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Police investigate decomposed body at National Assembly
FCT Police have launched an investigation after a decomposed body was discovered at Abuja’s National Assembly Complex. Authorities are working to ID the deceased The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation following the discovery of a decomposed body at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. Authorities say the incident has […]
Wike flags off new water projects in Abuja satellite towns
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has commenced a fresh round of project commissioning and flag-offs in Abuja, barely six weeks after concluding a 16-day commissioning exercise across the territory. The new phase began on Tuesday with the formal commissioning of the rehabilitated Phase 2 Water Treatment Plant located at the […]
Police Arraign Fake Blind Women Using Minors for Street Begging
The vacation division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, has begun hearing a disturbing case involving four women accused of luring young boys from Imo State to Abuja under false pretences and then forcing them into street begging. Those standing trial are Precious Silas, 30; Ngozi Unukwuwa, 47; […]
Abuja Can’t Be Transformed in Two Years – Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has appealed to residents of Abuja to manage their expectations regarding the pace of development across various sectors. He emphasized that it is unrealistic to anticipate a complete overhaul of all areas within just two years of the current administration. Wike made these remarks during […]
Police Arrest Daughters, Others for Faking Kidnapping to Extort Father
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has apprehended four individuals for allegedly orchestrating a fake kidnapping scheme aimed at extorting the sum of five million naira (₦5,000,000) from an elderly man — the biological father of two of the suspects involved in the conspiracy. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the FCT […]
Man Rescued After 10 Hours in Abuja Building Collapse
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, in collaboration with other emergency response agencies, have rescued a man who was trapped for almost ten hours under the rubble of a collapsed three-storey building in the Life Camp area of Abuja. The incident occurred on the evening of Saturday, August 2, 2025. In a […]
FCT Village Erupts in Violence: One Dead, 31 Houses Set on Fire
A violent communal clash between Fulani herders and Gwari farmers in Gurfata village, located in the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has claimed one life and left at least 31 houses destroyed. The conflict, which occurred on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, was reportedly triggered by a dispute over access to a […]
NLC, NSITF Clash Over Controversial Land Plots in Abuja
A serious dispute has erupted between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) over ownership rights to two plots of land situated in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The controversy began after NSITF publicly declared, through an advertorial published in two national newspapers on Thursday, that it had […]
We’re Rehabilitating Trust, Not Just Roads Across Nigeria – Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said his administration is not just building roads but rebuilding the foundation of public trust in inclusive governance alongside physical infrastructure across the country. He reaffirmed that the projects his administration is executing are evidence of what he described as a quiet revolution transforming the FCT under the administration’s Renewed […]
FG Commissions Upgraded Bwari Roads
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to infrastructure development and local capacity building with the commissioning of the dualised Ushafa–War College Army checkpoint road and other key access roads within the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The project, handled by a Nigerian contractor, reflects President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s strategy to […]