Lawrence Bajah

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Plan to remove attachments

Karu village: Plan to remove attachments will not affect indigenous houses ― FCTA

By Lawrence Bajah
Massive protests hits Abuja,

Protests hit Abuja over suspension of inauguration area council chairmen

By Lawrence Bajah
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FCT Police refutes claims of crisis in Lugbe

By Lawrence Bajah
FCT minister Dei-Dei market

FCT minister orders indefinite closure of Dei-Dei market over deadly clash

By Lawrence Bajah
fct, Mayhem as Okada riders set Deidei market ablaze in Abuja

Mayhem as Okada riders set Deidei market ablaze in Abuja

By Lawrence Bajah
FCTA fear-stricken over influx of beggars from states with security challenges

FCTA fear-stricken over influx of beggars from states with security challenges

By Lawrence Bajah
FCTA bulldozers demolish mini-market,

Traders, workers stranded as FCTA bulldozers demolish Area 11 mini-market

By Lawrence Bajah
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Women Affairs minister, Tallen drops senatorial ambition

By Lawrence Bajah
clean-up of Karu-Jukwoyi

Sa’Karuyi of Karu backs planned clean-up of Karu-Jukwoyi road axis

By Lawrence Bajah
onslaught against banditry Kwara Police to bring suspected CMD from Edo for interrogation, Police enforce court judgment reinstating titles to 400 allottees, Delta mourners conveying corpse to Abia were kidnapped in Imo, Police arrest man who killed, buried friend in his house in Kogi, 5 gunmen killed, 3 officers injured as police raid IPOB/ESN camp in Imo, Ogun Father daughter her,Police arrest pastor for allegedly raping 14-year-old girl in Lagos, Police confirm the arrest of Kuje Prison escapee in Kaduna, Suspect car snatcher Kano, Fulani herdsmen did not, 2023: Police tasks

FCT Police nab 3 suspected murderers of Abuja murdered corps member

By Lawrence Bajah
Ground rents debt: Asokoro, Maitama to pay N3.1bn to FCTA, FCTA staff sit for exams, Ishola Michael - Bauchi North-Eastern district of NRC commences 5km passengers, students train shuttle in Bauchi In its gradual reintroduction of train passengers shuttle in the ongoing revamping of the rail sector, North-Eastern District of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday test run a five kilometer rail shuttle from Bauchi to Inkil along the Bauchi-Gombe rail line mainly for passengers and students on excursion on the line. The disclosure was made by the Railway District Manager of NRC, Mr Aliyu Mainasara, during the unveiling of the rail line services in Bauchi during which the RDM, management team and passengers were conveyed from the Bauchi station to Inkil Community and back to the main station in Bauchi. While speaking at the occasion, Aliyu Mainasara pointed out that the Services will run from Monday to Saturday three times in a day with a token of N200 per trip from Bauchi station to Inkil Community stressing that each trip will be accompanied by security personnel to protect passengers and their belongings. According to him, "The train has the capacity of conveying between 70 to 100 passengers with comforting facilities on each trip". The RDM however said that full services will commence on Monday, September 5, 2022 with daily and monthly schedules saying that the North-Eastern district had not run a single train in the last seven years due to challenges posed by insecurity and vandalization of its tracks . The RDM stressed that, "The initiative will accord the citizens and children to test the rail services because there are people who don't have experience of rail services. With this, the children from schools would go for an excursion from Bauchi station to Inkil Community that is five kilometers from Bauchi station". He then assured that, "By the end of this year, we will extend the services to Alkaleri local government area of the state up to Gombe state respectively" . He also said that Engineers in the District are working on the tracks for the expansion of the scope of services to the Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state saying that, “The moment we fixed the tracks up to Alkaleri, believe me, we will start to run our trains as well as Gombe in the District". The RDM then urged stakeholders to support the initiative of the North-Eastern District office of the Corporation with credible information to ensure effective surveillance and protection of the tracks., 1200 bags of garri, FCTA task force Abuja,FCTA sites s, tandard livestock marketFCTA ban on sales alcohol, FCTA inaugurates recovery committee, FCFCTA vows to stop intending, TA honours 115 staff, Miscreants are retaking Mpape, FCTA trains workforce, FCTA inaugurates 12-Man C'ttee , Mallam Abubakar IbrahimAbuja residents call for caution, FCTA plans big for education , FCT teachers call off strike, FCTA laments low turnout, resolves to address multiple taxation, distribution of 2020 staff promotion letters, FCTA raids illegal parks. loggerhead with Permanent Secretary, FG introduces new on-street, Industrial war looms in FCTA, 2021 mass administration medicine , FCTA to shut down Jabi mall, FCTA work plan, FCTA, public schools, Bwari Area Council, furniture ,FCTA bans #EndSARS protest, street demonstrations in Abuja, FCTA, Schools, third term, demolishes, illegal, building, Abuja, Gwagwalada flood victims, illegal felling, FCTA, Churches, COVID 19, FCTA, Dangote truck, Gudu, hard drug base, suspected leaders, destroy, Flooding Outlook: FCTA vows to demolish housing estates obstructing waterways, FCTA pays N300m, Kuje council Traditional ruler

Flooding: FCTA vows to demolish housing estates obstructing waterways

By Lawrence Bajah
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FG launches Nigeria Internal Security and Safety Alert System Mobile App

