Tag: FCT

  • FCT Council Polls: PDP Warns INEC Not To Tamper With AMAC Results

    In the aftermath of the FCT Council Polls that took place on Saturday, February 12 across the nation’s capital, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to tamper with results from the Chairmanship election in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, who…

  • Applicant docked for allegedly being in possession of dangerous weapons

      A 35-year-old unemployed man, Nuhu Mohammed, on Monday appeared in a Gwagwalada Upper Area Court, FCT for allegedly being in possession of dangerous weapons. The police charged Mohammed who lives in Angwan dodo Gwagwalada, Abuja, with being in possession of dangerous weapons. Upper Area Court, FCT, Abudullahi Tanko told the court that the defendant…

  • FCT hospitals operating at full capacity, including emergencies — Official

    FCT hospitals operating at full capacity, including emergencies — Official

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says all FCT hospitals are operating at full capacity, including emergencies for adults, children, delivery and maternity services, 24-hour theatre service and other services. Mr Anthony Ogunleye, the Chief Press Secretary to the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Ogunleye…

  • Customers in FCT lament tedious bank operations

    Customers in FCT lament tedious bank operations

    Customers of different banks in the Federal Capital Territory and environs have lamented the stressful banking operations saying it negated the financial inclusion strategy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Some customers who spoke to the Our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday, said bankers were inconsiderate and accused them of capitalising on COVID-19 protocols to…

  • Eid-el-Maulud Celebration: FCT minister wants Muslims to adhere to principle of peace

    Eid-el-Maulud Celebration: FCT minister wants Muslims to adhere to principle of peace

    The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has urged all Muslims to adhere to the cardinal principle of peace upon which the religion of Islam is built. Bello made the call in his Eid-El-Maulud message to the residents of FCT, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “On behalf of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA),…

  • NDLEA seizes 179.090kg of hard drugs, arrests 13 suspects in FCT

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 179.090 kilograms of various hard drugs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) within the first week of October. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mr Lawan Hamisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the seizure was excluding the liquid based drugs such…

  • Over 200 APC members decamp to PDP in FCT

    More than two hundred members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The APC decampees were received at the Kuje Area Council Government House in Kuje by Alhaji Mohammed Ismaila, PDP Chairman of Kuje Area Council. They handed over their APC membership…

  • FCT inaugurates ICT centre for management of school records

    The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Acting Education Secretary, Mr Umar Marafa, has inaugurated an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre at the Department of Quality Assurance to enable it collect, organise and manage school records. At the handing over ceremony of the ICT centre provided by Mercy Multi Dimensional Project International in Abuja on Wednesday,…

  • Covid-19: FCT minister tests negative

    Covid-19: FCT minister tests negative

    FCT Minister of State Ramatu Aliyu, who had earlier gone on self-isolation in line with the protocols of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has tested negative to covid-19. Aliyu made this known on her verified personal Twitter handle, on Thursday in Abuja. READ ALSO: Court grants N50m post conviction bail to Abia ex-director of finance…

  • Flooding: Agency alerts Abuja residents on early warning signs

    Flooding: Agency alerts Abuja residents on early warning signs

    The Emergency Management Agency of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (FCT), has advised residents of the city in the flood-prone areas to be conscious of early warning signs of flooding. ALSO READ:C/River Govt. warns against open defecation, indiscriminate dumping of refuse The agency gave the advice when it conducted an assessment of flood-prone areas within the…