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*Some Staff Members Speak Up, Hail Wike *Exercise Trails Last Strike Which Paralyzed Activities By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Thousands of joyful workers of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will in the morning, today, kick off writing their 2025 promotion examination toward a much-desired career uplift as FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, moves to shore up necessary motivation among the about 40,000-strong workforce. The examination, which will see all eligible staff members from grade levels 05-16 (that is, junior to Deputy Director cadres) take turns for 10 days, is billed to take place at the National Open University of Nigeria Study…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Igbo Movie Filmmakers Association of Nigeria (IMFAN) has elected a new national President, John Paul Nwanganga, to pilot its affairs for two years. He won election to the position of national President with a total of 32 votes during the 2026 national election of the body which took place at the 7th Planet, Trans Ekulu, Enugu on Sunday. Other elected executive positions include that of the Vice President, won by Ngozi Okeke; Secretary, Paul Ibeh; Assistant Secretary, Joyce Ikem; Financial Secretary, Ifemelumma Rita; Director of Socials, Uchenna Okoro; and Provost, Izuchukwu Orjioke. The Chairman, national electoral…

Relief came for families of some students of a secondary school in Borno State abducted today by terrorists as they were writing the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) papers, with troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) rescuing 10 of them. In a blaze of gunfire, the candidates and some teachers were abducted by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists. According to security sources, the incident occurred at about 9:00 a.m. when the insurgents attacked the school located in Lassa community, Askira Uba Local Government Area (LGA) of the terrorism-prone North-East state. Intelligence sources told anti-terrorism expert Zagazola Makama…

Perhaps seeking least resistance, suspected terrorists waited till soldiers had left on patrol to another community, then attacked Government Day Secondary School (GDSS), Lassa, Askira Uba Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State this morning, unleashing hell on students who were writing the National Examinations Council (NECO) papers as well as teachers on ground. In the process, a teacher was feared shot dead, another injured while an unspecified number of the students were kidnapped and subsequently taken to a yet unknown destination. The development is the latest episode in the series highlighting the pivoting of terrorists' strategy from community attacks…

*Prominent Traditional Ruler, Residents Hail Need For Violence-free Polls By our reporter In continuation of sensitization of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) residents on proper poll conduct, the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Graduates Elite Club and Area Council Services Secretariat (ACSS) of FCT Administration (FCTA) visited Kuje Area Council at the weekend. Led by President of the club, Dr. Chioma Uzo-Udegbunam, the group undertook to preach the message of poll sanity directly to eager residents in markets. Before visiting the commercial facilities, the team paid a courtesy call on the traditional ruler of Kuje, the Gomo of Kuje, His Royal Highness…

*Wike, Camp To Reply Soon By our reporter The theatre of battles widened for Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, as a South-East governor, Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, expressed readiness to confront him and his camp in a 'war' for control of the soul of the state in the run-up to the 2027 polls. Wike, a powerful Minister, had been embroiled in several battles --some simultaneously-- against his political godson, Rivers State governor Sim Fubara; his party, People's Democratic Party (PDP) during which factions were carved out; Association of Indigenous Contractors of FCT who claim he owes…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it is yet to receive a copy of the Federal High Court judgment that set aside an earlier order directing the electoral umpire to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), the platform upon which Mr Peter Obi and Engr Rabiu Kwankwaso are running for President and Vice-President respectively in next year's election. ​The commission made this known on Saturday, 27 June, in a statement issued by its Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the Chairman, Adedayo Oketola. NDC National Chairman, Sen. Moses Cleopas Zuwoghe, had in a statement after the latest Federal High…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has disclosed that men of Nigeria Police Force are losing their lives in the fight against insurgency, banditry and other criminalities in the country, stressing that the Force has continued to record casualties while battling insecurity across the country. Disu disclosed this in Enugu after the commissioning of the Centre for DNA Forensic and Criminal Investigation (CeDFoCI) built by the Enugu State Government. He emphasized that Police and other sister agencies are doing everything possible to curtail insecurity in Nigeria, noting that everyday police officers and men are on duty,…

NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING Our attention has been drawn to a ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja this morning, wherein His Lordship, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen, gave a ruling on an application filed by an unregistered association known as Peace Movement Party. The public knows that by December 2025, the Nigeria Democratic Congress as an association complained of INEC’s refusal to register us as a political party, whereupon we proceeded to the Federal High Court. The Federal High Court upheld our constitutional right to freedom of association under the Constitution and compelled INEC to register us,…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja There were high tension, drama and suspense in Abuja, the nation's capital, as Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, halted his convoy and stepped down from his vehicle to personally confront a mass of contractors protesting their unpaid debt overhang totalling about N5.2billion. The development which occurred about 11:00am on Wednesday, 24 June, sent curious passers-by and several security operatives in the vicinity scrambling in a forward surge towards the scene, which happened just outside the main entrance gate leading into FCT Administration (FCTA)'s headquarters located on 1 Kapital Road, Area 11, Garki. The…