•Atiku, Hayatu-Deen and Amaechi Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar took a commanding early lead in the African Democratic Congress presidential primary last night, polling more than 1.4 million votes across 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory before the exercise was abruptly adjourned near midnight. The results announced before the a...
•Aisha Yesufu and Nyesom Wike Activist and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) senatorial aspirant, Aisha Yesufu, has dismissed suggestions that FCT Minister Nyesom Wike would be a major factor in her political ambitions, insisting that her focus remains on securing the mandate of the people rather than contending with political appointees. Yesufu...
Thirty-two states and the Federal Capital Territory’s debt rose to nearly $5.7 billion in fresh external loans in 2025, driving a year-on-year surge in subnational foreign debt despite higher inflows from Federation Account Allocation Committee disbursements, an analysis has shown. Data from the Debt Management Office indicated that the combin...
•Wike in blue suit (sitting C) The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will continue to support the judiciary to enhance productivity, reduce delays, and uphold the independence and integrity of the judiciary. The minister disclosed that budgetary provisions had been made to c...
•Flood At least 236 people have lost their lives to devastating floods that have swept through 27 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) this year, according to the latest update from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) 2025 Flood Dashboard. The report shows that 409,714 Nigerians have so far been affected...
•Environmental sanitation exercise As Nigeria prepares to mark the 2025 National Environmental Sanitation Day (NESD), the federal government has urged states that have not yet reinstated the monthly environmental sanitation (clean-up) exercise to do so. Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, made the call during a briefing on the 2025 Nation...
•FCT minister, Nyesom Wike To enhance transparency and accountability in the management of public funds, a civic organisation, Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI), has called on the Auditor-General for the Federation (OAuGF) to immediately release audit reports on the accounts of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) fo...
•Police The FCT Police Command said it has beefed up security across the territory to ensure a hitch-free Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The Commissioner of Police, Adewale Saka Ajao, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after holding strategic meeting with the Area Commanders (AC), Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Tactical Team Heads (TTH) at t...
•Tinubu and Wike Following the sealing of several structures in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday by the Nyesom Wike-led FCT Administration, defaulters have been granted a 14-day grace period to settle their ground rents with associated penalties, after the intervention of President Bola Tinubu. This was confirmed in a statement re...
Ahead of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) council elecÂtion, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has pegged the chairmanship forms for N20 million. This is even as the counÂcillor forms were pegged at N2.5 million, reports Daily Independent. While the nomination form for chairmanship was fixed for N15 million, the exÂpress...
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