Tag: Federal Capital Territory

N8bn expended on waste management annually in Abuja – Minister

Aminu Imam

The Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. (Mrs.) Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, yesterday, announced that the administration spent about N8 billion annually to manage waste in the Federal Capital City and the satellite towns across the Territory. According to her, Abuja Environmental Protection Board, (AEPB), spends an average of N6 billion annually, while the Satellite Towns Development Department, (STDD), spends N2 billion annually bringing the total sum of N8 billion to pay over 64 cleaning contractors engaged in the management of waste within the nation’s capital. In a…

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Cholera cases surge to 698 in Abuja, 60 dead – Minister

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Suspected cases of cholera have risen sharply from 604 to 698 within 72 hours in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja. 60 persons have also died from the viral disease. The Minister of State for FCT, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, made the disclosure on Thursday at a sensitisation campaign against cholera and other acute diarrhoea diseases. The FCT administration took the community sensitisation to Pyakasa and Gwagwa communities as the death toll rose from 54 to 60.Represented by Dr Iwot Ndaeyo, the acting Executive Secretary of FCT Primary Health Care Board,…

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Cholera kills over 60 in FCT – Minister

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The death toll from cholera outbreak in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT)  administration is over 60, as the administration says efforts are ongoing to intensify community sensitization on cholera and other severe acute diarrhea diseases outbreaks. The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, gave the assurance at the continuation of community sensitisation on cholera in Pyakasa and Gwagwa, Abuja.  Dr. Ramatu Aliyu revealed that suspected cases have risen from 604 to 698 within 72 hours. She, however, assured that the administration would do everything within its power to…

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FCT issues guidelines for Eid-el-Kabir celebrations

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Worried by the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country and the FCT and the possibility of a third wave, the Minister of FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has issued guidelines for the upcoming Eid-El-Kabir celebrations in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The guidelines was issued after a meeting of the FCT Emergency Operations Committee (EOC) on Covid-19, chaired by the Minister on Friday, to review the current situation of the pandemic in the FCT especially as it relates to the upcoming Sallah celebrations. From its deliberations,…

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FCT: 54 people have been killed in cholera outbreak – Minister

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Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ramatu Aliyu, has revealed that the six area councils in Abuja have recorded 604 suspected cases of cholera with 54 deaths. This revelation was made by the FCT minister when she launched the community sensitisation on cholera and other disease outbreaks at the palace of Mohammed Bello Umar, Agora of Zuba, yesterday. Aliyu expressed concern over the rising cases of cholera and said the FCT recorded the suspected cases and deaths along with nine positive cases for cholera on rapid diagnostic…

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FEC approves resumption of FCT Land Swap programme

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The continuation of the Federal Capital Development Authority Land Swap scheme, which started under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, has been approved by the Federal Government. This was disclosed by the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello at the end of the weekly federal executive council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, yesterday. Recall that in 2015, the house of representatives committee on FCT had faulted the land swap programme, alleging that it is fraught with irregularities and a negation of the provisions of the original Abuja Master Plan.…

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FCT: Police recover ‘huge’ ransoms after raiding kidnappers’ camps

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Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Police Command have arrested about a dozen criminals suspected to be armed kidnappers. It was gathered that the suspected kidnappers are behind recent abduction incidents at Kwali and Bwari area council axis, together with Tungan-Maje community in Abuja. They were nabbed during a ‘guerrilla’ undercover operation conducted at the criminals’ hideouts by the Police crack team, within the past three days. A security officer, who participated in one of the raids told newsmen that a huge sum of money allegedly paid as ransom…

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FRSC begins “Operation RAID” in Abuja

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The Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), says it has begun ‘Operation RAID’ on recalcitrant road traffic offenders in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT).  The FRSC Sector Commander, Samuel Ochi, who confirmed this in an interview with newsmen yesterday in Abuja, said that the operation RAID was to ensure that all offenders committing critical traffic offences such as overloading, driving against traffic, beating of traffic lights, among others, were brought to book.  He explained that recalcitrant offenders were those that have been arrested for the same offences several times but were…

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Eid-el-Fitr: FCT minister bans prayers at National Eid Ground

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Muhammad Bello, yesterday banned the forthcoming Eid prayers at the National Eid prayer ground along Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Expressway, in Abuja. Bello announced the ban in a statement by his media aide, Anthony Ogunleye. The decision was arrived at during a meeting of the FCT Administration and a delegation from the FCT ‘League of Imams Initiative’. He said the ban was part of measures to contain the outbreak of Covid-19. “All worshippers are enjoined to hold Eid prayers outdoors within the premises of their…

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FCT: Police reassure residents of safety

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The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has reassured residents of Abuja of adequate protection of lives and property. The Police said the reassurance is necessitated by a viral publication in social media suggesting “areas within the FCT vulnerable to Boko Haram attack “. A statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Yusuf Mariam, said, “On the contrary, the Command has deployed overt and covert strategies to curb banditry and other criminal activities across the territory. “In addition, the Command has launched a renowned social engagement…

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