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AMMC clampdown on illegal dumpsite in Maitama

The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, AMMC, has commenced clampdown on illegal dumping of waste in Maitama district, as part of effort towards preventing flooding and erosion. 

AMMC officials accompanied by a joint team of security personnel had stormed and barricaded an illegal build [...]

Mass housing: FG moves to recover lost revenue, check fraud

Mass Housing developers in the Federal Capital Territory who fail to comply with the statutory requirements for their development or default in payments, would soon face the long arm of the law. 

The chairman, Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property. Okoi O [...]

Bello canvases citizen participation in governance

FCT minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has called for citizens’ support for the Abuja project by contributing their quota towards the development of the nation’s capital. 

The minister made this known when the editorial team of the Nigerian Pilot newspaper, led by the editor, Dr. [...]

FCT journalist moves to unseat Akume from senate

An Abuja-based journalist and senatorial candidate of the Justice Must Prevail Party, JMPP, Mrs. Favour Shuab Ishember, has vowed to unseat the incumbent senator and former governor of Benue state, Mr. George Akume, in the 2019 general elections. 

Ishember, who is gunning for the Benue Nor [...]

Adewole promises to revitalize PHCs

Minister of Health, Prof, Isaac Adewole, has reiterated the federal government’s commitment towards providing Universal Healthcare Coverage, UHC, through the revitalisation of Primary Healthcare Centers. 

The minister made this known in his address at the 2018 exhibition and conferen [...]

Infertility: Expert advocates early reproductive education, marriage

A fertility expert, Dr. Tunika Akunyili, has recommended early marriages and reproductive health education for young women to mitigate the prevalence of infertility among women.

She made this known recently during the official commissioning of the Tunicleo Medical Center in Abuja.

Akunyi [...]

Streetkidz donates to Karu orphanage home

A non-governmental organisation, Streetkidz Charity, has donated clothing materials, packs of noodles, books, pencils, pens and cash, to Zion Orphanage in Karu area of Abuja, aimed at alleviating the sufferings of children in the orphanage. 

Making the donation, a representative of the NGO [...]

Abaji-Rubochi road to alleviate residents’ plight- STDD

The Coordinator, Satellite Towns Development Department, STDD, Hon. Ishaku Yamawo, has declared that the ongoing rehabilitation of Abaji-Rubochi 10.2km road in Abuja, when completed, will greatly alleviate the suffering of the people within and around the area. 

Yamawo, who made assertion [...]