Editor/Assistant Chief Correspondent,
FCT Correspondent,
NAN Abuja.
By Justina Auta The International Labour Organisation (ILO), Federal Government and other stakeholders are collaborating to eliminate child labour in agriculture and ensure a decent work environment free from exploitation. Vanessa Phala, ILO Country Director for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Liaison Office for ECOWAS disclosed this atContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker A development consultant, Mr Jide Ojo, has called on the media and the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to assist in bolstering peoples’ trust and confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ojo made the call on Tuesday in Abuja, in his presentation at a one-day roundtableContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the profiling of areas worst-hit by kidnappers in the territory. Mr Mukhtar Galadima, Director, Development Control, FCTA, who led the exercise in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the exercise was to ascertain the causes of the kidnappings and suggestContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja The Minister of Transportation, Sen. Said Alkali, has called for a collaboration between the private sector and the Federal Government in the establishment of a transport databank in Nigeria. Alkali made the call on Tuesday, in his keynote address at the one-day stakeholders’ engagement forum onContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP -Delta), representing Delta North Senatorial District, has called for the establishment of a Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), in Delta. Nwoko, member of the Senate Committee on Security, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on TuesdayContinue Reading
By Patricia Amogu The 17th edition of the “Abuja-based comedy show “Comedy Assembly” promises a unique representation of comedy and will host the creme de la creme in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Founder/host, Comedy Assembly, Nick Biebiem, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the event, scheduledContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says residents of the territory will get positive news within days with regards to efforts being made to tackle insecurity in the FCT. “I can assure you that in a matter of days, you willContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The FCT Administration has concluded plans to strengthen collaboration with the four neighbouring states with the territory to tackle cross border crimes. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Wike pointed out that theContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration will soon ban unpainted taxis and buses from plying FCT roads. The Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Wike explained that the move was to address theContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Newsom Wike, has called for stringent laws to check crimes in the territory. Wike, who made the call during a media chat in Abuja on Monday, complained that the penalty in the current law was not enoughContinue Reading
