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The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has confirmed that parts of the Presidential Villa and 60 percent of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are in darkness after vandals stole a 132-kilovolt underground cable that transports bulk electricity to its 132kV Central Area Transmission Substation. TCN disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah,…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described the former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, as a ‘General Overseer’ who has turned the state into his personal estate. Wike said Odili made sure his wife and two daughters held high-level positions in the state. The minister was reacting to Odili’s remarks that…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has warned that private security companies operating without registration in the Federal Capital Territory risk prosecution. The Commandant of NSCDC, Federal Capital Territory Command, Dr Olusola Odumosun stated this on Tuesday at the 6-day refresher training course for supervisors and operatives of private guards in Abuja. The…
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Amid his rift with Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said nobody can bring him down because God raised him. He said detractors ganging up and plotting to bring him down will fail. Speaking when he visited his loyalist and former Rivers Chairman of…
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Some social media users are currently expressing anger following reports that one Miss Folorunsho Ariyo was killed alongside Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar by bandits in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Daily Trust had reported that kidnappers dumped the remains of four victims they executed, around a former military checkpoint behind Idah Junction along the Bwari-Jere SCC Road in Kagarko…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has reportedly instructed the Director of the Department of Development Control to ensure that the Nuwalege community, located along the Airport Road, makes way for the presidential fleet plot. MEZIESBLOG understands that this directive issued in response to a request from the Nigerian Air Force, will have houses…
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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested an armed robbery, car snatching and one-chance syndicate. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, revealed this in a statement on X on Saturday. She noted that the suspects arrested include one Gabriel Abba, Sunday Abba and Abdulkareem Jaffaru. According to her, the Federal Capital…
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Commuters in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja, and its environs have been gripped with palpable fear following the activities of men of the underworld, popularly known as ‘one-chance robbers’. The robbers, who are usually armed with dangerous weapons, including AK-47s, disguise themselves as commercial vehicle drivers and passengers to perpetrate evil. Despite the harrowing…
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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has announced the arrest of Chukwudi Ezirike, a wanted ‘one chance’ kingpin who was allegedly causing fear along the Kubwa/Zuba highway. ‘One chance’ is commonly used in Nigeria to refer to a robbery that takes place when a group of criminals picks up passengers waiting for a taxi or…
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The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Capital Territory command has said it has arraigned no fewer than 51 persons in court for raising false alarm, after it recorded about 62 cases of alleged disappearance of male private parts in the FCT. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, confirmed this while addressing newsmen at the command’s headquarters on Friday.…
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, has been told to start his plan of demolishing buildings that are not in the original Master Plan of Abuja from the seat of power, Aso Villa. Spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 elections, Daniel Bwala, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today,…
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FCTA PRESS STATEMENT STOP THE MISCHIEF, MISINFORMATION: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON FALSE PUBLICATIONS AND BROADCASTS ON PURPORTED ABUJA DEMOLITIONS AND THE USE OF A N300M BULLETPROOF CAR BY THE FCT MINISTER 1. We are compelled to address recent news articles in the media, that claimed that the new FCT Minister, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike,…
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People Selling Corn, Others In Abuja Are Responsible for Insecurity In Nigeria’s Capital —FCT Minister, Wike He said Abuja should be kept clean, adding, “If you are in charge of sanitation, will call you at any time of the day. The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced a ban on street trading…
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