By Idara Ukpanyang, FRCN Headquarters It is a known fact, that the number of Nigerians in diaspora in recent time, is at all time high. This is evident in the increasing number of Nigerians that have left the shores on a daily bases in search of greener pastures, a phenomenon now known as “Japa”. Evidently, the National Identity Management Commission had indicated that the number of Nigerians in diaspora […]
Written By Chief Peter Ameh, Political Analyst It is a global practice that opposition parties have the primary responsibility of holding the government accountable for its actions and inactions and also enjoy the right under the Constitution to question the decisions made by the government that affect its citizens. The opposition Parties in any given society represent an alternative government and are solely responsible for challenging the policies and programmes […]
Old Buildings that have lasted for 30years and above are to undergo integrity test to forestall building collapse in the territory. Director Department of Development Control, FCTA, Mukhtar Galadima made this known in Abuja while speaking to Journalists about some buildings in Jabi that failed the integrity tests. Galadima said that the test would be conducted in collaboration with professional bodies and regulatory bodies in Wuse 1, Garki 1, Garki […]
Worried by the increasing incidents of building collapse, the FCT Department of Development Control has met with experts in the building sector to brainstorm on possible ways to address cases of building collapse and abandoned structures in the territory. Addressing journalists shortly after the meeting with members of the professional bodies, the Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima said the meeting became necessary in view of the series of […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has visited the site of the collapsed building and ordered that the landlord be identified and arrested with immediate effect. He also said that the FCT Administration would pay the hospital bills of the victims. The minister who wondered why the villagers were yet to be compensated and resettled, stressed that Government will take over the area and ensure that no further […]
A drone has hit a building in central Moscow that was under construction, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Air defences also shot down two drones in the Mozhaisk and Khimki districts of the Moscow region, the defence ministry added. No casualties were reported. But in a separate drone attack in Russia's Belgorod region, three people have been killed, the governor said. Russian officials have blamed the incidents on Kyiv - […]
At least nine persons have been rescued from the collapsed uncompleted four -storey building in Dape, Life-camp area of the Federal Capital Territory. The Director General Of the FCT Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Alhaji Abbass Idriss gave the confirmation at the site of the collapsed building in Abuja. The incident which occurred in the late hours of Monday, while workers were on the construction site in the swampy Dape area […]
