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Shefarmers@One: Livestock Project launched

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Shefarmers Association has celebrated its one year anniversary and launched the National Shefarmers Livestock Project. Mrs. Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, the FCTA Mandate Secretary for the Women Affairs Secretariat, at the occasion held in Abuja on Thursday, called for more investment in women which she said is investment in the community. Aminu Saleh, AIG (Rtd), Grand Patron of Shefarmers, in his address, called for urgent land reforms to address issues that hinder women from overcoming challenges to farming in Nigeria. He said the Association was conceived in 2021 to provide support…

Bomb explosion rocks Abuja school; student feared dead

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 Aminu Imam

A bomb explosion has reportedly exploded in Kuchibiyu community of Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where an Islamiyyah school is located as leaving a student dead, with many critically injured. According to reports, the tragic incident occurred around noon yesterday, sending shockwaves through the quiet community, located approximately 42 kilometers from the federal capital’s city centre. It was gathered that emergency response teams, including the Police’ Bomb Disposal squad, promptly arrived at the scene, while the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for urgent medical care. While…

President Tinubu appoints new NAHCON Chairman

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman as the new Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) pending the confirmation by the Senate. This appointment effectively removes the previous Chairman, Jalal Arabi in the face of corruption allegations. Professor Usman is a renowned scholar with qualifications from the University of Madinah and Peshawar University, Pakistan. He previously served as Chairman of the Kano State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, successfully overseeing the operations of the largest quota of state pilgrims in the country. According to a statement…

NYSC invalidates 101 fake mobilisation, exemption certificates

August 12, 2024August 12, 2024 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has invalidated 101 certificates of persons fraudulently mobilised for the national youth service. Eddy Megwa, the NYSC Director, Information and Public Relations, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. �The 101 persons were illegally mobilised by the University of Calabar for national service during the 2021, 2022 and 2023 NYSC service years. �Out of the figure, 99 were under listed for service, while two others were exempted from service. �Consequently, the management of NYSC hereby restates its…

FCT:�4 rescued, as another Abuja building collapses;�many trapped

July 14, 2024July 14, 2024 Aminu Imam

Barely less than 24 hours after a school building collapsed on pupils in Plateau State, killing 22 and injuring 132, four people have been rescued after a section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed in Abuja yesterday morning. It is also 11 days after another building collapsed at Unity House, Area 11, Garki, in Abuja. Unconfirmed number of other people are trapped in the rubble. As of press time yesterday, one person was reportedly still trapped in the rubble of the residential building, located in the Kubwa area of the…

Hardship: ‘We can no longer plan our meals” � Abuja residents cry out

June 23, 2024June 23, 2024 Aminu Imam

A cross-section of residents of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), says they can no longer fend for their families due to the rising cost of foodstuff. The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said that eating beans and yam have become a luxury due to its high cost. This, they said, had affected their domestic food timetable, making it impossible to eat varieties. A mother, Mrs Glory Ocholi, said that beans have become so expensive that it is difficult to buy in bulk…

Insecurity: Bandits raid Abuja nightclub, kill DJ

June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 Aminu Imam

An unspecified number of robbers killed a nightclub early Saturday morning, when they stormed and robbed a nightclub, Volcano, in Gwarimpa Estate, Abuja. FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, reacting to the incident, said officers were not promptly notified, but said investigations had commenced to uncover details of the crime. She told newsmen that the heist, estimated to have taken place around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, was only brought to their attention around 5:30 a.m. even though the nightclub was only minutes from a nearby police station. Ms. Adeh expressed deep…

�Demolition of poor people�s home major contributor to rising insecurity in FCT� � Concern Nigerians tells Wike�

January 21, 2024January 21, 2024 Aminu Imam

Convener of Concerned Nigerians and Human Rights Activist, Deji Adeyanju has blamed the demolition of shanties and poor people�s home for the rising insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The Convener, who berated the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike over rising insecurity, kidnapping, maiming and killings in Abuja, however called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in to tame the development. Adeyanju who reacted to the development in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said he is deeply alarmed and outraged by the rampant cases of kidnappings and…

“FCT notorious kidnapper, Chinaza Phillip, in our custody” � Police

January 20, 2024January 20, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Chinaza Phillip, suspected to be a notorious kidnapper terrorizing the nation�s capital. According to a statement issued by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the suspect was arrested in Kaduna State on Thursday. She said the suspect, who was handed over to the FCT Command yesterday, is currently in custody. The statement reads: �The FCT Police Command wishes to confirm the arrest of one Chinaza Phillip, a notorious Abuja kidnapper by police operatives of…

Insecurity: “Don’t panic, Abuja, FCT is safe” – Wike assures residents

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 Aminu Imam

… Says Press over-blowing crime happenings The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is taking steps to address security challenges affecting some sections of the territory. Wike gave the assurance while addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday, before a closed-door emergency meeting with security agencies and other critical stakeholders in the FCT. Recall that there has been a spike in the abduction and killing of residents by bandits, especially in Kuje and Bwari Area Councils. The Minister, who acknowledged the challenges, urged residents not…