Tag Archives: FCT

The anti-kidnapping outfit of the Federal Capital Police Command has rescued at least 22 people who were abducted and taken across the borders of the FCT into neighbouring states.   The commissioner of police for the command, CP Haruna G. Garba, disclosed this during a press conference at the command’s …

Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP) has been declared as the winner of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senate seat by the Independent National Electoral Commission.    INEC Returning Officer, Professor Sanni Saka announced the result on Tuesday, February 28, He said Ireti scored 202,175 votes to emerge the …

An old video of former INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mike Igini, talking about requirements for a presidential candidate to be declared winner, has surfaced as both the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party failed to get 25% in FCT.    In the interview on Arise TV, Igini …

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.   Obi secured 281,717 votes, Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC got 90,902 votes while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP got 74,199 votes.   A total of 478,923 people were accredited to …

The FCT police command has offered an account of what transpired at the polling unit where a police officer was accused of thumb-printing on ballot papers.   The police command which noted that the incident occurred at Polling Unit 009, Lugbe Local Education Authority (LEA), said the Officer was only …

Five suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for vandalising bridges in the Federal Capital Territory.   A statement signed by the corps spokesperson, Olusola Odumosu, on Monday, January 9, revealed that the suspects were arrested following credible information and surveillance mounted by the Directorate …

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a serial fraudster who specializes in impersonating Legal practitioners and Senior Law enforcement Officers to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.     A statement released by DSP Josephine Adeh, the spokesperson of the FCT police command, says following a series of …

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP OLumuyiwa Adejobi, has condemned the actions of some officers who were filmed manhandling a woman inside a police station.   A Twitter user @Icaohi shared the worrisome video showing the officers pulling the woman on the floor as they forced her into …

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have found a 13-year-old boy who went missing during back-to-school shopping with his mother at a popular supermarket in Area 11, Abuja on Sunday, September 11.    Spokesperson of the command, DSP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in a statement said contrary to reports …

Oluwabusayo, who is also known as Biggy, said “Labour Party is coming with full force to change the narrative of democracy in the country.” The Labour Party (LP) at Gaube electoral ward on Monday, July 25, 2022, received over 200 defectors from both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All …