Tag: FCT

9Feb By dthataNo Comments

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We Did Not Rescue Or Arrest Young Mothers In “Abuja Human Milk Factory” – Police

The Nigeria Police, FCT Command has dissociated itself from an article which went viral, suggesting the Command had rescued 115 young mothers and arrested their captors. The FCT Police Command on Tuesday dissociated itself from the viral article trending in some sections of the social media suggesting that the Command arrested or rescued one hundred and fifteen (115) young mothers from a ‘ human milk factory’. A statement by ASP Yusuf Mariam, Public Relations Officer of the Command said, “The Command wishes to categorically state that there is no record of such incident or operation in the Command. “However, the Command is soliciting for useful information from members of the public on occurrence of the ‘ incident”. “While urging residents to remain calm, law-abiding and co...

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26Nov By BobbyNo Comments

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198 new cases of COVID19 recorded in Nigeria

198 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, November 25.   According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, FCT recorded 53 new cases, the highest for the day.   Other states with new cases include Lagos-48, Ogun-40, Akwa Ibom-20, Bauchi-9, Plateau-8, Kaduna-5, Kano-4, Benue-3, Jigawa-3, Nasarawa-3, Edo-1 and Kwara-1.   Nigeria now has 66,805 confirmed new cases. 62,493 patients have been discharged so far with 1,169 deaths recorded.   See breakdown of the number of cases per states below  

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8Oct By dthataNo Comments

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Lagos, Rivers, FCT, Ogun Earned More Than Other 33 States combined 2020 – NBS

The index in Tuesday's report revealed that the IGR of Lagos State, put at N204 billion, is higher than that of at least 29 states put together. The quartet of Lagos, Rivers, the FCT and Ogun State raked in a total internally generated revenue more than all other 33 states of the federation combined in the first half of 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. The NBS said the 36 states of the federation and federal capital territory generated N612.87 billion in the first half of 2020. Of the total amount, the aforementioned states and the capital city earned N335 billion, equivalent to 54 per cent. Other states made a total of N277 billion (46 per cent). The index in Tuesday’s report revealed that the IGR of Lagos State, put at N204 billion, is higher than that of...

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1Sep By dthataNo Comments

Health

FCT Doctors Declare Indefinite Strike Over Promotion & Nonpayment Of Allowances

The Association of Resident Doctors, federal capital territory administration (ARD-FCTA) have declared an indefinite strike which will take off from Tuesday September 1. The group which conveyed announcement of their indefinite strike in a communiqué signed by Roland Aigbovo and Mustapha Ibrahim, chairman and general secretary of the association, said they took the decision amid the Coronavirus pandemic due to non-implementation of the variation of the 2018 promotion, the non-payment of the COVID-19 hazard and inducement allowances, among other issues. According to ARD-FCTA, the strike will go on until the issues they highlighted are addressed. The communiqué read; “Due to the insensitivity displayed by the Office of the Permanent Secretary, FCT, and widespread agitations among o...

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17Aug By BobbyNo Comments

News

Journalist, Gimba Kakanda reports a Minister who is hosting a large party amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Journalist, Gimba Kakanda took to Twitter to call the attention of the Minister of the FCT to the fact that a Minister in the Buhari administration is breaking social distancing guidelines by hosting a large party in Abuja. Gimba said the party is currently holding in Life Camp and "there's a large crowd". He added that the erring Minister's residence is close to the residence of the FCT Minister. He wrote: "Dear FCT Minister @OfficialFCTA, My neigbour, a Minister in Buhari’s government, is having a big loud party right now in Life Camp. There’s a large crowd, and I hear Skales asking them to “shake body.” His residence is just a few minutes away from yours. I hate this animal farm."

