Federal Capital Territory

CVR: Online Registration Remains Suspended, INEC Clarifies

June 22, 2022 5:30 am

Following several weeks of complaints about hitches experienced in the online registration of voters, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday announced that the portal has been shut.

In a briefing in Abuja before the Youth Vote Count Mega Music Concert recently, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Federal Capital Territory, Yahaya Bello, provided the clarification.

Bello questioned why Nigerians continue to flock to the commission’s website despite a warning from the commission last month that it will stop accepting online registrations on May 30.

He says that those who complained that online registration was no longer valid ought …

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Police Arrest 51 Suspected Looters In Abuja, Warn Criminals

October 26, 2020 3:06 pm

The police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested 51 suspected looters and recovered some stolen items at Jabi-Daki-biu, Idu Industrial Estate Karim area.

Mr. Bala Ciroma, the FCT Commissioner of Police, made the disclosure at a news conference on Monday in Abuja.

Ciroma said that the operation that led to the arrest was necessitated by the looting and destruction of public and private warehouses in Abuja by some suspected hoodlums.

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He also warned people involved in all forms of criminality in the territory to desist from such …

Buhari Seeks Senate Approval For 42 Ambassadorial Nominees

July 1, 2020 1:12 pm

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has presented the list of 42 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for approval.

One of the nominees from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was appointed as career ambassador, while the rest are non-career nominees.

Former minister, Ademola Seriki (Lagos) made the list, while former Managing Director, The Guardian, Debo Adesina (Oyo) is also on the list.

Also on the list is Omo Djebah, a former ThisDay editor.

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Dare Sunday-Awoniyi (Kogi), among others was also nominated by the President.

Senator Philip Aduda raised a Point of Order …

FCT Shuts Down Pacific Hotel For Violating Restriction Order

May 20, 2020 6:41 am

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Task Team on Enforcement of COVID-19 Restriction on Tuesday, sealed-off Pacific Hotel and Guest Inn for violating the Presidential ban on hotels operation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The task force team sealed the hotel situated at Boundary Road, Nyanya, Abuja following a court order granted by an FCT Magistrates’ Court sitting at the Eagle Square.

The guest inn was also sealed off for breaching the presidential order of lockdown.

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Chairman of the task team, Ikharo Attah, said several people who were eating and drinking were

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Nigeria Has Less Than 500 Ventilators For Virus Patients

March 25, 2020 6:42 am

As coronavirus spreads to six states in Nigeria, with fear that the infection could get worse, highly-placed health workers have said that the nation does not have up to 500 ventilators across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Findings by our correspondents show that hospitals may experience difficulties in handling seriously ill COVID-19 patients due to the lack of enough ventilators for patients’ use.

Lagos State, despite being the epicentre of the contagion with 28 confirmed COVID-19 cases out of the total national cases of 40, does not have enough ventilators to manage coronavirus patients who may present …

FCT Aborts Move To Sack Striking Doctors

March 21, 2020 5:37 am

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has withdrawn its threat to sack striking medical doctors within the FCT if they failed to go back to work within 48 hours.

The withdrawal of the sack threat followed the intervention of the House of Representatives Committee on Health Services and the Leadership of the Nigeria Medical Association.

According to a statement by Special Adviser to the Speaker, Lanre Lasisi, on Friday disclosed that the FCTA decided to withdraw the earlier circular after a meeting between the House Health Services Committee led by its chairman, Rep. Tanko Sununu, officials of the Federal Capital Territory …

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DSS Speaks On Terrorists Movement In Abuja, Other States

February 7, 2020 8:43 am

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday debunked reports of movement of terrorists into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other states in Nigeria.

DSS also said the claim that luxury buses of three major transport companies were hijacked on the Lokoja-Okene road was an ethnic agenda.

The Police had earlier dismissed circulating information that GUO, Ezenwata and Young Shall Grow vehicles were hijacked by bandits.

The spokesman, Peter Afunanya, in a statement said the alert on Boko Haram movement was fake and has been in circulation since 2013 “when it was first created by mischief makers whose handiwork

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