Tag: AMAC
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“How to achieve success in marriage”
The Assistant Director in charge of the Social Welfare and Gender Unit of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hajiya Aisha Yussuf has advised married people and intending couples on how to achieve success in marriage.
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Abuja street naming cartel runs into FCTA trouble
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday in Abuja threatened to prosecute a cartel involved in illegal street naming in the nation’s capital.
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AMAC appoints Pam as MD of broadcasting service
The Abuja Municipal Council (AMAC) has appointed Mr Ibrahim Pam as the substantive Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the council’s owned broadcasting outfit. This is contained in a statement signed by the council’s spokesman, Mr Kingsly Madaki, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. The statement added that the appointment of…
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PVC: INEC creates additional centres to fast-track collection
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said it had created more centres to ease the ongoing collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the FCT. According to a circular released by the commission on Friday in Abuja, the period set for the collection of the PVCs from the designated centres, is between Jan. 6 and…
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Why young people are having issues in marriage – Registrar
Mr Akinwumi Akintayo, Chief Marriage Registrar of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Marriage Registry has said young people have a particular thing in mind about marriage and that when they get inside and don’t get that thing they are expecting, they will start having issues.
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FCT Election Tribunal: We will appeal judgment – AMAC chairman
Mr Christopher Maikalangu, the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), says he will appeal the FCT Election Tribunal judgment nullifying his emergence as winner of the Feb. 12 area council elections. In a statement issued in Abuja, he called on his supporters to remain calm for the needful to be done. The statement, jointly…
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FCT poll: INEC declares Zakka of PDP winner of AMAC Chairmanship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Christopher Zakka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Chairmanship election held on Saturday.
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Refuse Contracts: FCT Ministry, AMAC, BPP in messy deals, CRPA raises alarm
By our correspondent A non-governmental organization (NGO), Center for Reform and Public Advocacy (CRPA) has raised an alarm over impunity and disrespect to rule of law by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Mohammed Musa Bello alongside the chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) and Director-General of Bureau of Public…
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VIDEO: AMAC officials demolish complex with occupants inside
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) bulldozer in a video that has gone viral attempts to destroy a shopping complex in Wuse area with occupants inside. In the video the bulldozer actually attempted to bring down the two storey complex as a lady is heard in the background shouting”our lives is in danger. The impunity…
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AMAC Chairman gives N21m scholarship to students
Mr Abdullahi Candido, the Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), on Wednesday, gave scholarship worth N21.3 million to 806 students in the council area. While giving the scholarship to each of the beneficiaries at the council secretariat, the chairman said it was for the 2019 scholarship award for tertiary institution students, both indigenes and non-indigenes…