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15Jun By dthataNo Comments

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FCT Will Decide Naira Marley’s Penalty – PTF

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has expressed displeasure over Saturday event held in Abuja despite the ban on large gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. MCI reports that hip-hop artiste, Azeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, held a concert at the Jabi Lake Mall on Saturday in contravention of the PTF directive geared towards curbing the spread of the virus. The event, which had a lot of people in attendance, has come under intense criticisms lately. PTF National Coordinator, Sani Aliyu, noted during a briefing on Monday that the PTF supports any sanctionagainst the musician. Aliyu, however, stated that the Federal Capital Territory Administration will take the decision on whether to penalise the artiste or not. He said, “With regards to the fate of Naira Marle...

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5Jun By dthataNo Comments

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FCTA Releases Guidelines For Reopening Of Churches & Mosques In Abuja

PRESS RELEASE FCTA RELEASES GUIDELINES ON RE-OPENING OF PLACES OF WORSHIP @MuhdMusaBello chaired a meeting of the FCTA & leadership of the FCT Christian Association of Nigeria & League of FCT Imams to review the guidelines issued by #PTFCOVID19 as they concern places of worship  

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2Jun By BobbyNo Comments

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FCT Confirms 14 new Cases of Coronavirus, one Death

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31May By BobbyNo Comments

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AEDC Official Arested for Impregnating Underage Girl

An official of Abuja Electricity Distribution (AEDC) identified as 30-year-old Nura Salisu has been arrested by the FCT police command for impregnating a 16-year-old girl, Nanket Manasseh and dumping their baby at an unknown place. The suspect who started having carnal knowledge of the teenager when she was just 15, was arrested by officers of Jahi Police station on May 22 on charges of abducting his 6-month-old baby and refusing to share details of his whereabouts. Speaking to The ICIR, Manasseh said the AEDC official has been trying to sleep with her since she was 10. Recalling how the suspect bought her a phone when she was in primary 3, the teenager said Salisu forcefully had sex with her after luring her to a hotel in Jahi community on grounds of having an important informat...

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12May By dthataNo Comments

Health

COVID-19: FG Lists Lagos, FCT, Kano, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto For WHO Drug Trials

The Federal Government has said that Lagos, FCT, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano states have enrolled on the World Health Organisation (WHO) treatment regimen on solidarity drug trials. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this on Monday in Abuja, at the 29th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Daily Trust reports that the WHO announced that Nigeria expressed interest to be part of the global solidarity drug trial to tackle COVID-19 pandemic and that the process would soon start in the country. The Officer in charge, WHO Nigeria and member of the PTF on COVID-19, Dr. Fiona Braka, told Daily Trust in an exclusive interview in Abuja that what Nigeria signed up for was drug trial and not vaccine trial, as there was yet no vaccine for the ...

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9May By dthataNo Comments

Religion

Pastor Oyemade Disagrees With Oyedepo, Oyakhilome On The Closure Of Churches

The Senior Pastor of The Covenant Christian Centre Lagos, Pastor Poju Oyemade, has disagreed with prominent preachers against the continuous closure of churches over the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the lockdown has been eased in Lagos, Ogun and FCT, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered worship centres will remain shut till further notice. But founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, slammed the authorities for closing churches, saying they should be healing centres. Founder of Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, backed Oyakhilome, stating the continuous closure of churches was suspicious. According to him, it was part of the moves to stop the church of God from expanding. But Oyemade, whose birthday on his Instagram page, said the closure of churches does not in...

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6May By dthataNo Comments

News

COVID-19: Lagos Battles Shortage Of Reagents, FCT Running Out Of Test Kits

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 at the House of Representatives on Tuesday said Kano State had become the epicentre of coronavirus in the North. The  PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; who led other members of the task force, including the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this while briefing the House on the war against the virus in the country. He said Kano State lacked adequate manpower for surveillance and contact tracing. Also on Tuesday, the Lagos State Government said it was battling with a shortage of reagents. The Federal Capital Territory on its part said it was facing a shortage of test kits. In ...

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5May By BobbyNo Comments

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245 new Cases of COVID-19 Recorded in Nigeria – 76 in Lagos Alone

245 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Monday, May 4, 2020. According to Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, out of the 245 new cases of COVID-19, 76 were recorded in Lagos,  37 in Katsina, 32 in Jigawa, 23 in Kano, 19 in FCT, 18 in Borno, 10 in Edo,  9 in Bauchi, 6 in Adamawa, 5 in Oyo, 5 in Ogun, 1 in Ekiti, 1 in Osun, 1 in Benue, 1 in Niger,  and 1 in Zamfara. Nigeria now has 2802 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 417 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centers across the country, while 93 deaths have been recorded.

