Tag: FCT
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JUST IN: NCDC confirms 32 COVID-19 Delta Variant cases in four states, FCT
Thirty-two Delta variant cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in five states across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, spoke about this during the resumed briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee on Monday in Abuja. Nineteen of the cases were reported…
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Cholera: FCTA intensifies sensitisation as death toll reaches 60
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has intensified community sensitisation on cholera and severe diarrhoea diseases outbreak, as death toll rises from 54 to 60. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, made the disclosure at the continuation of sensitisation on cholera and other acute diarrhoea diseases in Pyakasa and Gwagwa communities on Thursday…
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Constitution review: FCT natives demand Abuja be made a State
The Original Inhabitants Development Association (OIDA) has called for the amendment of section 299 of the 1999 constitution to make Abuja, the federal capital territory (FCT) a State. Pst. Danladi Jeji, President of OIDA said this in Abuja, on Saturday, at a stakeholder debriefing meeting of the FCT original inhabitants, on key outcomes of the…
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We’ve used 98% of COVID-19 vaccine in FCT- Minister
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has said his administration had used 98 per cent of the COVID-19 vaccines allocated to the territory. Bello made the disclosure shortly after he took the second jab of COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday in Abuja. The jab was administered on him alongside the FCT Permanent…
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Lawyers, FCT residents differ on whether man can be guilty of raping wife
Some Abuja-based lawyers, on Friday, expressed divergent views committed by himself upon his lawful wife under the Nigerian law. The lawyers, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the spousal or marital exemption principle implies that by mutual matrimonial consent and contract the wife had…
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FCT minister bans prayers on Eid grounds
As part of efforts to contain the outbreak of COVID-19, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello, has banned eid prayers at the National Eid prayer ground along the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Expressway. According to a statement by the Minister’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Anthony Ogunleye, the decision was arrived at a…
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NDLEA busts online drug trafficking cartel in Abuja
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has busted a five-member cartel that specialises in trafficking illicit drugs and drug-based edibles online in Abuja. Mr Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the cartel sold illicit substances such as marijuana, arizona, colorado and loud…
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JUST IN: Troops confirm mass movement of herdsmen from Abuja
Troops and Police operatives have confirmed the mass movement of some herdsmen from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the herdsmen were sighted around Tafa in Kagarko local government Area. The troops trailed the group to an open field at Toba village, Tafa, Niger State, following several distress calls from citizens on…
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Police allay fears of security threat in Bwari, FCT
Police on Thursday urged residents of Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja to remain calm and not get tensed over rumours of security breach in the area. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Bwari Police Station, CSP Biodun Makanjuola, made the call, saying residents should dismiss rumours which sent…
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Police launch hunt on tinted vehicles, covered number plates
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Joint Security Team has launched an operation to clampdown on the use of unauthorised covered number plates and tinted vehicles. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the territory, ASP Mariam Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Yusuf said the team which is chaired by the…