The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has condemned in strong terms the violence and killings at the Dei-Dei market. A statement by her Special Assistant on…
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Terungwa Stephanie: Police arrest three alleged killers of FCT corps member
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three residents of the territory for allegedly killing Terungwa Stephanie, a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. DAILY…
Police arrest husband of murdered FCT corps member, Stephanie Se-ember, others
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested suspects linked to the murder of a late National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Stephanie Se-ember Terungwa. DAILY POST recalls that the…
Bomb threat: FCT police assure residents of watertight security at places of worship, others
Amid threats by terrorists to attack important places, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has assured the Muslim faithful and other residents in the territory of safety during the…
Police in Abuja raid mountains to free FCT of criminal elements
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has commenced a raid of mountains in the territory in order to free it from the activities of bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements…
John Gabaya, chairman, Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has been involved in a ghastly motor accident. Details of the accident are not known as of the time…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, on Wednesday invaded and kidnapped four family members in Shadadi community in Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). NAN reports that some residents of…
Kidnapped FCT monarch, two others regain freedom after 18 days in captivity
Hassan Shamidozhi, the traditional ruler of Bukpe community, Kwali Area Council, Abuja, has regained freedom 18 days after his captivity in the hands of bandits. DAILY POST recalls that the…
Establish Abuja drug control team, test students, couples, govt workers – NDLEA to FCT Minister
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has urged the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Musa Bello to set up a drug control committee. The agency advised that the team…
Abuja not for everyone – FCT police nab 98 ‘bola boys’, plans to deport them
The Federal Capital Police Command has arrested at least 98 scavengers popularly known as ‘baban bola’ over alleged stealing of residents’ properties. Parading the suspects on Monday at the command’s…
FCT minister summons security meeting over rising cases of banditry, kidnapping
Musa Bello, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has summoned an emergency security meeting over cases of banditry and abduction. The meeting, which involved stakeholders drawn from the FCT…
The traditional ruler of Bukpe community in Kwali, Abuja, Hassan Shamidozhi and four other persons have been kidnapped by armed men suspected to be bandits. DAILY POST gathered that the…
FCT residents block roads, protest incessant kidnappings, killings
Residents of Chukuku, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT on Thursday barricaded major roads in Gwagwalada, over incessant attacks on the community. The protesters who were sighted displaying…
AEDC attributes power outage in Wuye, Utako in FCT to vandalism
While the nation grapples with epileptic power supply in parts of the country, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has attributed the dire situation in Wuye and Utako axis to…
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has apologised to customers in its franchise area over the grid collapse, which occurred on Monday. AEDC’s Chief Marketing Officer, Mr Donald Etim, gave the apology…
COVID-19: Nigeria disburses N35bn under World Bank-funded NG-CARES to states, FCT
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) says about N35.3billion have been disbursed to 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to mitigate COVID-19 impact. Team Leader, Physical Implementation Support…
FG to demarcate boundaries between FCT, Niger, Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to demarcate the boundaries between the FCT and four neighbouring States. Mr Adamu Adaji, Director-General, National Boundary Commission (NBC), made this known in…
Bills to establish varsities in FCT, Rivers scale through in Senate
The Senate on Wednesday in Abuja passed two bills to establish a Federal University in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT and another one in Rivers State. They are the FCT…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is to challenge the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in three council areas of Kwali, Abaji and Gwagwalada in the February 12th council…
FCT Council Poll: APC chieftain tasks party on strategy ahead of 2023 elections
A chieftain and the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress in Imo State, Mazi Jones Onwusoanya, has lamented the outcome of the concluded FCT council election in Abuja Municipal…