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27Apr By dthataNo Comments

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Buhari To Gradually Ease Lockdown In Lagos, FCT And Ogun From 4th May, Imposes Total Lockdown On Kano For Two Weeks

President Buhari has extended the lockdown imposed on Lagos, Ogun and the FCT Abuja by one week. Kano has now been included in the lockdown. The measure will be in place for two weeks. Buhari also announced an overnight curfew from 8pm to 6am nationwide. “This means all movements will be prohibited during this period except for essential services”, he said in his broadcast on Monday night. Buhari promised to begin a “phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures” from 4 May.

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16Apr By dthataNo Comments

Health

Coronavirus Testing: Lagos Creates 20 Centres, FCT Combs Residents’ Houses

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday said 20 centres would be created in Lagos State for collection of samples from people suspected to have contracted COVID-19. The NCDC Director General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who disclosed this at a press conference of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said the samples would be taken to the molecular laboratories in Lagos for testing. Ihekweazu also said door-to-door collection of samples would soon begin in Abuja. He added that Nigeria had increased her testing capacity to 3,000 At the press conference, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, disclosed that the ministry had expanded its case definition for COVID-19. The NCDC had, on Tuesday, said the problem the country was facing was not the inadequacy of molecular la...

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7Apr By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Only Buhari Can Determine Extension Of Lockdown In Lagos, FCT – FG

The Federal Government on Tuesday said only President Muhammadu Buhari can decide if the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, over Coronavirus will be extended or not. Buhari had a week ago ordered total lockdown of Lagos, Ogun and FCT for 14 days to checkmate the spread of Coronavirus. Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, who spoke in Marina, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, said only the president had the power to grant extension or not, but noted that Buhari did said the lockdown would be for 14 days in the first instance. He said the presidential taskforce had come to Lagos for a revaluation and report back to the president, adding that Buhari lockdown Lagos, Ogun and FCT based o...

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7Apr By dthataNo Comments

Health

FCT Discharges 7 Coronavirus Patients

Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello has announced the discharge of seven people who had been on treatment for Covid-19 at the Isolation Centre in Abuja. This was as he expressed optimism that the 39 who are still on admission would soon be discharged, commending the health personnel for their dedication to duty in spite of the pandemic. The minister disclosed this Tuesday in Abuja in a statement personally signed by him. Bello said; “Let me begin by appreciating the high level of compliance so far exhibited by residents of the FCT with regards to the 14-day restriction of movement as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari, with a view to curbing the Coronavirus pandemic. This restriction, was necessitated by the need to contain the spread of t...

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1Apr By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Lockdown: FG Gives N20,000 To Poor Households In FCT

The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of N20,000 Conditional Cash Transfer to indigent households (poor) at the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This is part of the Federal Government’s efforts to help reduce the effect of President Muhammadu’s lockdown order following the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, said on Wednesday while kickstarting the disbursement that due to the scourge of COVID-19, the Federal Government is giving out N20,000 per person for the next four months starting from March 2020. She explained that the President during his broadcast last week directed that the Conditional Cash Transfer should be given i...

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30Mar By dthataNo Comments

Health

14 new cases of Coronavirus reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos and 5 in FCT

Fourteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos and 5 in FCT As at 09:30 pm 29th March there are 111 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death. As at 09:30 pm 29th March, there are 111 confirmed cases 1 death Breakdown of cases by states Currently; Lagos- 68 FCT- 21 Ogun- 3 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 1 Oyo- 7 Edo- 2 Bauchi- 2 Osun-2 Rivers-1 Benue- 1 Kaduna- 1

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29Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

Coronavirus: I’m negative – Dangote confirms

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that he tested negative for Coronavirus (COVID–19). The billionaire disclosed this on his verified Twitter handle on Sunday. The post reads: “The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted modern society, affecting our collective health and well-being. “As a global citizen and business leader, I took the COVID-19 test and the result came back NEGATIVE.” Dangote further announced that he is leading a Coalition Against COVID-19 with other private sector leaders to support Government initiatives in the fight against COVID-19. “We are in this together, and I am optimistic we will overcome,” he added. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday confirmed eight new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; 2 in FCT, 4 in ...

