Tag: Former FCT Minister
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SAD! Popular former FCT minister, Gen Useni is dead
Popular former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lt. General Jeremiah Timbut Useni has died at 81. According to family sources, he died on Thursday, January 23, 2025, in a protracted illness in Paris. He was born on February 16, 1943. He would have celebrated his 82nd birthday on the 16th of next month.…
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Court grants Bala, former minister’s son permission to travel for Hajj
Under trial former FCT Minister’s son, Shamsudeen Bala, was on Wednesday granted permission to travel for lesser hajj by a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja. At the resumed hearing, the defence counsel, Kanayo Okafor, prayed the court to release the international passport of the defendant to enable him travel for the lesser hajj. The…