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Federal Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission, representing Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Comrade Ezekiel Dalhatu, has tasked the Gbagyi Media practitioners to focus more on investigative Journalism in promoting Peace and unity in the Territory. The Commissioner who made the call during a courtesy visit by Gbagyi Media Forum Nigeria, said investigative Journalism will go a long way to expose some challenges faced by the indigenes in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. Dalhatu said there are communities facing infrastructural challenges ranging from lack of potable water, Healthcare facilities, Educational facilities and access road networks which has not been properly showcased in the media. According to him, with the outbreak of cholera in FCT and other related illnesses...

Evolving Women In Politics (EWIP), women group and NGO, has called for adequate paricipation, involvement and conducive environment for women participation in politics. Mrs Raliat Abdulsalam, Vice President of the women organisation, Abuja branch, , made the call on Saturday, in Abuja at the first ‘Meet and Greet’ conference organised by the group. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EWIP is an organisation that seeks to mitigate violence against women during elections and encourage participation of women in politics in the country. The Vice President said that women should register and collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and take advantage of their numerical strength, education and global democratic trend to find a space in politics. “Get your PVC please, edu...

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Evolving Women In Politics (EWIP), has called for adequate involvement and conducive environment for women participation in politics. The Vice President of the organisation Abuja branch, Mrs Raliat Abdulsalam, made the call on Saturday, in Abuja at the first ‘Meet and Greet’ conference organised by the group. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EWIP is an organisation that seeks to mitigate violence against women during elections and encourage participation of women in politics in the country. Abdulsalam said that women should register and collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and take advantage of their numerical strength, education and global democratic trend to find a space in politics. “Get your PVC please, educate all ...

  The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Philip Aduda, has distributed two thousand four hundred bags of fertilizer to rural farmers across the six area councils of the territory. Aduda, represented by his senior Legislative aid, Alhaji Ali Danjuma Kawu, while distributing the fertilizer in Bwari on Tuesday, said the gesture was to assist and encourage rural farmers in the FCT. He said farming was a major occupation among locals in the territory, hence he decided to give priority to the sector to help address challenges of food shortage in FCT.  He said the distribution of fertilizer was targeted at increasing farmers yield and bumper harvest in order to combat hunger and the current hardship being experienced by peasant farmers across ...

The. U.S. Embassy in partnership with the Africa Nature Investors Foundation (ANI) and Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has launched the groundbreaking resource for Combating Wildlife Crime in Nigeria, an Analysis of the Criminal Justice Legislative Framework. The Honourable Minister of State for Environment Sharon Ikeazor, represented by National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency Director General Aliyu Jauro, chaired the launch. The event was hosted by the Africa Nature Investors Foundation (ANI) and Environmental Investigations Agency (EIA) UK in Collaboration with the US Embassy in Nigeria and the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires Kathleen FitzGibbon welcomed participants to ...

The Nigerian Metrological Agency in conjunction with the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), on Monday, held its Stakeholders African SWIFT Testbed 3 workshop on Nowcasting and Co-production in Abuja The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of NiMet, Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu, said the workshop is aimed at building capacity in the area of forecasting tropical weather systems and increasing the research capabilities in the West and East African Tropical weather system. Matazu said extreme and high impact weather events are increasing in intensity and frequencies and the reality of climate is here with us. According to him, weather events such as squally thunderstorms, drought and floods have severe impacts on African communities. "Every year, high-intensity weathe...

Sen. Philip Aduda, has called for peaceful coexistence and unity among the nine indigenous tribes in the territory for the actualisation of a State status for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Aduda, who is representing the FCT, made the call during the World Indigenous Day celebration in Abuja, said that peace and unity among the indigenous tribes in the territory was the best way to achieve their struggles. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme for the World Indigenous Day is: “Leaving No One Behind”. The day was first marked by the UN General Assembly in December 1994. NAN also reports that the nine indigenous tribes in the FCT are Amwamwa, Gbari, Ganagana, Gade, Gwandara, Egbira, Bassa, and Koro with Gbagyi, (Gwari) as the major ethnic group with 858 c...

The Senator representing the FCT is to support the National Population Commission, NPC, with Five Motorcycles and other logistics to enable the Commission to carry out its Enumeration Area Demarcation Exercise In the Territory. Senator Philip Aduda stated this while receiving the Federal Commissioner of NPC representing the FCT Mr. Joseph Shazin on an advocacy visit to the Senator in Abuja. The Senator who described the Enumeration Area Demarcation exercise as a critical tool for conducting a credible census and National planning said providing the necessary support to the Commission would enhance a hitch-free exercise in the Territory. Senator Aduda also emphasized the need for the Commission to take advantage of technological gadgets for the collection and storage of data for r...

Traditional rulers under the aegis of FCT Council of Yoruba Obas have commended the Federal Capital Territory's office of the Public Complaints Commission for serving as the defender of the defenceless. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday when the Honourable Commissioner, Comrade Ezekiel Musa and a delegation of the Commission paid the traditional rulers a courtesy visit at the palace of the Chairman of FCT Council of Yoruba Obas, Dr Olusegun Salau, the traditional rulers said the Commission has been vital in ensuring peace and harmony within the FCT. Salau who was represented by the Secretary of the FCT Council of Yoruba Obas, Oba Adeleke Odeyemi assured the Commissioner of the traditional institution's support in discharging his duties. "We are well-positioned to appreciate the very ...