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27Mar By dthataNo Comments

Health

Five New Cases Of Coronavirus Cases In Nigeria; Total Now 70

Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria 3 in FCT & 2 in Oyo State As at 08:00 pm 27th March there are 70 cases of confirmed #COVID19 reported Nigeria. 3 have been discharged with 1 death.

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26Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

COVID-19: Nigeria Records Five New Cases, Total Infections Now 51

Five new cases of the COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 51. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), two of the cases are in the FCT, two are in Lagos, while one is in Rivers State. The NCDC further explained that three of the infected persons are returning travellers into Nigeria while the other two are close contacts of a previously confirmed case. This comes as states across the country are scaling up efforts to combat the spread of the virus. Residents have been asked to stay at home, stricter restrictions have been placed on public gatherings and people including governors and top officials are being forced to self-isolate. Among those who are self-isolating is Vice President Yemi Osinbajo af...

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6Feb By BobbyNo Comments

News

Man Sentenced to Death by Hanging for Killing Uber Driver in Abuja

An FCT high court has sentenced one Obinna Echanu to death by hanging for killing an Uber driver. Obinna and one Everly Nnerun, were arraigned before the court for allegedly conspiring to kill the Uber driver, Edwin Ali, on December 26th, 2016 along the Abuja airport road. Echanu and Nnerun were charged with five counts which include armed robbery, conspiracy, illegal possession of firearms and culpable homicide. Delivering judgment on the murder case filed against them by the police, the presiding judge, Justice Peter Kekemeke discharged and acquitted Nnerun for lack of evidence by the prosecutor, which is the Nigerian Police, but convicted Echanu and sentenced him to death by hanging as his counsel failed to prove his innocence before the court.

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4Feb By dthataNo Comments

Health

Coronavirus: NCDC Says FG To Site Isolation Centres In FCT, 7 States

The National Centre for Disease Control says isolation facilities for coronavirus will be sited in the Federal Capital Territory and seven states across Nigeria. The NCDC, in a statement on its website yesterday, said it “is currently preparing treatment and isolation facilities in the Federal Capital Territory and seven other priority states in Nigeria. They are Lagos, Akwa-Ibom, Rivers, Enugu, Delta, Cross River and Kano States. The centre said the risk assessment conducted by the World Health Organisation which placed Nigeria at high risk, implied that “there is a high chance of an infected person coming into Nigeria. Till date, there’s no confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Nigeria.” It said though the WHO had not placed any travel or trade restriction on China, it was ad...

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7Jan By dthataNo Comments

News

Iran: Shi’ites, Others Protest In FCT, Burn US Flag, Block Highway

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and some youths on Monday protested the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and his aides in a drone airstrike by the United States. The Shi’ites burnt American flags at the Banex, Wuse area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The angry protesters chanted hate songs and slogans such as ‘Death To America,’ as they condemned the US action. The sect members also demanded the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, who are currently in prison custody. Our correspondent also gathered that some Muslim youths blocked the Abuja-Keffi highway in protest against Soleimani’s killing causing serious traffic gridlock on the busy road. The unruly youths also paralyzed commercial activities in the...

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8Nov By dthataNo Comments

News

Abayomi Adeshida: NUJ FCT Outraged, Demand Sanctions

The Nigerian Union of Journalists, FCT Council, has expressed its outrage over the physical assault suffered by Mr. Abayomi Adeshida, a photojournalist with the Vanguard Newspapers, at the Presidential Villa, Thursday. Adeshida, who was covering an event at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, was brutal assaulted by security aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo while he watched. The NUJ FCT in a statement on Thursday, described the assault as one of the sad developments that signposts how dangerous it was to be a journalist in Nigeria especially in the past four years. “The brutal physical assault by security details of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo against one of our members in the legitimate pursuit of his duties as a journalist further signposts how dangerous it is ...

