Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have denied stripping a cab driver naked in collaboration with soldiers they purportedly invited in the Mararaba area of the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday.
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ABUJA LIGHT RAIL PROJECT IS 93 PER CENT COMPLETED – FCT MINISTER
FCT minister, Malam Muhammadu Musa Bello, has disclosed that the on-going construction work on the Abuja Light Rail project has attained about 93 per cent completion as at April this year.
Continue reading »CAR ROBBERS ESCAPE LYNCHING IN ABUJA
Two suspected car robbers have been mobbed along the Solomon Law Way in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Continue reading »ABUJA DRIVER NABBED WHILE ROBBING PASSENGERS
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a cab driver, Kingsley Chijioke, while robbing his passengers at gunpoint along Goffina Village, Zuba, Niger State.
Continue reading »ABUJA TO TEST RUN LIGHT RAIL SERVICE MID NOVEMBER – MINISTER
The contractor handling the Abuja Rail Mass Transit is expected to complete work on the project by October while the FCT Administration will commence the test run of the Rail Mass Transit by the middle of November 2017, an official has said. The FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, made this disclosure while receiving a delegation of the Federation of Tourism Associations […]
Continue reading »ABUJA LIGHT RAIL PROJECT 90% COMPLETED – FCT MINISTER
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, said on Monday that work on Abuja Light Rail Project has reached 90 per cent, as most of the rail stations are at the finishing stages. The minister made this known after his inspection of the project site in Abuja. Bello noted that there are 13 railway bridges, 50 culverts, 15 flyover bridges and […]
Continue reading »HERDSMEN ADAMANT, CATTLE GRAZING ON FCT STREETS AND ROADS CONTINUE
Fulani herdsmen have continued to graze their cattle in Abuja in defiance of an order by the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Muhammed Bello, directing them to stop the practice in the FCT. Checks on Tuesday indicated that the herdsmen still grazed their cattle on every available green lawn, and grass along the roads and sometimes grinding traffic to a halt.
Continue reading »FCTA DRIVERS THREATEN STRIKE OVER ALLEGED SALARY MISAPPROPRIATION
Forty-five drivers in the employ of the Federal Capital Territory Administration have threatened to embark on strike over alleged misappropriation of their salaries and allowances by the management of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council. The drivers, who were being owed four months salaries and travel allowances, accused the AMMC Coordinator, Hajia Sefinatu Tania, of being indifferent to their plight despite […]
Continue reading »PENGASSAN STRIKE: FUEL LOADING DROPS IN LAGOS, QUEUES BACK IN ABUJA AS NNPC CAUTIONS AGAINST PANIC BUYING
The ongoing strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Friday reduced loading activities at depots in Apapa, Lagos, raising the prospects of another round of supply challenges especially outside the South-West. Loading at Apapa depots, where many marketers load petroleum products to other states, was hampered by the non-availability of oil workers to […]
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