Tag: FCT

FCT: Election tribunal orders re-run election in six wards of Kuje Area Council

Aminu Imam

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to conduct a re-run chairmanship election in six wards of Kuje Area Council. Delivering judgment, the Chief Magistrate, Muinat Oyekan, who led a three-member panel, nullified the elections held in nine polling units where elections were marred by irregularities. The judge ordered that the re-run should be conducted across the affected polling units won by the incumbent Kuje Area Council Chairman, Abdullahi Sabo, of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). The All…

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Sacked AMAC, Chairman Maikalangu, fumes at tribunal

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu, has reacted strongly to the judgment of the FCT Election Tribunal which sacked him from office on Friday, while indicating that he will appeal the verdict. He alleged that the tribunal manipulated and manufactured ghost votes against the ones that were legitimately announced after the February 12th elections for the APC, an action he described as an embarrassment to the Nigerian Judiciary. Maikalangu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner of Feb. 12 AMAC chairmanship election by the…

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Insecurity: “We live in fear” – Abuja residents

Aminu Imam

The recent activities of terrorists in Abuja and its environs which resulted in the death of military men have triggered fear, panic, suspicion and anxiety among residents of the federal capital. A staff of FCT Administration (FCTA), Susan, who lives in Madalla, told newsmen in a telephone interview that she and other residents couldn’t sleep peacefully on Thursday night because of the unexpected attack on soldiers at a military checkpoint at Zuma Rock, along Abuja-Kaduna expressway. “My brother, insecurity is a big challenge in Nigeria, and little or nothing is…

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Just In! Boko Haram attacks military checkpoint along Abuja-Kaduna highway, kills soldiers

Aminu Imam

Some soldiers were reportedly killed when Boko Haram terrorists raided a military checkpoint around Zuma Rock in Niger State, on Thursday night. The area close to Madalla town is a few meters away from Zuba along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. A source said that the attackers arrived at the spot some minutes after 7pm and opened fire immediately. “They took control of the area for about 30 minutes and kept on shooting before heading towards Kaduna axis of the expressway”, the source said. The terrorists were said to gained entry to…

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Bwari Attack: Nigerian Special Forces retaliate, eliminate 30 terrorists behind attack on presidential guards – DHQ

Aminu Imam

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that troops have eliminated 30 of the terrorists that attacked troops of the 7 Guards Battalion in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The Army’s Director of Defence Media Operations, Bernard Onyeuko disclosed this at the Bi-Weekly news conference on military operations in Abuja yesterday.  The7 Guards Battalion is a unit under the Guards Brigade that is responsible for protecting the president. Recall that the soldiers were ambushed during a routine patrol along the Kubwa-Bwari road on Sunday. Three soldiers of…

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“No shooting at Dantata Bridge, Minister’s Hill in Abuja” – FCT Police

Aminu Imam

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has said that there was no shooting at Dantata Bridge and Minister’s Hill as speculated in some quarters. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh, stated this in a statement yesterday, in Abuja. Recall that some sections of the media on Tuesday circulated stories of shooting at Dantata Bridge, along Airport Road and Minister’s Hill in the Maitama area of Abuja. “The attention of the Police Command in the FCT has been drawn to a series of…

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Military’s Brigade of Guards tightens security in Abuja over terror fear  

Aminu Imam

Responding to potential terror attacks in the nation’s capital, the Nigerian Army’s Brigade of Guards, responsible for the security of the president, his family, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has deployed troops at the entry and exit points in Abuja, for more effective security of the seat of power.  According to the military’s Defence Media Operations (DMO), to this end, soldiers have intensified stop-and-search operations, with increased checkpoints in view of the development. It was gathered that the new security measures might not be unconnected to a security alert…

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Petrol sells for N220 per litre in Lagos, N235 in Abuja as scarcity worsens

Aminu Imam

Some filling stations yesterday dispensed Premium Motor Spirit, (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, for as high as N235 a litre, prompting the resurfacing of fuel queues in Lagos and Abuja, the federal capital. Despite displaying the N165 a litre on their pumps, it was noticed that some filling stations sold the product above the regulated price. The decision to continue to regulate the pump price of petrol has cost the nation about N1.27 trillion since the beginning of the year. Recently, the price of petrol has increased on the insistence…

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Bomb Scare: Police ban vehicles from Eid praying grounds

Aminu Imam

Following the recent attack on the Kuje Correctional facility in Abuja and the subsequent intelligence on planned attacks on Eid praying grounds during the 2022 Eid-el-Kabir today, the FCT Police Command has banned vehicles from all Eid praying grounds in Abuja. The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Babaji Sunday, stated this in his Sallah message to the residents of the federal capital. The CP further noted that in pursuance of the common resolve to beef-up security, the Command would intensify robust stop-and-search operations, high-level visibility policing patrols and surveillance of…

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Soldiers guarding vicinity removed 24 hours before Kuje Prison attack – Security sources

Aminu Imam

Security sources, yesterday, revealed that soldiers deployed to Kuje vicinity and the Correctional Centre’s environment who had mastered the terrainwere moved out and redeployed 24 hours before terrorists attacked Kuje Prison. The source wondered why it was 24 hours after troops, who had come to understand the vicinity were withdrawn while the new ones who were yet to settle in, arrived that the terrorists struck. However, the period that the soldiers were supposed to stay in that deployment had elapsed and they were due for rotation. Meanwhile, security sources informed…

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