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15Jul By BobbyNo Comments

News

Ministerial List Delay: Defence, Health, Education Worst Hit

The inability of President Muhammadu Buhari to form his cabinet 45 days after commencing his second term in office appears to have slowed down activities in most of the federal ministries at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Buhari had been sworn-in for the second term on May 29 after being declared the winner of the February 23 presidential election. It took about six months for the President to appoint his ministers at the commencement of his first term in 2015 with many Nigerians voicing concerns about the implications for a then-ailing economy that required urgent attention by a federal cabinet to fix. The concerns about the need for a cabinet to address economic and security issues besetting the nation are no less on the front burner, as Senate President Ahmad Lawan...

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10Jul By dthataNo Comments

News

Shi’ite Protest: IGP Places AIGs, CPs In FCT, Neighbouring States On Red Alert

The INSPECTOR-GENERAL Mohammed Adamu yesterday placed Assistant Inspector General of Police and Commissioners of Police in the Federal Capital Terriotry (FCT) and neighbouring states on red alert. IG Adamu said the action became imperative following the violent protest by Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzakky sympathisers at the National Assembly in Abuja. The protest, which left nine police personnel injured, also led to the destruction of vehicles and other valuable items. The IG directive was contained in a statement by the Force spokesman, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). It reads: “The Commissioners of Police and their supervisory Assistant Inspectors General of Police in states contiguous to the FCT were also placed on the alert to ensure maximum security in thei...

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5Jun By dthataNo Comments

Politics

How I Got Stamina For Re-election Campaign Still Baffles Me — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, reflected on the recent general elections in which he secured a second term and said it still baffles him where he got the stamina to tour the country on campaigns. The president also admonished those who called themselves leaders at various levels against putting up straight faces, especially in this period of economic travails, noting that such posture could pass a wrong message to those governed. He used his re-election campaigns to buttress his point, saying the crowd that thronged his campaign grounds in each state he visited still intrigued him. According to Buhari, he couldn’t have engaged in vote buying if he were to muster the financial strength to mobilise those crowd to vote in his favour. Buhari spoke at the State House, A...

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4Jun By BobbyNo Comments

News

You Won’t Believe What President Buhari Called Abuja Residence For Voting Against Him

President Buhari has described residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as a necessary evil he must protect even though they did not vote for him and his Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in 2019 general elections. The President said this today June 4th when FCT permanent secretary, Christian Ohaa, led a delegation of Abuja residence comprising religious leaders, National Assembly members, civil servants, service chiefs and heads of other security agencies among others to pay him Sallah homage to mark the successful completion of this year’s Ramadan fast. While speaking to the delegation, the President Buhari said that he would continue to protect the seat of power because any negative thing that happens to the place would also affect him and the entire residence. “I want to ...

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30May By BobbyNo Comments

News

Nigerians With So Much Money Buy Judgements – Senator Lawan

A leading aspirant for the 9th Senate Presidency, Ahmad Lawan, has stated that Nigeria was a country where very wealthy people buy judgments in their favor. The lawmaker, who represents Yobe North senatorial district on the All Progressives Congress, APC, platform, said that there was the urgent need to move away from this. Lawan, who is also the Senate leader, spoke on the floor of the Senate during plenary. He was commenting on the request by President Muhammadu Buhari, who sought for the confirmation of Abubakar Musa Sadiq as the President, Customary Court of Appeal, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. The Senate Leader said, “This is a very clear demonstration of how the three tiers of government work cooperatively. “We have suspended our rules to take this confirmati...

