•Power outage Some communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been affected by a fresh power outage. According to a statement by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) yesterday, the blackout was caused by a technical fault. Communities such as Utako, parts of Jabi and Wuye have been thrown into darkness since the incid...
•PDP flags The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has concluded its primary elections for the 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council chairmanship elections, with candidates emerging across all six councils. The Electoral Committee Chairman, Mr Chris Hassan, who announced the results, said that the elections which were held in the counci...
•Abuja city gate The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that there is no security threat within its capital city Abuja. The Nigerian government stated this yesterday in response to an advisory by the United States’ Mission in Nigeria warning all Americans to stay away from all military and government facilities in Abuja, reports Channels [...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has noted the need to establish ranches and improve the lives of rural dwellers in Kwali Area Council of the nation’s capital, Abuja. “I just left the commissioning of a great mechanization project to come here and looking at what we saw on our way here, we saw opportunities, prosperity and […]
•US Embassy in Abuja The United States Mission in Nigeria has issued a security alert to Americans in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. In a statement released today, the US Consulate advised American citizens to avoid non-essential travel to military and government facilities in Abuja, citing increased global security concerns. The ...
The federal government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission(FCCPC), has sealed-off France, Belgium and Italy visa centres located at the Mukhtar El-Yakub House, Central Business District, Abuja. The office was sealed with the combined efforts of operatives from the FCCPC, Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Secu...
•FCT minister, Nyesom Wike The joint union of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and National Association of Health Workers Union (NAHWU) has called on its members across the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to start preparing for a three-day mass peaceful protest, be...
The federal government has indicated that concerns over ground rent obligations involving several foreign embassies in the Federal Capital Territory will be addressed through established diplomatic processes. Speaking to our correspondent yesterday, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, said the matter would be...
•Tinubu on parade ground last year The federal government has announced the cancellation of the scheduled military parade to commemorate the 26th Democracy Day, tomorrow, Thursday, June 12, 2025. The details of activities marking the Democracy Day released today by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Democracy Day celebration, indicated tha...
•Tinubu leaves Lagos President Bola Tinubu has left Lagos for Abuja after a two-week break in the nation’s economic centre where he celebrated Eid al-Adha. Tinubu was accompanied to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other government officials. The president had during his stay received a ...

