The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has identified flagrant disobedience to traffic rules and regulations as one of its biggest challenges and has launched a new body to tackle it. CALEB ONWE reports The flagrant violation of traffic rules, including beating the traffic lights installed at various road intersections in Abuja, is giving the […]
Inside Abuja
U.S. partners Nigeria on health, data management
Last week, the United States made two significant interventions in the health and data management system in Nigeria as part of its contributions towards improving the wellbeing of the citizens. REGINA OTOKPA reports The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a $19 million Health Workforce Management activity in Nigeria. The programme which […]
Apo-Karshi: Mirage of a road project
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has been battling with a certain road project for nearly a decade and had raised the hope of residents several times only to dash it. CALEB ONWE reports Contract for the 13.25 kilometer Apo-Karshi road was awarded in 2011. The N6.4 billion project was a response to the […]
In search of poverty eradication strategy
The Federal Government is worried about the widespread poverty ravaging the population across Nigeria and has begun the search for a unified strategy to arrest the situation. DEBORAH OCHENI reports A virtual extraordinary meeting of the Forum of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Secretaries to State Governments was convened recently […]
Residents get March 31 deadline to file tax returns
The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has given March 31 deadline to all taxpayers in FCT to file their annual tax returns. The Executive Chairman of the service, Mr Abdullahi Attah, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He explained that the law […]
Exit of a “red neck” eagle
As part of activities to mark the change of guards at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), a fly-out parade was held recently at the NAF Base in Abuja to honour Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (rtd) and mark his final exit from the Service. ONWUKA NZESHI reports It was a fly-out parade like no other. […]
Taking youths off the streets, musically
Over the weekend, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) witnessed a harvest of musical talents as a reality TV show debuted in Abuja. CALEB ONWE reports Human resource development experts have established that latent talents abound in every society and that it only takes critical minds and vigilant eyes to spot them. It was a […]
A gathering of men behind the wheels of music
Last week, Abuja’s entertainment circle received some ‘august visitors’ in the month of February. It was a gathering of musical talents across the country. CALEB ONWE reports It was an assemblage of music maestros and entertainment hype-people, who most often work behind the scenes but still electrify the airwaves with exciting rhythmic […]
Runsewe: Abuja Crafts Village now free from criminals
Authorities of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) have finally dislodged criminals, saboteurs and anarchists from the Arts and Crafts Village in the Abuja Central Business District. The Director-General of the NCAC, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, made the announcement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. […]
Awaiting Miss Heritage Global pageant in Abuja
The city of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has been selected to host this year’s edition of the Miss Heritage Global pageant. The show is coming barely 19 years after the 2002 Miss World Beauty Pageant scheduled for the same city could not hold due to religious riots in the nearby city of Kaduna. […]