Tag: FCT
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Wike and the many troubles of FCT’s slums – By Dave Baro-Thomas
A recent statistic affirms that 1.05 billion people live in slums, with Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa countries accounting for 80%. While 62.1 % is in Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is said to have 80 million people living in slums, although that figure is considered a conservative estimate. It is one global phenomenon that…
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Fact Check: Did President Tinubu threaten anarchy if election results were upturned?
It has been claimed that President Bola Tinubu threatened there would be anarchy if election results were upturned. According to our investigation, the claim originated from the lawyers representing President Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima during the Presidential Election Petition Court proceedings. The lawyers, led by Wole Olanipekun, made final arguments defending the validity of…
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JSS Galadimawa holds graduation ceremony, students cautioned against social vices
Some students who graduated from Junior Secondary School (JSS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja have been advised to shun actions that can stray them from accepted moral norms.
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Just In: Ex-Minister of FCT, Ajose-Adeogun is dead
The first Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, has passed on. He was aged 96. A member of the Ajose-Adeogun family, Oluremi Ajose-Adeogun, said Chief Ajose-Adeogun died on Saturday, July 1, 2023. An accomplished oil and gas professional, the deceased had an unforgettable impact in the real estate sector in…
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Diphtheria claims one as FCTA confirms outbreak of disease
The FCT Administration has confirmed the outbreak of the deadly diphtheria disease in the territory after it claimed the life of a four year old boy out of eight reported cases. The Director, FCT Public Health department, Sadiq Abdulrahman, who announced this on Monday at a press briefing, said information available to it confirmed that…
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INEC tenders Tinubu’s biodata form, BVAS report for 36 states, FCT
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood has tendered documents before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in respect of the petition of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The documents were tendered on Thursday through Mrs Morenikeji Tairu, Deputy Director,
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NIMASA to continue operation from a permanent office in Abuja
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) will start operating from its permanent office first time since it began operation in the FCT 30 years ago. Muazu Sambo, the Minister of Transportation, made this known at the commissioning of the building on Tuesday, he said that the staffers have to double their productivity as…
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Police, local security outfits rescue 58 kidnap victims in FCT
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in collaboration with local security outfits, have rescued 58 kidnap victims from some identified kidnappers den in communities contiguous to the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
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No section of our constitution requires a presidential candidate to score 25% of FCT- Senator Osunbor
… insists the Constitution does not require a win in any particular place, the FCT inclusive A Professor of Law and former governor of Edo State, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor has said there is no section in Nigeria’s Constitution that requires a presidential candidate to score 25percent of the Federal Capital Territory FCT. Recall that many…
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Police foil robbery operation, nab suspect in FCT
Police operatives attached to Apo Division in Abuja, on Wednesday foiled an armed robbery operation and arrested a suspect. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the operation followed a distress call received from Zone E Extension, Apo Resettlement.