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SDS nabs woman for assaulting 12yr old in Dei-Dei

The Social Development Secretariat, SDS, has apprehended one Mrs. Chioma Agina Anyima, for allegedly brutalizing her 12-year old house help, Miss Chinyere, in Dei-Dei, in Bwari Area Council. 

The SDS apprehended Chioma, who is a mother of two and wife to a lawyer, following complaints from [...]

STDD flags off tree planting campaign in schools

As part of efforts to sustain the culture of reforestation in the nation's capital, the Satellite Towns Development Department, STDD, has flagged off its 2019 annual tree planting campaign at the LEA model primary school Kubwa. 

FCTA permanent secretary, Sir Christian Ohaa, charged res [...]

Mixed feelings greet Bello’s assumption of office

The reappointment of Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, as minister of the Federal Capital Territory by President Muhammadu Buhari was received by mixed feelings by staff and residents of the territory. 

Our correspondent gathered that before his assumption of office for a second tenure, staff and [...]

Ministerial nomination: Again, FCT natives knock Buhari over non-inclusion · Plan protest · Stakeholders want Bello back to FCT

As President Muhammadu Buhari declares open a presidential retreat for ministerial designates, Monday, natives of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have warned that they will not allow the present administration to mark one year in office without appointing one of theirs as minister.

The na [...]

FCTA designs confidence building program for children

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, through the Education Resource Center, has designed Books Enlighten and Reading Helps Us Grow, BEARHUG, aimed at building confidence in pupils and students of junior secondary schools in the territory. 

According to the authority, the pro [...]

FCT SEB honours veterans, stakeholders

One of the FCT Secondary Education Board Schools, Government Day Secondary School, Gwagwalada, has honoured 10 individuals for their ‘positive contributions’ to the development of the school and educational system in the territory. 

In his message, the FCT Permanent Secretary, [...]

How FRSC officials extort motorists on Abuja-Lokoja Highway

There is a massive fraud going on along the Lokoja-Abuja Federal high way, by the Abaji Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.

The men of the FRSC levy frivolous charges against drivers and making them to pay for offenses they did not commit.

The development has resulted in chaot [...]

Owners to lose undeveloped plots - FCTA

The FCT Administration has identified several undeveloped plots of land in serviced districts of the phases I, II and III of the Federal Capital City, Abuja and has given the owners three months grace period to act or risk revocation. 

FCT Director of Land Administration, Mallam Adamu Huss [...]