The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says plans underway to suffocate criminals operating in the territory. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, while inaugurating the construction of 15-kilometre road from the Abuja to Lokoja Expressway (A2) to Pai, in Kwali Area Council of...
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has arrived in Nigeria. He arrived in the country on Tuesday night. He was received at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike Steinmeier, whose visit to Nigeria is scheduled to span...
The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, as the greatest contributor to the growth and development of the legal profession in Nigeria. Chairman of the council, Chief Emeka Ngige, stated this on Monday, at the inauguration of...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has backed ongoing calls for the amendment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to accommodate the Nigerian Law School in its interventions. Wike announced the support at the inauguration of the construction of 10-unit housing quarters for the Nigerian Law school,...
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration (FCTA) is investing in road infrastructure to open up locked communities in the territory. Wike stated this on Thursday at the inauguration of construction of a three-kilometre access road to communities around Plot 18, Giri District, Abuja....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, revealed that his administration has committed a total sum of $1,045,176,470 billion approximately N177B for the development of infrastructures in the education sector. This he said was in inclusive of the N3,500,000,000.00 billion counterpart funding from Universal Basic...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said his administration is installing streetlights in all ongoing roads construction in rural areas to improve security. Wike stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, while inaugurating the construction of a 10.5 kilometre access road, to connect several...
President Bola Tinubu is on a mission to transform satellite towns in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to cities. FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who stated this during the inauguration of the construction of Kabusa to Takushara road in Abuja on Tuesday, added that the Tinubu administration had taken governance...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has called on the management staff of the FCT College of Education, Zuba, to run an all-embracing curriculum that is rich, globally compliant and locally relevant. Mahmoud who spoke at the combined 3rd Convocation Ceremony of the...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says he is not bothered by those criticising him for building houses for judges and justices in FCT. Wike said this when he inspected the ongoing construction of Judges Quarters and access road to the quarters from Nnamdi Azikiwe...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has expressed optimism that the ongoing roads projects across the six area councils of the FCT would be completed in December. Wike stated this after he inspected some ongoing road projects in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved N1.1 billion for payment of compensation to owners of properties affected by the ongoing construction of Airport Road to Kuje expressway. Wike disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, after he inspected the structures, comprising about 13 buildings, including...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said more work is expected from workers of the FCT Administration following the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, when he inspected the ongoing construction of the Abuja Division of the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved the implementation of N70,000 national minimum wage for workers of the FCT Administration. The acting Head of Civil Service in the FCT, Mrs Grace Adayilo, who announced this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said...
Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN, on Monday, disagreed with critics of the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike over the construction of houses for judges in Abuja. Daudu, the Coordinator of the Rule of Law Development Foundation, made this known at the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has landed in Abuja on Saturday night. He was received by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and the Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu. His visit to Nigeria will be the first by an Indian prime minister since...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has congratulated former governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose on his 64th birthday, describing him as a dependable ally. Wike, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, in...
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has condemned the gifting of houses to judges by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The minister had in October flagged off the Design and Construction of 40 Judges’ Quarters in the Katampe District in the nation’s capital, Abuja, which...
Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to FCT minister Nyesom Wike, has exonerated the minister from the protracted political crisis in oil-rich Rivers. Olayinka, in a statement in Abuja, blamed the crisis on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, Wike’s successor. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN),...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu is entrenching good governance through the Renewed Hope Agenda. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, when he inspected the ongoing construction of five-kilometre Saburi – Dei Dei road, awarded to Lubrik Construction Company in...