•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 […]...
•CP Olatunji Disu The newly appointed Commissioner of police for the Federal Capital Territory, Olatunji Disu has issued a warning to persons who seek to disrupt the peace of the nation’s capital, to have a rethink as his tenure will be marked by zero tolerance for crime. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on his […]
The FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced the commencement of registration for the 2025 Hajj exercise. The Board is calling on all intending pilgrims to deposit a minimum of ₦8.4 million via a bank draft from any commercial bank, made payable to the FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Abuja, to secure a spot for […]
The National Economic Council (NEC) has threatened to impose its decision on states that have failed to submit their reports on state police. On Thursday, February 15, 2024, President Bola Tinubu agreed on the need to establish state police, as recommended by state governors, to curb rising insecurity in the country, reports Nigerian Tribune. ...
•Commissioner of Police FCT, Benneth Igweh The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted eight Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. A statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, said the newly promoted AIGs are Benneth Igwe, Commissioner of Police,...
•Petrol scarcity Petrol supply has continued to be on and off across the country forcing many filling stations not to dispense the product, investigations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and many states across Nigeria have shown. Our investigations show that the product sells for close to N1,000 per litre at some stations belonging to [...
Twenty-seven states and the Federal Capital Territory have yet to set up committees to implement the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage. The states are Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Delta, Osun, Ekiti, Zamfara, Benue, Enugu, Taraba, Gombe, Kogi, Enugu, Adamawa, Niger, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Katsina, Kadu...
•Protest The Take It Back Movement (TIB), a key organiser of the EndBadGovernance nationwide protests, in collaboration with other protest organisers, has announced a massive one-million-man protest scheduled to take place across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, tomorrow, Saturday, August 10, 2024. According to Mr....

