•FCT Minister Wike and bandits Residents of Kungabokun and Paze, two communities in the Byazhin district on the outskirts of Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, have narrated their horrific experiences following successive attacks by a gang of kidnappers. In operations occurring just a week apart, at least 16 persons were abducted across three separate...
•Terrorists Many residents of Kungaboku and Paze communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have fled their homes following a letter by suspected bandits threatening coordinated attacks. In the letter allegedly found in a pupil’s school bag in a private school, the bandits vowed to attack Kungaboku and neighbouring Paze to avenge...
•Heat Some residents of Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory have expressed their discomfort while grappling with intense heat as unstable electricity supply continues to worsen living conditions in their communities. The residents spoke in separate interviews with our correspondent yesterday in Abuja. Areas such as Kubwa, Bwari...
•Shehu Sani Former Kaduna Central senator and public commentator, Shehu Sani, says residents of Abuja appear largely apathetic about the ongoing electoral process. It was earlier reported how yesterday’s Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was marred by low voter turnout. While touring some polling units, the FCT Mini...
•INEC adhoc staff at a polling unit in Abuja, today Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja today gathered to elect chairmen and councillors who will oversee the administration of the six Area Councils. Unlike the 36 states of the election where the polls are called local government elections, they are referred to as […]...
Many residents of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) have rejected the enforcement of television and radio sets tax by the area council authorities. They described it as untimely, accusing the government of not being sensitive to the plight of the masses, reports Daily Trust. Some residents spoken to described the council’s action as inhu...
•Transmission line Residents of Katampe Extension Diplomatic Zone in Abuja have raised alarm over the siting of car stands and cafés directly beneath Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) high-tension powerlines, describing the development as unlawful, dangerous, and a major security risk. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the President of Kata...
•Gunmen Kidnappers have reportedly shot dead two people in their captivity over a delay in the payment of ransom in Gwargwada, Kuje Area Council of the FCT. Our reporter learnt that the two victims, Mohammed Danladi and Nasiru Yusuf, who are natives of Gwargwada village, were abducted alongside a herder and a woman at Gwombe […]
•Nigerians waiting in Abuja to buy government subsidised bags of rice Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory have been experiencing difficulty accessing the Federal Government’s 50Kg bag of rice at N40,000. Our correspondent, who visited the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) headquarters, a payment centre, revealed th...
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