Tag: FCT
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Finally, EFCC Chairman, Bawa escapes jail as JSC Oji sets aside conviction for contempt
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has set aside the contempt proceedings and all the orders of conviction for contempt against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Justice Chizoba Oji set aside the proceedings on Thursday after hearing an application brought by the EFCC Chairman. The application…
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Now that Abuja and not Obi, Atiku, Tinubu, has become our number one problem – By Mideno Bayagbon
Nothing has de-marketed the nation, Nigeria, in the last seven years, as much as the unsolved spates of terrorist acts and the wide gamut of insecurity, fuelled by an incompetent, unfeeling government. And we have become more and more the butt of international jokes and disdain as we wobble and fumble on even the simplest…
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Terror threat: FCT management assures residents of safety
The Federal Capital Territory Executive Committee has reassured the residents of the territory of their safety, insisting that adequate security arrangements have been put in place to sustain law and order in the area.
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FCT minister, Tinubu task clerics on unity, corruption fight
Malam Muhammad Bello, Federal Capital Territory Minister, has charged Muslim clerics to continue to champion national unity, peace, progress and development. Bello made the call at the 18th Extraordinary Dawrah (Forum) of 17 imams from South-South, South East and South West with the theme, Imams Unity for National Development, held on Saturday in Abuja. Newsmen…
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Terror Alert: Fear in FCT as malls are shut down, worship centers beef up security
The residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are still living in fear following the security threat, issued by some western countries in the past few days. Ireland, Canada, Australia, and other countries have also issued travel advisories to their citizens to depart Nigeria in the face of tension in Abuja.
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Police reacts to report of bombs planted in FCT
The Police on Saturday in Abuja dismissed reports in some sections of the media that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was saturated with explosive bombs. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the report was fake and urged Nigerians to disregard it.
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Security threat: FCT police brace for terror attack
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has ordered the reorganisation of security management in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Greater Abuja water supply project targets 1.5m FCT residents–Official
The Greater Abuja Water Supply Project will provide potable water to 50 Districts of the FCT, covering about 1.5 million residents, an official revealed. Mohammed Sule, FCT’s Director of Information and Communication disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. Sule said that the project was targeting the residents of 50 residents who were hitherto,…
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Why fuel scarcity in Abuja may persist longer than expected
Indications have emerged that the ongoing fuel scarcity being experienced in Abuja, the federal capital territory (FCT), may persist longer than expected.
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Alleged N3bn fraud: ICPC arraigns NDDC director, FCT official
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday, arraigned a director with Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Solomon Okpa Ita for alleged diversion of N45 million. The ICPC also arraigned Gabriel Nathaniel, a staff in the Accounts Department of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) over allegations bordering on diversion of about N3 billion from his…