By Philip Yatai A total of 3,516 students have sat for the entrance examination into Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) Science and Technical Senior Secondary Schools. Dr Neemat Abdulrahim, Director, FCT Education Resource Centre (ERC), said during the exercise across five centres in Abuja on Saturday, that only the best wouldContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Akinloye Oyeniyi, an Abuja-based public affairs analyst, has commended the Minister for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, for boosting security in the nation’s capital. Oyeniyi, who is also a legislative consultant, gave the commendation in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, as a reaction toContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The City Sanitation Operation of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday, cleared illegal occupants and traders around UTC, in Area 10, Abuja. Mr Mukhtar Galadima, Director, Development Control, who heads the operation, explained that the exercise was directed by the FCT Security Committee. Galadima saidContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has assured residents that it will continue the clearance of shanties and parks, serving as hideouts for criminals in the territory. Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and Social Media gave the assurance inContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Friday, demanded the list of ground rent defaulters across the territory for immediate implementation of necessary sanctions. Wike gave the directive in Abuja while inaugurating two committees to address land issues at River Park EstateContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday inaugurated two committees to address the land issues at River Park Estate and abuse of the land use act in FCT. Wike, while inaugurating the committees in Abuja, described the two issues as “very important”Continue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has begun procurement processes for the award of contracts for waste collection and evacuation in FCT satellite towns. Mr Abdulkadir Zulkifku, Coordinator, Satellite Towns Development Department (STDD), disclosed this during a waste evacuation exercise in Karu, Abuja Municipal Area Council onContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai No fewer than 675 vehicles have been impounded while 273 beggars were apprehended across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under Operation Sweep Abuja, which began on July 7. The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Ajao Adewale, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of theContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai First Lady Oluremi Tinubu’s “Every Home a Garden” project is recording a huge success in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the FCT Coordinator, Dr Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi. Benjamins-Laniyi, who is also the Mandate Secretary, FCT Women Affairs Secretariat, stated this at the close-out of the 2024 cohortContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has trained health leaders and managers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on development of smart, budget-linked and data-driven Annual Operational Plan (AOP). The four-day training, which ended on Saturday in Abuja, was under the National Health Sector RenewalContinue Reading