By Clement Idoko and Lawrence Bajah
FCTA initiates special operations

FCTA initiates special operations to end traffic gridlock

By Lawrence Bajah
Ground rents debt: Asokoro, Maitama to pay N3.1bn to FCTA, FCTA staff sit for exams, Ishola Michael - Bauchi North-Eastern district of NRC commences 5km passengers, students train shuttle in Bauchi In its gradual reintroduction of train passengers shuttle in the ongoing revamping of the rail sector, North-Eastern District of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday test run a five kilometer rail shuttle from Bauchi to Inkil along the Bauchi-Gombe rail line mainly for passengers and students on excursion on the line. The disclosure was made by the Railway District Manager of NRC, Mr Aliyu Mainasara, during the unveiling of the rail line services in Bauchi during which the RDM, management team and passengers were conveyed from the Bauchi station to Inkil Community and back to the main station in Bauchi. While speaking at the occasion, Aliyu Mainasara pointed out that the Services will run from Monday to Saturday three times in a day with a token of N200 per trip from Bauchi station to Inkil Community stressing that each trip will be accompanied by security personnel to protect passengers and their belongings. According to him, "The train has the capacity of conveying between 70 to 100 passengers with comforting facilities on each trip". The RDM however said that full services will commence on Monday, September 5, 2022 with daily and monthly schedules saying that the North-Eastern district had not run a single train in the last seven years due to challenges posed by insecurity and vandalization of its tracks . The RDM stressed that, "The initiative will accord the citizens and children to test the rail services because there are people who don't have experience of rail services. With this, the children from schools would go for an excursion from Bauchi station to Inkil Community that is five kilometers from Bauchi station". He then assured that, "By the end of this year, we will extend the services to Alkaleri local government area of the state up to Gombe state respectively" . He also said that Engineers in the District are working on the tracks for the expansion of the scope of services to the Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state saying that, “The moment we fixed the tracks up to Alkaleri, believe me, we will start to run our trains as well as Gombe in the District". The RDM then urged stakeholders to support the initiative of the North-Eastern District office of the Corporation with credible information to ensure effective surveillance and protection of the tracks., 1200 bags of garri, FCTA task force Abuja,FCTA sites s, tandard livestock marketFCTA ban on sales alcohol, FCTA inaugurates recovery committee, FCFCTA vows to stop intending, TA honours 115 staff, Miscreants are retaking Mpape, FCTA trains workforce, FCTA inaugurates 12-Man C'ttee , Mallam Abubakar IbrahimAbuja residents call for caution, FCTA plans big for education , FCT teachers call off strike, FCTA laments low turnout, resolves to address multiple taxation, distribution of 2020 staff promotion letters, FCTA raids illegal parks. loggerhead with Permanent Secretary, FG introduces new on-street, Industrial war looms in FCTA, 2021 mass administration medicine , FCTA to shut down Jabi mall, FCTA work plan, FCTA, public schools, Bwari Area Council, furniture ,FCTA bans #EndSARS protest, street demonstrations in Abuja, FCTA, Schools, third term, demolishes, illegal, building, Abuja, Gwagwalada flood victims, illegal felling, FCTA, Churches, COVID 19, FCTA, Dangote truck, Gudu, hard drug base, suspected leaders, destroy, Flooding Outlook: FCTA vows to demolish housing estates obstructing waterways, FCTA pays N300m, Kuje council Traditional ruler

FCTA trains workforce on service delivery

By Lawrence Bajah
FCT Police nab six

FCT Police nab six suspected drug peddlers 

By Lawrence Bajah
FCTA warns against extortion, unapproved fees in Abuja schools Lawrence Bajah, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Tuesday, warned schools within the territory to stop collaborating with Parents Teachers Association (PTA) to extort money from pupils and students through unapproved projects. FCTA said it was unlawful for schools to hide under special projects to impose heavy burdens on parents and guardians by collecting illegal fees. FCTA Secretary for Education Secretariat, Dahir El-Katuzu, disclosed this during school resumption inspection at Government Secondary School, Kubwa. El-Katuzu sternly warned that any school that violates the rules would be sanctioned, as FCTA has a standard that must be upheld in all schools. The secretary noted that school resumption inspection had been sustained by the secreatriat, as a measure to keep both teachers, pupils and students in proper check. According to him, the secretariat will continue to demonstrate the value the it attaches to education. The PTA Chairman of Government Science Secondary School, Pyakasa-Maitama, Chidi Oparauwokè, pledged that the association will remain committed to the policies of the administration, while promoting the ideals of education. Also speaking, the Principal, Government Secondary School, Kubwa, Musa Zuru, said his school has recorded almost 80% attendance within the first two days of resumption. Zuru who noted that his school has a set of standard that can't be compromised. The schools inspected include GSS Pyakasa-Maitama, and in Kubwa, the Government Junior Secondary school, Phase III, Kubwa, GSS Kubwa and a private school, Unity High school were visited.

FCTA warns against extortion, unapproved fees in Abuja schools

By Lawrence Bajah
[PHOTOS] Banditry: FCTA sacks scavengers in Abuja

[PHOTOS] Banditry: FCTA sacks scavengers in Abuja, recover weapons

By Lawrence Bajah

One in every three persons practice open defecation in Abuja ― Minister

By Lawrence Bajah
Train victims

Families of train victims in captivity protest in Kaduna

By Muhammad Sabiu and Lawrence Bajah
rescue of loved ones,

Families of victims of Abuja-Kaduna train call for rescue of loved ones

By Lawrence Bajah