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Kuje area council, in partnership with E-Way For Development, has trained 100 women and Youths on Weaving and Knitting for sustainable development in the Council. Blueprint reports that the three-day training titled “Women Blossom Empowerment Initiative under the Project: – Women Civil Society Organisation Network, was aimed at realising Sustainable Development Goals. Speaking to our correspondent during the training at Read More

Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Abuja, has called for greater collaboration with China to develop the potentials of the Nigerian youths on creative skills and modernisation. The Chinese Cultural Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Li Xuda, who spoke at a lecture organised by the university at the weekend, said China would work closely with Nigeria in the Read More

Kuje area council staff multipurpose cooperative society has elected new executives to pilot the affairs of the society for the next four years. Mr. Danlami Zakwoyi, after a keenly contested elections conducted, last week, at the area council, emerged president. He won the election after polling a total of 77 votes to beat his opponent, Abdulkareem Sule, with 43 votes. Read More

Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privilege and Public Petitions, Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu, representing Imo East Senatorial District, has given two weeks ultimatum to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), its Area Councils and the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) to “resolve matters in respect of a petition of multiple taxations filled against them by the Guild Medical Directors (GMD).” Anyanwu Read More

A business and leadership development training firm, Bloomberg Business School, in collaboration with the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), at the weekend organised a oneday capacity building training for school bus drivers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Handling a section of the training, the Assistant Chief Road Traffic Officer and Head of Planning Read More

A 64-year-old retired Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr. Bali Rimpyen, was on Sunday evening run over by a motorist in Kugbo, on the ever-busy AbujaKeffi expressway as he was waiting for a lull in traffic to cross over to the opposite side of the road. The incident is coming barely a week after Blueprint reported the dearth of infrastructure Read More

Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa, has said that the coming into operation of the Abuja Light Rail Service (ALRS) would accelerate FCT economy by opening windows for investments and job creation. Ohaa, who stated this recently during an inspection of the 78km Abuja Light Rail. According to him, the Abuja Rail project which started Read More

Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido, has declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019. “I will like to respond to your clarion call for me to come out and seek reelection in 2019. I wish to offer myself once again to serve my people in this council as you have demonstrated your trust in Read More

Noble Youths Mass Support Association (NYMSA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing into law the Not-Too-Young-To-Run bill. National Coordinator of the association, Comrade Godwin Onmonya, gave the commendation on Friday in Abuja. He said the Bill was a step in the right direction, adding that it would bring about new brand of leadership with sound Read More

As part of efforts to ensure the success of the 2018 Annual National Sports Festival (ANSF) billed to hold in the nation’s capital city in December, the Permanent Secretary Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa, has set up a 15-man committee to ensure the event is hitch-free and befitting for a capital city. While inaugurating the Committee last week, Read More

Following a spate of complaints by residents and concerned stakeholders within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), violators of the Federal Capital Territory Laws against noise pollution are reminded that they risk prosecution. Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), has warned operators of Nightclubs and social relaxation gardens in Abuja to bear no noise pollution in the territory in other to avoid Read More

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed that the Administration in collaboration with Julius Berger Plc is set to commence reconstruction of the moribund Berger Junction Park and restore it to its former beauty. Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Umar Shuaibu, who made the disclosure over the weekend, recalled that the area was given to Julius Berger company Read More

Department of Environmental Sanitation in Bwari area council has hinted that it would stage advocacy campaign sensitise to residents on erosion control during the rainy season. Head of the Department (HOD), Alhaji Haruna Labaran, who disclosed this to Blueprint yesterday, added that the sensitisation became necessary to educate the people “on the role they can play to clean their environment Read More

The Federal Fire Service has given a three-month ultimatum to defaulters of its building fi re risk assessment to comply or face sanction. The Head, Policy Regulation and Inspectorate, Assistant ControllerGeneral Quintus Azogu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recently. Azogu said buildings that had been discovered to have gaps had been given three Read More

Muslims have been tasked to respect the teachings of the Al Quran as well as the laws of the land. Speaking, at the NasrulL-Lahi Fathi Society (NASFAT), Utako branch, Ramadhan Lecture on Al Quran and the Rule of Law, the zonal missioner, Sheikh Sharafdeen Aliagan, described the Qur’an as “holy manual” to mankind for his existence in this life and Read More

House of Representatives has recently a review of all land allocations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from 2007 to 2015 to ascertain whether or not due process was followed in the allocations. The resolution was taken after the House adopted a motion by Bashir Baballe (APC, Kano). The House also mandated its committee on FCT to ensure the payment Read More

The Ekiti Coalition for Change, a group comprising of some Ekiti State indigenes residing in the United States, has urged politicians against in any act of bloodshed in a bid to win the July 14 governorship poll. The group advised politicians to think more about the future of their state and its development “rather than exhibiting bitterness that can affect Read More

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ado-Ekiti Branch, has urged security agencies to ensure safety of lives and property before, during and after the July 14 governorship poll in Ekiti State. Speaking on the 8th Annual Law Week of the association in Ado-Ekiti, the state NBA chairman, Mr. Gbemiga Adaramola, described the act of terrorism as serious danger to peaceful coexistence Read More