Tag Archives: Abuja

As a result of the present economic recessing facing the country, some house-owners in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have reduced their house rents so that people can afford the houses. NAN reports Many houses in the FCT have remained unoccupied as many people can no longer afford to pay rents due to the harsh economic situation. NAN checks revealed ...

Reports show that officials of the FCT Administration have apprehended six persons for engaging in act of graffiti on the walls of public buildings and infrastructure around the Federal Capital City, Abuja. New Telegraph reports that a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the FCT Minister, Mohammed Hazat Sule said the six persons apprehended were caught in the act ...

The Ministry of Transportation has made it known that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja will be closed on March 8, 2017 for repairs. The country’s capital’s airport’s runway is to be reactivated after closure. The closure will last for six weeks. The announcement of the date, which was previously fixed for February 2017, was after a meeting between Minister ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Musa Bello, has announced plans to begin a review of the Abuja masterplan, which was adopted in 1979. The Guardian reports that the minister spoke during an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on FCT, headed by Herman Hembe (APC, Benue). He said the ministry would hold a stakeholders’ ...

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Muhammad Musa Bello, on Monday, told herdsmen in the FCT to move their cattle out of Abuja, saying animals and humans should not be allowed to co-habit in the city’s centre. In a release made available to National Mirror by Deputy Director/Chief Press Secretary in FCT Administration, Muhammad Sule, the minister said the decision ...

Although the highly anticipated eclipse typically called Annular eclipse, was witnessed in some states of the federation such as; Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers and Sokoto states, many Nigerian cities including the federal capital territory, Abuja did not witness it as predicted. In a related development, the National Space Agency has come out to blame cloud cover for the non-occurrence in many ...

Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the National Union of Pensioners (NUP), yesterday, protested the planned concession of Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port-Harcourt airports by the federal government. This led to traffic gridlock on the access roads to the airport. The union members were carrying placards with inscriptions : ...

20th, August, 2016 was a historic day for one of Nigeria’s real estate stalwarts, Realty Point Limited with the unveiling of Cedar Homes, their flagship entry product into affordable housing. Cedar homes is Realty Point’s affordable housing development aimed at providing access to quality housing solutions for middle level income earners. The Cedar Homes brand is designed to deliver unparalleled, ...

In as much that Africa is perceived as the poorest continent in the world, there are some cities on the continent that would make you want to have a second thought about the general perception. These cities can rub shoulders with some big cities of the world such as Madrid, Rio De Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Paris and even Tokyo. Let’s ...

Land grabbers won’t be called land grabbers if their activities were legal. According to WIKI, Land grabbing is the contentious issue of large-scale land acquisitions: the buying or leasing of large pieces of land in developing countries, by domestic and transnational companies, governments, and individuals. This article looks into the menace of land grabbers in Nigeria and how their activities affect the common ...