Operatives from the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have dismantled a car theft syndicate responsible for receiving, rebranding, and selling stolen vehicles. A statement released by the command on Sunday revealed that the operation followed an investigation tracing the theft of a Honda Accord to a mechanic’s workshop in Plateau State. The statement read, “On 10 October, 2024, Mr Philemon …

Parents have expressed concern over overcrowded classrooms at the Junior Secondary School (JSS), Unguwar Dodo, Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Some parents, who spoke when Daily Trust visited the school on Monday, also decried the lack of enough desks for students in the school. A parent, Mrs Rebecca Ayuba, said the majority of the students have …

The number of confirmed cases of Mpox in the country has increased to 102 across 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, up from the previous 94 cases. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press briefing. Idris said in response to the increasing …

Transportation costs are set to skyrocket in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) following the hike in the price of petrol by some stations of NNPC Limited (NNPCL) in Abuja on Wednesday. The stations of the national oil company have raised the retail price of petrol to N1,030 from N897 per litre, our correspondent observed across multiple NNPCL stations in the …

The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) has allayed fears over earth tremors experienced in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja urging residents not to panic. In a statement on Wednesday, NGSA’s Director-General, Prof. Olusegun Ige disclosed that agency monitored the tremors and found them to be low and did n0t pose any threat to the environment. The statement read: “ The …

Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has attributed the rising cost of housing accommodation in FCT to market forces. Wike stated this in Abuja on Saturday when he visited Zeberced Limited Quarry, Kubwa-Abuja on Saturday, to see what the company was doing. While responding to questions from journalists on what the FCT Administration was doing to …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that there are 55 cases of monkeypox (Mpox) in Nigeria. The centre made this known via its official website, noting that 55 cases were confirmed from the 935 suspected cases across 39 local government areas in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The agency stated that no …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of four new permanent secretaries for the Federal Capital Territory Administration. The appointments, according to a statement signed by the FCTA Director of Press, Anthony Ogunleye, on Wednesday, were necessitated by the imminent retirement of two of the previously appointed secretaries and the creation of the Youth Development Secretariat. The newly appointed secretaries …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike to facilitate the immediate release and distribution of grains and palliatives to residents to cushion the effect of the economic hardship. At an emergency meeting with stakeholders and chairmen of the six area councils of the FCT on Wednesday, the Minister of State for the …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike has approved the construction of Gwa Gwa-Karimo Dei Dei Road in the FCT. The Minister assented to the road construction after listening to the plights of the resident through the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, Christopher Zakka and the Sarki Jiwa, Idris Musa, during the flag off ceremony …