By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society organization, CSO, WASHMATA INITIATIVE, Wednesday, supported over 1.5 million residents of Mpape, a suburb of Abuja City in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, with 5000L of water and 150 bags of assorted foodstuff to cushion effects of the lockdown and stay-at-home orders to contain the Coronavirus, […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has called on beneficiaries of the Administration’s palliatives to return anyone they feel is defective and unfit for human consumption, to allow for replacement, but at the expense of the suppliers. Aliyu made the call on Friday […]

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu,  on Friday, urged residents to return any food item unfit for consumption distributed to them as palliative. Aliyu, made the call when she inspected the palliatives for Kabusa, Garki, Wuse and City Centre wards in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) in Abuja. […]

By David Royal President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a phased and gradual easing of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The President announced this on Monday during his third nationwide broadcast on COVID-19. He said “Based on the above and in line with the recommendations of the Presidential Task […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari shortly after his nationwide broadcast, signed Proclamation Order on the General Management of Covid-19 in Lagos, Ogun, Kano, the Federal Capital Territory and other States in Nigeria.

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved a phased and gradual easing off of the lock-down imposed on Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states a month ago, saying  it would take effect on Monday, May 4, 2020.

…Clerics sentenced to one-month imprisonment By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA —  A Mobile Court sitting at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital, has convicted five clerics, among them are three Imams and two Pastors for violating the presidential order shutting down the Federal Capital Territory FCT. They were convicted by Presiding Magistrate Idayat Akonni […]

  By David Royal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the number of fatalities from coronavirus in Nigeria has reached 35. NCDC also said that it has recorded new cases of the coronavirus, a development which has taken the number of active cases of the virus to 925, and the total number of […]

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA —  Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has assured residents particularly the target demography for its Palliatives, that the items would get to them as they cannot be diverted by anyone. The minister who had last week placed a curse on anyone who made […]

Commends President Buhari, FCT Minister By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Lebanese community in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, on Thursday, donated food items worth millions of Naira to the FCT COVID-19 Task Force to ameliorate the sufferings of vulnerable residents as a result of the lockdown and stay-at-home orders in the fight against […]

The management of Abuja Computerised Vehicle Testing Service today,22nd April 2020 were at the headquarters of FCDA to present 500 cartons of indomie as a form of support and encouragement to the FCT COVID-19 prevention task force. A delegation led by MD/CSO Temple group ltd. Prince Segun Obayendo and top management staff were received by […]

By Omeiza Ajayi Enraged by reports that some high-profile individuals in the nation’s capital, Abuja who tested positive for the COVID-19 have rejected their evacuation to the isolation centres and instead opted for treatment in their homes, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has vowed to invoke all relevant laws to […]

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday said it had arrested three suspects over production of fake lockdown exemption tags. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, confirmed the arrest in a statement in Abuja. Manzah said the suspects were arrested by detectives from the command’s […]

ABUJA— Fears of massive community transmission of coronavirus has hit the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, following the discovery of 12 positive cases at Mabushi, a local community in the heart of the city.

By Omeiza Ajayi Fears of massive community transmission of the Novel Coronavirus has hit the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja following the discovery of 12 positive cases in Mabushi, a local community in the heart of the city. On Saturday, 49 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Nigeria, with 12 of such cases in […]