•Aerial view of houses submerged last year The federal government has predicted heavy rains and floods in 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The high-flood risk states are: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nas...
•Protesting medical doctors Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) shut down medical services today over unpaid 7 months’ salaries to their colleagues employed in 2023. Our reporter who visited Kubwa General Hospital, this morning, witnessed how patients were told that they could not be attended to because doctors were on strike, repor...
•CP Tunde Disu The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police, Tunde Disu, has lost his son in a car accident that reportedly happened yesterday. Although the circumstances surrounding the young man’s death remain unclear, family sources have described the loss as heartbreaking, reports Vanguard. CP Disu was on a condolence visit t...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun Ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, security has been beefed up in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and many states. Since the weekend, security agencies across the country have deployed officers with a view to preventing security breaches during the yuletide, reports Daily Trust. They also called ...
•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike The Senate today sought an investigation into the recent demolitions in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and has set up an investigative committee to look into the matter. The committee will also invite the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to appear before it to explain the reasons behind the demolitions, which have [&he...
A total of 32 out of 36 states and the FCT attracted zero capital importation (foreign investment) in the first 9 months of 2024 up from 27 states in the whole of 2023, it has been revealed. This is according to the latest Capital Importation data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the […]
The Federal Capital Territory has successfully placed 61,384 people living with HIV/AIDS on treatment. Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, FCT Administration, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, stated this in Abuja yesterday, at a press conference to commemorate the 2024 World AIDS Day. Fasawe said that the day, with the theme, “...
•Nigerian workers Barring any last-minute change of plan, the workers in the Federal Capital Territory, Cross River, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Kaduna and Zamfara states may down tools today following the failure of the state authorities to negotiate the payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage. Though the implementation panels set up by the concerned s...
•FCT Alhaji Adamu Wanki, the Permanent Secretary, Treasury and Budget, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration, says Nigeria, particularly the FCT, faces significant economic volatility, occasioned by fluctuations in oil prices. Wanki stated this at the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management (CITM) mandatory continuous training prog...
•Mpox The Mpox situation report obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said Mpox has spread to 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory across 63 local government areas in the country. According to the report, 94 confirmed cases have been reported out of the 1,297 suspected cases recorded so far from […]...

