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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...

Dearth of critical medical equipment at UniAbuja Teaching Hospital: Patients’ anguishes, agonies – a Persecondnews exclusive

Mariam Musa, 31, a native of Niger State, leaned her jaw on her hand while seated beneath a large mango tree that provides...

Tinubu Appoints FCT Civil Service Commission Chair, 10 Permanent Secretaries

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of the Head of the Federal Capital Territory Civil Service, 10 Permanent Secretaries, and commission members....

Tinubu orders immediate release of grains to FCT residents

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, to expedite action on the distribution of...

Breaking: Fire destroys FCT Minister’s home

A morning fire on Sunday completely destroyed the private residence of the FCT’s Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, in Asokoro. The fire...

FCT Police bust pastor, two others for alleged child trafficking, rescue 12 children

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says it has arrested a Christian cleric and two others for the alleged abduction and trafficking...

Just in: Tinubu inaugurates 3,112 “Renewed Hope City Housing Units” in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday performed the ground-breaking of the 3,112 housing units in ‘Renewed Hope City’ in Karsana, Abuja, with a projection...

FCTA Disburses N4.8bln to Six Area Councils, Other Stakeholders

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed N4.8 billion to the six Area Councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the...

Insecurity: Businesses in FCT record 33% drop in revenues – Report

Revenues of businesses in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded a 33 percent decline between January 2023 and January 2024, a report by...

Bandits kidnap FHA Director near military camp in Abuja

Suspected bandits in the early hours of Thursday abducted a Director of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) in the Federal Capital Territory. The...

FCT Police rescue five kidnapped people

No fewer than five abductees have been rescued from two different kidnapping gangs in Abuja by the operatives of the Federal Capital Territory...

Suspected kidnapper in abduction, murder of Nabeeha, 3 others in Abuja nabbed

Operatives of the Nigerian Police in Abuja have apprehended a suspected kidnapper involved in the kidnapping and murder of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar and three...

Tinubu has no plans to move federal capital to Lagos, says Onanuga

President Bola Tinubu has no plans to move the Federal Capital (FCT) to Lagos, as has been speculated in some quarters, Mr. Bayo...

Kidnappings in FCT: Tinubu approves immediate purchase of digital tracking equipment

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, says President Bola Tinubu has been given approval for the emergency procurement...

Update: FCT police rescue man abducted along Abuja airport expressway, arrest kidnapper

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued Mr. Suleiman Sabo, who was abducted along Sabon-Lugbe Airport Road in the nation’s capital....

Man kidnapped, wife escapes as kidnappers open fire on vehicle in Abuja

Amid a surge in insecurity in the nation’s capital, another resident of Abuja, Mr. Abdullahi Sabo, has been seized by kidnappers. Sabo was...