Abuja was once thought to be the fastest growing capital city in Africa. It may still well be, but the rise in the number of slums around the city is a growing concern.
Tensions were high at the Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Thursday after a parcel, suspected to be an Improvised Explosives Device, IED, was found under the Jabi bridge, near Shoprite shopping mall, Abuja.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Muhammad Bello, has stripped the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, of the powers to approve building construction in the FCT.
