FCT

Wike names ex-Head of Service, Udo Atang, Special Assistant on Administration

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, has appointed Dr. Udo Samuel Atang as Senior Special Assistant on Administration....

FCT Minister inspects new Federal Ministry of Livestock building for its takeoff

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Capital Development Authority to renovate the former Ministry of Agriculture building for use by the newly...

Exclusive: Succor for traders as AMAC takes over reconstruction of old Karu market, two months after fire incident

As the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) begins reconstructing the recently destroyed old Karu market, traders at the market have expressed joy and...

FCT’s Karu community calm, peaceful as coronation of new Sakarui douses protest

The streets of Karu town in the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday were calm and peaceful, devoid of any protests. Few tricycles and...

Court bars protesters from the streets, restricts them to MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued an order prohibiting protesters from taking to the streets of the capital city, restricting them...

Police ban Shiite procession in Abuja, vow to arrest offenders 

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has announced a ban on all protests and processions by the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria...

PCN descends on unlicensed medicine outlets, shuts 531 in Abuja

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has closed down 531 medicine outlets in Abuja, the nation’s capital city, for various infractions. According to...

Trafficking: FG bars hotels from accommodating underage girls

Worried about the high rate of prostitution trafficking, especially among underage girls, the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, has barred hotels...

Pres. Tinubu arrived Abuja after a three-day working visit to Lagos

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Abuja after a three-day working visit to Lagos State. Pres. Tinubu arrived in Abuja after a three-day...

Security: Real-time aerial surveillance cameras, data-gathering sensors for FCT – Minister

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, is set to strengthen the security architecture in the capital city with the...

FCT SWAN elections inconclusive, Election Committee declares, rerun in two weeks

The FCT Chapter has declared Friday’s elections into the various offices inconclusive. SWAN National President Isaiah Benjamin disclosed this in an exclusive chat...

Police raid criminals’ hideouts in FCT, arrest 85 suspects, recover weapons, foreign currencies, motorcycles

In a streak of coordinated raid exercises between March 31 and April 4, 2024, the FCT Police Command operatives stormed some identified black...

Police raid suspected kidnappers’ hideouts in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has raided suspected kidnappers’ hideouts and routes in the hills and bushes surrounding Apo resettlement and its...

Tinubu signs FCT’s N1.14trn 2024 Appropriation Bill 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the statutory budget of over N1.147 trillion for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the fiscal year...

Easter: Reach Out To Needy, Spread Kindness – FCT Minister Wike Urges Residents

Mr. Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has urged residents to reflect deeply on the significance of Easter. Wike...