LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has said that it is not mandatory for a presidential candidate to win the Federal Capital Territory to be declared the winner of the election. Currently, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party are leading the race…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party Chairman for the FCT, Sunday Zaka, is dead. A family member who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorized to announced it confirmed the development to Vanguard on Saturday. He said, “Our brother, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Chairman in the Federal Capital Territory, died in a motor…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the last week of December 2022. It stated on its website on Wednesday that 22 of the cases were recorded in the FCT; 10 were recorded in Lagos State; two were recorded in Delta, while one was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In furtherance of his zeal and strategies to decimate activities of non-state actors and other criminal elements in the FCT and other parts of the country, and to analyze and de-escalate threats gathered from various intelligence at the Force’s disposal, U.S advisory inclusive, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has reacted to alert raised by the United States and United Kingdom on terrorists attack on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Recall that the United States and Britain on Sunday warned of a possible terrorist attack in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja, especially aimed at…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several residents, particularly women and children in the Abaji Area Council Federal Capital Territory (FCT) communities of Adagba, Gurdi, Tekpeshe, Kutara, Rafin-Daji, Lafiya Yaba, Mayaki, and Gulida have fled their homes over possible terrorists’ attack. When Daily Trust visited some of the towns on Sunday, it noticed that many houses remained unoccupied,…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) Police on Thursday said it has intercepted a Dangote Truck loaded with at least one hundred bags of dry leaves suspected to be Cannabis. A statement by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh said the development was sequel to credible intelligence made available…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council Election Tribunal led by Chief Magistrate F. Oyekan has ordered the arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu for contempt of court. The tribunal order the arrest while ruling on the application moved by C.I. Okoye leading Simon…