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Jabi District

December 31, 2025

SPECIAL: Inside Abuja, Nigeria’s capital overshadowed by ‘smelling’ heaps of garbage

The Gazette also spoke with residents who registered their displeasure about the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on streets.

Photo of President Bola Tinubu and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike super imposed on photos of waste littering Abuja streets (Credit: Ahmed Oluwasanjo/Peoples Gazette)
August 31, 2023

FCTA to conduct integrity test on old buildings

Mustapha Suleiman, one of the occupants of the buildings, appealed for the meeting to be rescheduled to Friday and it was granted.

Collapsed building in Gwarinpa, Abuja (Credit: Samuel Ogbu/Peoples Gazette)
August 21, 2023

No more cattle grazing in Abuja city centre; Fulani herdsmen should take their cows out: Wike

Mr Wike said this during his first media briefing after being sworn in as FCT minister on Monday.

Wike and herders
March 28, 2023

FEMA cautions Jabi residents against indiscriminate waste disposal

He noted that drainages in the area visited were poorly managed as most of the water passages were blocked by solid waste, making the environment prone to flooding.

Olusosun dumpsite
November 6, 2022

Villagers, hoodlums prevent FCTA from removing illegal buildings under high tensionĀ 

The villagers, comprising young men, women and the old, vowed to stone officials of the FCT if they insisted on demolishing the buildings.

FCTA