By Ukpono Ukpong It was a scene of despair turned triumph at the School for the Gifted, Gwagwalada, Abuja. Just months ago, cracked walls, broken toilets, and a collapsing roof symbolized a school on the brink of ruin. Learning was nearly impossible, the future of its gifted students hanging by a thread. But salvation came […]
A cross-section of farmers in Gwagwalada and Kwali in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried the paucity of rainfall and insufficient fertiliser supply. The farmers, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Thursday in Gwagwalada, expressed fear that inadequate rainfall could impact the crop yield negatively. They said […]
Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the demolition of about 102 houses built along waterways, following the recent flood incident which had claimed some lives in the Gwagwalada Area Council, Daily Times gathered. Garba Kwamkur, Deputy Director, Monitoring and Enforcement, Department of Department Control, who led the exercise on Tuesday in Gwagwalada, said that […]
Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has donated assorted food items to residents of Gwagwalada Area Council as part of measures to cushion the effect of the massive destruction of lives and properties caused by torrential rainfalls last week. Also, the administration has assured victims that plans have been concluded to assist them in the provisions […]
As part of it concerted efforts to combat the Coronavirus pandemic in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has donated multimillion naira medical equipment including an oxygen generating plant to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital at Gwagwalada. The items include a brand new ambulance, six NNPC operational ambulance vehicles, one big ventilator, […]
A civil servant, Ochu Paul, told an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja that a palace chief threatened to kill him over a land dispute. Paul gave the account on the resumed trial of the palace chief, Iliya Baza, on charges of criminal trespass and intimidation preferred against him and one Benjamin Enoch, a palace […]
The Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT, Alhaji Adamu Danze, on Tuesday, presented a budget of N8 billion for 2020 to the Legislative Council for approval. Danze, while presenting the budget, said it was made up of N3billion capital expenditure and N2billion Local Education Authority (LEA) Personnel Cost. READ ALSO: Minister calls for upward review of Education budget […]
There is no doubt that Abuja metropolis is well policed, even though incidences of crime still occur every now and then because much as the Nigeria Police and other security agencies strategise and come up with new ideas on how to secure the city, criminals equally map out their own ways to get by. There […]
.. Graduates 400 youths on ICT Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Administration, has announced that in order to ensure proper training of its youths in modern ICT, it recently organized a training programme on ICTin conjunction with the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) He said the programme, which was mainly targetef […]
The newly appointed Secretary Transportation Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, in an effort to re-position transportation model, has solicited for closer collaboration with the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in tackling various traffic challenges in the Federal Capital Territory. Speaking when he paid a working visit to the Corps Marshall of the […]
The board and management of the FCT Universal Basic Education Board, led by the director, Dr. Adamu Jatau Noma, has decried the deplorable conditions of some schools structures in the territory. The management team made this known recently during an assessment tour of schools in the FCT. At the LEA Primary School, Shinugu in Zuba […]