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30Apr By dthataNo Comments

Crime

FCT Court Jails 27 Women For Prostitution

An FCT mobile court which sat on Monday, jailed 27 women for prostitution following their arrest last Wednesday and Thursday. The 27 women who were jailed for one month by the FCT court, were, however, given an option of N3,000 fine each. Speaking after the sentencing, their lawyer, Jennifer Ogbogu, explained that the sex workers pleaded guilty to the charges against them and were summarily convicted and sentence. She said, “The ladies were arraigned before the mobile court for prostitution and were each sentenced to three months in jail with an option of N3,000 fine. We have just paid the fine and all of them have been released from custody.”

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10Apr By BjNo Comments

Politics

Court Orders Service Of Processes On Magu Over Detention Of Lawyer, Ex-Senator.

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja has ordered substituted service of processes be effected on the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu over contempt proceedings initiated by a lawyer, Monday Ubani and former Christopher Enai. Ubani, a former national officer of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and Enai, an ex-senator from Bayelsa State were said to have been detained by the EFCC since March 19 this year when they honoured the commission’s invitation. Ubani and Enai are  ‘standing surety’ for Mrs. Ngozi Olejeme, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), who the commission is investigating for alleged corruption. On March 26, upon listening to Mike Ozekhome (SAN), who a...

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9Apr By BjNo Comments

Politics

Most Governors Spend Days In Abuja While Their States Are In Flames – Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani has thrown shade at some governors who run off to the nation’s capital while and lodge in comfort while their states are on fire. Sani in a tweet late on Monday said "These governors spend days in Abuja all in the name of meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. He said the governors spend Monday to Thursday in the FCT and on Friday they head to the mosques to pray with the president."

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4Mar By BobbyNo Comments

Education

WAEC certificate: Court set to deliver judgment on Gov. Bindow’s alleged forgery case

An FCT High Court in Apo is set to deliver judgment in a suit seeking the disqualification of Adamawa State Governor, Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow, from the forthcoming governorship election, over alleged certificate forgery. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi had fixed March 1 for the judgment after counsels to all parties in the suit argued and adopted their respective briefs for and against the suit. However, when the matter came up on Friday, Justice Adeniyi apologized to the parties that the judgment was not ready. He said he had earlier sent the court registrar to communicate the development to the parties. Justice Adeniyi thereafter fixed judgment for today (Monday). A group, Incorporated Trustees of Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International, had alleged that Bindow supplied f...

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25Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

PDP Rejects Presidential Election Results

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected results of the presidential elections being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Uche Secondus, PDP national chairman, said the results being announced are “incorrect and unacceptable” to the party. He said this at an ongoing press conference in Abuja. The PDP national chairman said the party has discovered “irregularities” in results so far announced from Nasarawa state and the FCT. He alleged that the current administration “colluded” with INEC and security agencies to manipulate results from polling units across the country. “Our collation centres have the original results from all the polling units in the country. That is from where are going to reclaim our results,” he said. “The result...

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25Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

‘Buhari Pressuring INEC To Cancel Abuja Results After Losing All Wards In FCT’ – CUPP

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) says President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are mounting pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) to declare FCT results inconclusive. The parties claim that Buhari lost all the wards in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and is seeking to manipulate the results. CUPP also claimed that the APC is attempting to inflate figures from the northwest and northeast to counter the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) victory in the southern region of the country. “The CUPP is in possession of irrefutable evidence that APC Governors of the northwest and some of North East geo-political zones are working assiduously to inflate the number of votes scored by President Muhammadu Buhari in tho...

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7Dec By BobbyNo Comments

Sport

Pomp, Festivity as 19th National Sports Festival Begins

Students performing calisthenics display at the opening ceremony of the 19th National Sports Festival in Abuja, Thursday After several postponements since the last edition in Lagos in 2012, the 19th National Sports Festival began yesterday on a colourful note at the National Stadium, Abuja with athletes from 26 states of the federation filling out for the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was graced by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, and several other dignitaries. Calisthenics, cultural show, mini durbar, cycling exhibition and skating were on parade last night. The cultural performers danced to the tune of Afro beat Legend, the Late Fela Anikulapo- Kuti. The t...

