Some gas dealers and FCT residents have decried the surge in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), known as cooking gas, calling on the federal government to wade into the issue. The dealers and residents yesterday in Abuja expressed dissatisfaction over the constant rise in the price of the product and its attendant effects, […]
•NLC strike The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ,FCT chapter, has proposed N709,000 as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The NLC FCT Chairman, Dr Stephen Knabayi, made the submission at the North Central Zonal Public Hearing organised by the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage today in Abuja, reports NAN. President Bola Tinubu...
•A train The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hinted that the Abuja light rail project is near 95% completion, saying that the project will be inaugurated in May by President Bola Tinubu. The minister made the disclosure during a courtesy visit by the Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria, Pieter Leenknegt, in [&hellip...
•Mariya Mahmoud and the looted warehouse The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mariya Mahmoud has described the looting of a warehouse in the area as a “criminal act”. Some suspected hoodlums had on Sunday looted the warehouse in the Gwagwa-Tasha of the FCT, carting away food items, reports Channels TV. During an inspection [&...
•Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, says yesterday’s looting of a government warehouse in Abuja reflects the frustration of majority of Nigerians grappling under the economic policies of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Adegboruwa, who was on Channels Television today, said it is a message to...
Police authorities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested 15 suspects over the looting of a warehouse in the area. Some residents had yesterday morning looted a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Department of Agriculture in the Tasha area of Abuja, reports Channels TV. But hours after the incident, the Fe...
•Nigerians looting warehouse Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory today looted a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria over the current economic hardship across the country. It was learnt that the warehouse is situated in the Phase 3 Region of the FCT area of Abuja, reports Sunday PUNC...
•Transmission line The low electricity supply witnessed in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has worsened with the vandalism of the Tower 70 along 330kV Gwagwalada -Katampe. Nigeria’s city of power has been witnessing frequent power cuts due to low supply to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), reports Daily Trust. The situatio...
•Wike In order to curb insecurity and ‘one chance’ menace, the Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) on Tuesday, February 27, inaugurated one of the private sector’s transportation scheme, to provide secure and efficient mass transit around the city. The inauguration of the 14 High capacity and fully air conditioned buses was said t...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that parts of the Federal Capital Territory will experience a seven-hour power interruption today and tomorrow. This was contained in a statement by the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, today. “The Transmission Company of Nigeria wishes to inform the public that its maintenance ...

