m not under political pressure, AMAC boss tells critics

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

Contrary to popular insinuation, the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido, says he was never under intense political pressure to recall sacked political appointees just three days after their sack. The AMAC chairman stated this in a statement by his Media aide, Mr. Dayo Lawal, adding that the power to hire […]

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Human right abuse: FCTA, FG to pay suspected prostitutes as ECOWAS Court orders compensations

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

Contrary to the environmental protection war in the FCT targeted at creating conducive atmosphere for the residents, the ECOWAS Court on in Abuja has delivered judgment in the case between Dorothy Njemanze and three others versus the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The case centered on the violent, cruel, inhuman, degrading and discriminatory treatment the plaintiffs […]

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FCT minister tasked on protection of traffic lights

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

The Director of Traffic lights installations in the Transportation Secretariat of the FCT Administration, Engineer Vincent Igberaese, has raised the alarm on the increased vandalisation of traffic lights across the city, thereby beckoning on the office of the Minister, Mallam Muhammad Bello, to ensure an increased security network to bring the perpetrators to book and […]

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Utako market row: Traders protest AMAC demolition move

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

Traders at the Utako Market in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) have stage protest against the planned demolition of the market by the council. The traders, who marched to the office of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Musa Bello, located at Area 11, Garki, also demanded for his intervention. Some of the protesters, […]

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World Food Day: FCTA urges residents to embrace farming

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

As Nigeria join the global community to mark this year’s World Food Day, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through its Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS), has urged residents to be actively engaged in agricultural activity to boost food security. Making this point, the ARDS Secretary, Mr. Stanley Ifeanyichukwu Nzekwe, while

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NGO urges FCTA to introduce new waste collection system for households

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative (CCMAI), has urged the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to introduce a waste sorting arrangement for households in the territory. The Executive Director of CCMAI, Mr. Dennis Ugwuja, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that the proposed policy involved

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Bello invites investors to FCT light rail transit system

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello, has invited investors to take advantage of business opportunities that would be offered by the completion of the FCT Light Rail Mass Transit System. Bello said on Sunday in Abuja during a tour of ongoing light railway project in Abuja that “the entire rail transit corridor offered […]

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FG committed to ending poverty, says FCT minister

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister Malam Muhammad Bello, says that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is committed to putting an end to poverty in the country. Bello stated this at a charity football match tagged: `Kick –Out Poverty’ organised to mark 2017 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Sunday in […]

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FCT CP seeks stakeholders’ collaboration to enhance community policing

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

The Police Commissioner in the FCT, Mr. Sadiq Bello, has urged private companies and individuals to collaborate with the police on effective community policing. Bello made the call at the inauguration of a police out-post in Shape area of Wasa district of the territory last Thursday. The project was donated by Gilmore Engineering Nigeria Limited […]

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Agency refutes speculation of polio outbreak in Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

The Acting Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr. Mathew Ashikeni, has refuted speculation of polio outbreak in the territory. Ashikeni told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that there was a reported case of polio compatible in Abuja not polio virus. He explained that the […]

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57 FCT schools for Principals’ Cup tourney –Official

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

No fewer than 57 schools in the FCT are expected to take part in the 2017 Principals’ Cup tournament, scheduled to kick off from November 8 to November 28, 2017. The Vice-Chairman of the FCT Football Association, Patrick Ngwaogu, who made the announcement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday […]

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3 men to receive 6 lashes for loitering in Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 4 October 2017 0

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered that three men should be given six lashes of cane each for loitering at the Hill Top Garden, Abuja. Daniel Lucky, Aliyu Ahmed and Badiru Lawal were arraigned for constituting nuisance at a black spot. The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, warned them to desist from […]

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Nigeria to swear in 29 new SANs amid allegations of unethical practices against three

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2017 0

Twenty-nine of the 30 lawyers nominated to be sworn in as Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs will Monday take their oaths of office, amid allegations of unethical practices made against three of them, PremiumTimes reports. According to the Legal Practitioner’s Privileges Committee, LPPC, the swearing-in exercise will involve all those shortlisted for the position of […]

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FCT to serve as a pilot state as FG, stakeholders recommend bicycle riding

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 Post a comment

The Federal Capital Territory has been chosen to be used as a pilot state for the about to be introduced bicycle riding as national means of transportation. This ideology emerges once again years after the former Minister of Transportation, the Late Chief Ojo Maduekwe dreamt of bicycle riding as means of transportation, as the National […]

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Illegal taxis have taken over our business, PAT chairman laments

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 0

Chairman of Painted Abuja Taxis (PAT), Comrade Shehu Shugaba Yar’Adua, has cried out that the operators of unpainted and unregistered taxis have taken over their business in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In an interview with our reporter at the weekend, Yar’Adua noted that the activities of unpainted taxis, also known as Kabu Kabu in […]

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All-inclusive govt: FCT MPs parley with monarchs on legislative process

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 0

In a bid to foster inclusive governance for rapid grassroot development, members of the House of Representatives from the Federal Capital Territory have parleyed with graded monarchs in the territory. Particularly, the FCT lawmakers, Zephaniah Jisalo and Angulu Dobi, extensively dialogued with all graded Chiefs of the various Chiefdoms in the nation’s capital on how

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NGO educates women, children on ‘digital’ addiction

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 0

An Abuja based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), De-Virtuous Women International, said it has sensitised women and children on the effects of digital addiction. The Coordinator of the NGO, Mrs. Jona Olatunji, made the disclosure during one day seminar programme to mark the second year edition of the organisation with the theme, “Raising Godly and Successful