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28Nov By BobbyNo Comments

News

FG, States, LGs Share N788.139bn for October

The federal, states and local governments Wednesday shared a total of N788.139 billion for the month of October as the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting ended in Kaduna. The N788.139 billion shared is higher than the N698.710 billion shared the previous month (September). The Special Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Paul Ella Abechi, in a statement said the breakdown of the figures released by the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) shows that the federal government got N284.396 billion, state governments, (N144.249) while the 774 local governments received N111.210 billion. Oil mineral producing states received N58.092 under the 13 per cent derivation principle while N84.214 billion was disbursed under the Cost of Collection/Transfers/FIRS ref...

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19Oct By BobbyNo Comments

News

Obaseki Vows To Sustain Poverty Eradication Policies, As USAID Project Lifts 11,904 Households In Edo

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government, through her people-oriented policies, has ensured that the people lead better lives and are exposed to more opportunities to develop themselves and grow the economy, noting that such poverty reduction policies will continue to receive priority attention in the state. Obaseki Obaseki disclosed this at the end of the Sustainable Mechanism for Improving Livelihood and Household Empowerment (SMILE) project dissemination meeting, held at Government House, Benin City, Edo State. The governor who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu, said his administration has resolved “to make poverty history in the state,” adding that “The journey to make poverty history actually started in 2008 and ...

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18Oct By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Senate Approves Science And Technology University For FCT

The Senate on Thursday approved the establishment of a Science and Technology University for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It equally stood down the consideration of the report of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the INEC Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The Senate’s approval of the Science and Technology University for the FCT is coming 17 months after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had at one of its weekly meetings in May 2017 approved the establishment of the specialised university in Abaji. Presenting the report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND at plenary for the establishment of the university , its Chairman, Senator Jibrin Barau (APC Kano North), urged the Senate to receive and consider the report of the committee f...

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9Oct By BobbyNo Comments

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Attack On Police: Senators; Dino Melaye & Ben Bruce Shun Police Invitation

The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, and his Bayelsa State counterpart, Ben Murray-Bruce, have shunned an invitation by the Nigerian Police Force in Abuja. Senators Dino Melaye and Ben Bruce   Nigerian Senators, Dino Melaye and Ben Murray-Bruce, who were expected at the office of the FCT Commissioner of Police for questioning by 10am, on Monday, shunned the Police invitation in connection with last week’s public protest in Abuja, and did not show up. The Police had alleged that the federal lawmakers, were captured on camera for their active involvement in the disturbance of public peace and public safety and unlawful blockade of Shehu Shagari way for many hours thereby preventing road users’ access. View image on Twitter Nigeria Police Fo...

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7Oct By BobbyNo Comments

Politics

Check Out President Muhammadu Buhari’s Amazing New Photos

In kicking starting his campaign ahead of the coming Presidential elections of 2019, President Buhari has released some new photos. President Muhammadu Buhari These amazing new photos of President Muhammadu Buhari were posted online as he launches his campaign for a second term in office early on Sunday morning after being overwhelmingly endorsed as candidate by 14,842,072 members of the All Progressives Congress across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). See more photos below:

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6Oct By BobbyNo Comments

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Young Girl Injured In The Abuja Air Force Crash Recounts Her Ordeal As She Gets Scholarship

A young girl who got injured in the Abuja Air Force crash, has recounted her ordeal as she gets a scholarship.   Elizabeth Elijah Elizabeth Elijah was in the farm when death came calling.Unlike the proverbial August visitor, it bore no gift of courtesy or the perfunctory knock. On Friday, September 28, it arrived in the guise of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF)’s F-7Ni aircraft, crashing like a winged tenant of the sky, few metres from where the 15-year-old tilled the land. Two fighter jets belonging to NAF crashed in Abuja during a rehearsal ahead of the country’s 58th Independence Anniversary. It was learnt that the pilots had successfully ejected from one of the ill-fated aircrafts only for a Squadron Leader, Bello Baba-Ari, to die, from injuries. According to Elijah, s...

