By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A nonprofit making organization, Initiative Against Addiction and Substance Abuse in Nigeria, IAASAN, has intensified the campaign against drug abuse among young people in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in order for them to desist from the act. The Country Director, IAASAN, Mrs. Princess Raphael, who lead her team to […]

THE Senate considered a bill to authorize the sum of N232.8 billion for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for the 2020 fiscal year.

Federal Capital Territory Administration Traffic Management Task Team says it will close the popular Gwarinpa U-turn as part of measures toward resolving the festering traffic lockjam in that axis. Chairman of the team, Mr Ikharo Attah, who made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said that the decision was in tandem with […]

Women groups in the FCT, on Monday, staged a walk around the metropolis, demanding speedy prosecution of perpetrators of rape and other sexual offenders as a way of ending the menace in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the walk took the women groups to the office of the Inspector-General of […]

Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and some NGOs, on Saturday, embarked on a walk in the FCT to sensitise traders in markets and other residents on the need to end rape and other forms of violence against women and children. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the walk was carried out simultaneously in different […]

As FCT resident doctors take campaign to Wuse market Resident doctors in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday embarked on a campaign at Wuse market, Abuja, to educate traders and shoppers on the dangers of drug abuse. The campaign was led by Dr. Roland Aigbovo, the President, Association of Resident Doctors, FCT, as part of […]

Malam Muhammad Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the administration is working assiduously towards effective prosecution of offenders of open defecation (OD). The FCT minister disclosed this at the World Toilet Day celebration organised by Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on Thursday in Abuja. Represented by Dr Bawuro Yahaya, AEPB Board Chairman, […]

The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu has delivered her Yagba Polling Unit and Kakanda Ward to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Kogi Governorship and West Senatorial District elections in the state. Aliyu, who was until her appointment as the FCT Minister of State, was the National Women Leader of the […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account has asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to return N4.6 billion which represents two per cent of total tax collected in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to the FCT Inland Revenue Service (FCT-IRS).

The FCT Primary Health Care Board says it is set to start a 10-day integrated measles and Meningitis `A’ vaccination campaign in the territory on Nov. 16.

Dr Ramatu Aliyu, FCT Minister of State, says the administration will provide an opportunity for 120 women and youths to acquire skills in each of the six area councils by Dec. 1.

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Scores of hawkers, as well as roadside mechanics working for Rickshaw (Keke Napep) riders, have attacked the Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Ministerial Task team on Free Flow of traffic, Mr. Ikharo Attah, damaging his official vehicle and other work tools. Using back channels, some of the traders and […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has expressed concern over what it described as total neglect of projects in the Area Councils, disclosing of its resolve to complete all abandoned projects in the six Area Councils

The FCT Ministerial Task Team on Traffic Control, on Sunday, demolished illegal fence erected by a bank and owners of commercial buildings at Dutse-Alhaji, following the expiration of a 72-hour ultimatum. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bulldozers pulled down parts of the perimeter fence of the bank and some commercial buildings located […]

Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has pledged greater protection for the rights and dignity of women in the territory, disclosing of the Administration’s resolve to ensuring that henceforth no woman is abused in the nation’s capital.