As the directive given to beggars to leave Abuja streets ended on Sunday, the FCT Administration yesterday began a clamp down on them, including scavengers and other destitute. Daily Trust reports that no fewer than 15 beggars and 19 scavengers were arrested during the operation. The operation, which included the police, military, DSS, NSCDC and other paramilitary agencies – saw …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is set to inaugurate a Fire Emergency Monitoring Gateway to mitigate fire outbreaks ahead of the harmattan season. The FCT has witnessed an alarming number of fire incidents, particularly in open markets during the dry season, which have devastated properties and livelihoods. In November 2023, two fire outbreaks were recorded on consecutive days. The …

Panic gripped residents of Trademore Estate in Lugbe yesterday, after a heavy rainfall in the nation’s capital which flooded many parts of the estate. A video circulating on social media showed the level of devastation, as several houses were submerged in the flood with just the rooftops of some houses to show that existence of the once boisterous housing estate. …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), through the Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA), in collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has trained 300 students  from 30 schools in the FCT on digital innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. FCT Head of Civil Service, Mr Samuel Atang, at the closing ceremony of the 2022 digital innovation training for the …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has promised to rehabilitate some of the facilities at the FCT National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp, Kubwa. Wike stated this in Abuja yesterday, during the opening ceremony of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) 2024 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Mobilisation Workshop, which had the theme “Strengthening Collaboration with Stakeholders for Effective …

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike has decried the high cost of accommodation in the territory, lamenting that some business men who got free acres of land in the past to embark on mass housing projects, instead turned around to partition the plots and sell to Nigerians at exorbitant prices. Accordingly, he said the FCT Administration would in …

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through the Department of Development Control has served 24-hour demolition notices to operators of illegal market shanties in the Karmo and Dei Dei Road corridor. The exercise will affect 500 structures that have been marked for demolition. The sector monitor and assistant director in the department, Mr Garba Jibril, who led the exercise yesterday, said …

The Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) has commenced the upgrade of the Airport Road, Abuja lighting with intelligent Smart Light Emitting Diode lights. According to FCTA, the upgrade is to actualise the vision of a greater FCT that will complement the ongoing infrastructural development. In a statement on Sunday, the Coordinator of Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, Mr. Felix Obuah said …

The commissioner for Insurance and chief executive officer of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Mr Olorundare Sunday Thomas, paid a courtesy visit to the director of road transport service at the Federal Capital Territory (FCTA), Dr Bello Abdul-Lateef, on Wednesday, 3 April 2024. According to a statement by the commission, the purpose of the visit was to explore areas of …

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has proposed the sum of N26.6 billion for its Water Board and the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) to provide clean water and maintain a healthy environment in the nation’s capital. The minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, who made this known when he appeared before the Senate and House Committees on FCT to …