•Shettima The governments of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory owe the federal government an outstanding liability of N1.72tn in budget support facilities. The figures were revealed in a presentation on state budget support facility by Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, at the 140th meeting of the National ...
•Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that most cases of kidnap in the FCT in recent times were stage-managed. He also declared that there has been a remarkable improvement in the security situation of the territory. Wike said this today at the National Assembly while addressing journalists after [&h...
•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 [&...
The House of Representatives today, Tuesday, February 13, asked the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court Abuja and the National Judicial Council to suspend the ongoing recruitment process for vacant positions in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory until adherence to the Federal Character principle and quota system is ensured. This dec...
•The suspected armed robbers Operatives of the FCT Police Command have arrested six suspected armed robbers in Utako Village in the Federal Capital Territory. The suspects were apprehended on Wednesday in an uncompleted hospital building which is a marked black spot during a coordinated raid operation, reports Channels TV. Police Public Relati...
The Police Service Commission has approved new appointments and promotions involving 1,897 senior police officers. This was as the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Haruna Garba, and 13 other CPs were promoted to the ranks of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. Also, AIG Dasuki Galadanci, has been promoted as a Deputy Insp...
•Tinubu The presidency has maintained that there are no plans to move the Federal Capital to Lagos as speculated in some quarters. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, stated this in a statement via his official X handle today. According to Onanuga, those peddling the rumour are dishonest, [&h...
•Bawa Naibi Uneasy calm pervades residents of Suleja, a commercial city in Niger State bordering the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and dominated by non-indigenous Nigerlites as the Chairman, Alhaji Isiyaku Bawa Naibi has vowed to enforce a fraction of the Shariah law forbidding sales and consumption of alcohol. The development is comi...
•Wike Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said the Ministry of Finance has released N50 billion to the Administration to finance ongoing capital projects. The amount, according to Wike, is 50 per cent of FCT’s N100 billion 2023 supplementary budget approved by the National Assembly in December, 2023. The mi...
Dear Hon Minister, First, a disclosure. You may not know me but we have met on two occasions in the house of our mutual respected Oga, first as a Minister of State and second as a Governor, but l doubt if you can recognize me now. I’m one of your admirers and critic. As a […]