In a bid to restore order and improve security in Nigeria’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has launched Operation Sweep Abuja, aimed at removing street beggars, hawkers, scavengers and other groups associated with petty crime. Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, confirmed the…
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under the aegis of Joint Action Congress (JUAC) on Monday, shut the gate of the Administration’s secretariat over welfare concerns. Some of the concerns according to the President of JUAC, Mrs Rifkatu Iortyer were non-payment of overhead to run offices since December 2024, no training and retraining…
Justice Suleiman Belgore of an Abuja High Court in Garki, on Wednesday fixed June 23 for the arraignment of Joseph Eriki and 10 others. Eriki is the Director of Investigation and Prosecution of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Justice Belgore fixed the date after counsel for the 1st, 2nd 3rd ,5th and 9th defendants…
Justice Suleiman Belgore of anAbuja High Court on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant against the Director, Investigation and Prosecution of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Joseph Eriki and 10 others. The order was given to compel their appearance before the court for arraignment in a charge filed against them by the Federal Government. Belgore…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has expressed displeasure over the embarrassing invasion of two of its offices by officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to enforce non-payment of ground rent. The director, facility management department of FIRS, Mr Tyofa Abeghe and special adviser on infrastructure, Kunle Ogidi, in a statement on Monday…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken possession of Wadata Plaza, the building used by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its National Secretariat, due to 28 years of unpaid ground rent. Director of Lands at the FCTA, Mr Chijoke Nwankwoeze, said the action followed the revocation of the property’s land title, which was…
The Federal Capital Administration (FCTA) has sealed the premise of Federal Internal Revenue Service (FIRS) Access Bank and Total Energy in Wuse over unpaid ground rent. The FCTA also sealed the Chinese Cultural Centre, Wuse, belonging to Jade Garden Restaurants, for nonpayment of ground rent for 19 years. The Director of Land, FCTA, Mr Chijoke…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has inaugurated the FCT Lottery Regulatory Commission and called on lottery and gaming operators to submit applications for licenses to operate in the territory. Director-General of the Commission, Mr Lanre Gbajabiamila, disclosed this during a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Gbajabiamila said that the establishment of the commission…
The Women Affairs Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has begun processes toward the domestication and implementation of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018. The Mandate Secretary of the secretariat, Dr Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, disclosed this at a three-day workshop on rights-based approach to disability-inclusive development, government and public policy. The…
The Women Affairs Secretariats of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will adopt the pathfinding model to end violence against children across the territory. The Mandate Secretary, Mrs Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, on the side line of the two-day ministerial-level Regional Meeting of the Pathfinding Global Alliance on Ending…
