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By Martha Agas The Health Policy Research Group (HPRG), University of Nigeria, Nsukka, is seeking the establishment of urban health units nationwide to improve access to quality healthcare services in urban slums. The group made the call during a policy dialogue on Thursday in Abuja. The theme of the dialogueContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Mr Zadna Dantani, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidate for the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has withdrawn from the Feb. 21 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election. Dantani stepped down for the incumbent Chairman, Christopher Maikalangu, seeking reelection under the All Progressives Congress (APC),Continue Reading
By Philip Yatai Mr Julius Adamu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Bwari Area Council chairmanship in the FCT elections scheduled for Feb. 21, has withdrawn from the race. Adamu stepped aside for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Joshua Musa, less than 72 hours before the poll.Continue Reading
By Philip Yatai Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for the prompt signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026 into law. Wike, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, inContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) in partnership with Near Foundation has distributed food items to 300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Abuja. A total of 150 households benefited in Malaysia Garden IDPs Camp, and another 150 benefited at Kabusa IDPs Camp, in Abuja MunicipalContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Nigeria Climate Justice Alliance (NCJA), a coalition of civil society organisations, community groups, youth movements, researchers, and media actors, has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing climate justice in the country. The alliance made the commitment in a communique issued in Abuja on Wednesday, at the end ofContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Minister of State for Works, Bello Goronyo, has unveiled the distribution of cash and food items worth over ₦200 million to the people of Goronyo Local Government Area. Goronyo, in a statement signed by Mr Abdullahi Mohammed, Special Assistant Media to the minister on Tuesday inContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai and Uche Bibilari The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says that President Bola Tinubu’s purposeful and servant-oriented leadership is setting Nigeria on the path for sustainable growth and inclusive development. Wike said this in Abuja on Tuesday, at the 2026 Annual Distinguished Personality LectureContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Prof. Aminu Gusau, former Coordinating Director, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has commended Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for his bold governance, infrastructural renewal and decisive leadership. Gusau gave the commendation in Abuja on Tuesday, at the 2026 Annual Distinguished Personality LectureContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says infrastructure is more than concrete and steel, but a political education in physical form. Wike said this in Abuja on Tuesday, in a lecture entitled, “The Impact of Political Leadership on Infrastructural Development in Nigeria:Continue Reading
