The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has expressed concern over the poor working conditions and dilapidated infrastructure in hospitals across the nation’s capital. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the association’s president, Dr George Ebong, announced the commencement of a three-day warning strike. He described Wuse General … Read more
Striking resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have accused the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other government officials of neglecting health facilities and workers’ welfare in Abuja. Henzodaily reports that the doctors began a three-day warning strike on Wednesday over unpaid salaries, and allowances, among others after the expiration of … Read more
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has directed the establishment of a Special Task Force to dislodge criminal elements hiding in uncompleted structures, abandoned plots of land and buildings across the territory. Mr Adamu Gwary, Director, Department of Security Services, FCT Administration, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Wednesday. Gwary explained … Read more
A popular hotel in the Garki area of Abuja, Focus Holiday Inn, has been engulfed by fire. Eyewitnesses said the fire, which began around 3 am, started from a section of the building before engulfing the three-storey structure It was gathered that officials of the hotel were alerted when a guest ran down to the … Read more
The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has urged private companies, government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and other employers of labour in the territory to file their employee annual tax returns for 2024. The acting Executive Chairman, Mr Michael Ango, who made the call in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, … Read more
FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, has reiterated the Administration’s commitment to improve security in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT, urging residents to remain vigilant. She made this statement during a visit to the scene of a recent IED bomb explosion at Tsangayar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Kuchibuyi, Bwari, Abuja. The … Read more
The Police Command in the FCT has confirmed the death of two people from an explosion that rocked Tsangayar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Byazhin area of Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. She said the tragic incident … Read more
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has vowed that the 50 individuals detained for vandalising manhole covers on Abuja’s roads would face prosecution. On Monday, the Nigerian Police Command in the FCT announced the detention of 50 suspected vandals, who were caught with 25 manhole covers and solar … Read more
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory says it has arrested 50 suspects over theft of manhole covers in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of FCT, Mr Olatunji Disu, stated this at a media briefing on Monday in Abuja. Disu said that a targetted operation by operatives of the command led … Read more
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has detained a woman for allegedly abandoning her one-day old baby along a bush path in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. She said the abandoned one-day-old baby was … Read more