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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has denied that its officials demanded a bribe of N1m to facilitate payment for some contractors who supplied various items in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was gathered that the allegation was a ploy by some desperate contractors to blackmail the FCTA officials following the delay in the payment of their contract sums. The delay in the payment of some contractors, it was gathered, was due to processing error, as some of the contractors due for payment were yet to complete documentation. ...

FCTA reaffirms commitment to pay COVID-19 contractors On Kindly Share This Story: The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has reaffirmed its commitment to pay all outstanding liabilities owed contractors who supplied various items during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The FCTA Permanent Secretary, Mr Olusade Adesola, gave the assurance in Abuja on Monday while addressing contractors yet to be paid for jobs executed for the administration during the period. Adesola, who appealed to the contractors to exercise patience, however, revealed that in spite of funding challenges, the...

INTRODUCTION Dissolution of marriage is a formal, legal ending of a marriage or marital union by a Court of law. It is otherwise known as divorce. It is trite that for a marriage to undergo divorce proceedings in Court, such marriage must be a statutory marriage legally conducted and evidenced by a valid Marriage Certificate. A statutory marriage is one governed by the Matrimonial Causes Act ('the Act') 1 and includes marriages conducted in a licensed place of worship, a registrar's office and marriage under special license. The Act confers jurisdiction on the State High Court to determine th...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero The National Identity Management Commission has closed its headquarters in Abuja against all National Identity Number enrolment activities. The move is not unconnected to discouraging large gatherings at the centre amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. According to NIMC Spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, gave the directive on Saturday. Adegoke said the minister reactivated 20 other centers within the FCT to make the process of NIN enrolment much easier for applicants effective Monday, J...

COVID-19: Minister tours isolation, treatment centre in Abuja COVID-19: Minister tours isolation, treatment centre in Abuja Share The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, on Wednesday, undertook a tour of IDU COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre, as part of efforts to effectively fight the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the territory Malam Bello, who was accompanied by senior staff of the Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS) and Social Development Secretariat (SDS), said that the tour was undertaken to reconfirm the functionality of ...