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3Oct By BobbyNo Comments

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Breaking News: APC National Secretariat On Lockdown As Angry Youths Protest Over FCT Primary

Some angry youths have invaded the All Progressive Congress secretariat over the FCT senatorial primary. File photo Vanguard reports that the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC is practically on a security lockdown following a violent protest by youths protesting against the adoption of direct primaries for the APC senatorial ticket in the Federal Capital Territory FCT. The protesting youths who said they are FCT natives said the use of direct primaries would mean that a non-FCT native could clinch the ruling party’s ticket for the sole senatorial seat in the territory. While they chased security operatives at the gate away, no party official was on ground to address them. They said since all contestants for the various positions in the FCT...

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3Oct By BobbyNo Comments

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Abuja Residents Panic As Hills Emit Mysterious Smoke

Residents in a community in Abuja have begun to panic after hills in the area began to emit smoke. File photo used only for illustrative purpose It has been reported that the many residents of Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have cried out over a ‘volcanic eruption-like incident’ with some inflammable substances emitting smoke from the cliff of the hills in the area. According to Daily Trust, a Federal Government delegation comprising the Minister of Solid Mineral Abubakar Bawa Bwari and his FCT counterpart Muhammad Musa Bello and the Director General of the Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) Alex Ndubuisi Nwegbu visited the area yesterday. The residents had sent a distress call after the presence of ‘inflammable substances’ in the area, b...

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22Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Osinbajo Inaugurates TraderMoni In Owerri

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday inaugurate TraderMoni initiative, a Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme, in Owerri, Imo State. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The initiative was designed to assist petty traders across the country expand their trade through the provision of collateral and interest-free loans of at least N10,000. According to him, the loans are repayable over a period of six months. The micro-credit scheme under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), was first inaugurated on Aug. 7 in five markets in Lagos State – Mushin, Ikotun, Agege, Ketu and Abule Egba...

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17Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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How Nigeria Will Mark 58th Independence Anniversary – SGF

The office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) said that part of activities for the country`s 58thIndependence  Anniversary will include displays by the Nigerian Air Force jets and helicopters. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) This was announced in a statement by Mr Gabriel Aduda, Chairman, 2018 Independence Day Organising Committee, on Monday in Abuja. Aduda said that movement of military hardware would also be part of the activities. He said the flight displays by fast Air-Force jets and helicopters would be within the airspace of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Aduda added that the major airspace to be affected would include those of Eagle Square, the three arms zones, Keffi, Ado, Orozo, Karu, Nyanya, Guza...

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14Sep By BobbyNo Comments

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Domestic Debts Of 36 States, FCT Hit N3.5trn In H1’18

The Debt Management Office (DMO), yesterday, said the domestic debt stock of the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stood at N3.5 trillion as at the first half of 2018 (H1’18). The figure indicates that the states and FCT increased their debt stock by about N200 billion or 6.0 percent over the N3.3 trillion recorded at the end of December 2017. According to data released by DMO on its website, Lagos State has the highest debt stock at N517 billion or 17 percent of the total debt stock of states. The data showed the domestic debt stock of the other states among the top five during the period under review are: Delta (N223 billion), Rivers (N191 billion), Akwa Ibom (N179 billion), and Osun (N136 billion). The states with five lowest debts are: Anambra (N2...

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12Sep By BobbyNo Comments

Sport

NYG: Akwa Ibom Clinches Gold In Male, Female Scrabble Events

Ilorin – Team Akwa Ibom on Wednesday won gold medals in both the male and female singles categories of scrabble event at the ongoing National Youth Games (NYG) in Ilorin. In the final matches of the male singles event, Prestige Archibong clinched the gold medal haven won seven out of the eight matches played on a spread of +831. From left: Udeze Solomon of Delta (Silver); Ishaq Na’baba of Kano State (Gold); Abba Umar Katsina State and Elijah Eyem of Akwa Ibom (Bronze) medalists in the Judo event in the Male 42KG category at the 2018 National Youth Games in Ilorin on Wednesday (12/9/18). Mosopefoluwa John of Team Lagos clinched the silver medal haven won six out of eight matches on a spread of +1086. Adedeji Aka of FCT settled for bronze after winning six out of eight games on ...

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