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By Philomina Attah The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has unveiled its newly built Geo-Spatial Centre which would help in processing data for information gathering, research and forecasting for disaster prevention. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, while inaugurating the laboratory in AbujaContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), has introduced the use of materials with `no resale value’ in the production of manhole covers to discourage criminal elements from stealing them. The authority’s Head of Public Relations, Mr Richard Nduul made this known in an interview with theContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), says it is strengthening emergency response in the six area councils of the territory. Mrs Florence Wenegieme, Director, Forecasting, Response and Mitigation, FEMA, communicated this during the inauguration of Local Emergency Management Committee in Abaji, Abaji Area Council. WenegiemeContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is creating a conducive environment for investors in the federal capital. Wike stated this when a delegation from the Sunrise Estate Developers, a subsidiary of Nadeem Group, visited him in Abuja onContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The City Management Team of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has demolished illegal shanties and structures of Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja. Mr Mukhtar Galadima, Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, who led the team on Wednesday, explained that the BDCContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The value of naira has witnessed a downward trend in recent years. How this trend would be curtailed has been discussed at several economic fora, with economists, scholars and the man on the street proffering solutions. The economic reforms of PresidentContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has inaugurated a private sector mass transit operation to complement its efforts in providing affordable transportation services to FCT residents. At the inauguration of the mass transit named “TFA 360 Transportation System” on Tuesday in Abuja, Mr Ubokutom Nyah, said theContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, the Director-General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu-led administration, as steps are being taken to address the economic hardship in the country. Sulaiman said this on Tuesday in Abuja at theContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the Bola Tinubu administration has turned Abuja into a construction site. Wike stated this when the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Richard Montgomery, visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that construction andContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), says it will crush some of the over 130 impounded rickety vehicles that failed integrity tests. Dr Abdulateef Bello, Director, Department of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), stated this after taking journalists round the impounded vehicles in the various offices inContinue Reading
