Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed security agencies to monitor the influx of people that could pose security threats into FCT. The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the FCT Security Committee...
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Nyesom Wike has once again stirred the hornet’s nest. The former Governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is no stranger to controversy. His recent declaration that he is not Igbo and will never identify as one has reopened an age-old debate on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Saturday, January 25, 2025, commissioned the 5-kilometer temporary access road connecting Saburi 1 and 2 communities to the Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) and the old Keffi, Dei-Dei International market road in the Abuja...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said the Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Christopher Maikalangu, has capacity and deserves support for more development within the city center. Speaking on Saturday in Abuja at the commissioning of the five kilometer Saburi road project, Wike...
The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT) has suspended its three-day warning strike after the intervention of the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, in a statement on Friday night said the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under...
A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Diket Plang (APC-Plateau), has commended the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for repositioning the territory. Plang, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Employment, Labour and Productivity, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. He said...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as a friend who is unreliable and a fairweather friend. Governor Mohammed, who also described him as a transactional politician who bites the hand that feeds him,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu led administration is not about party but about changing the lives of Nigerians. Wike stated this while inaugurating the five-kilometre dualised Kuje township road, from Tipper Garage Junction to LEA Secretariat, in Kuje...
The Minister of the Federal Capital (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, said that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration was committed to the development of rural communities in the territory. Wike stated this while inaugurating the newly constructed 11-kilometre Yangoji – Sukuku – Ebo Road in Kwali Area Council...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Monday, promised to construct more road infrastructure in area councils across the territory. Wike made the promise while inaugurating the five-kilometre Naharati – River Ukya – Uguwan Hausawa access road in Abaji, Abaji Area Council of the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja– The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike on Sunday night said debts owed by property owners with regard to Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) is over N300 billion. Wike spoke at a media parley held at his official residence in Life Camp, Abuja....
Some residents of Gwagwalada in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commended FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s rural transformation projects. The residents gave the commendation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gwagwalada on Sunday. NAN recalls that Wike had on Feb....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has been nominated as the 2024 THISDAY Newspaper and ARISE Television’s Minister of the Year. Senior Special Assistant to the Minister on Public Communications and New Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, announced this in...
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has directed the establishment of a Special Task Force to dislodge criminal elements hiding in uncompleted structures, abandoned plots of land and buildings across the territory. Director, Department of Security Services, FCT Administration, Mr Adamu Gwary, disclosed this in an interview with the...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has announced a N50 million donation to widows of service personnel, who lost their lives defending the country. He announced the donation while addressing legionnaires and service personnel during the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Fubara said that...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – As at December 31, 2024, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has signed a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O), the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has said. This is 2,919 less...
Some vulnerable FCT residents including scavengers, beggars, petty traders, among others, have filed a suit against the Minister, Nyesom Wike, demanding N500 million in damages over alleged breach of their fundamental rights. A legal practitioner, Abba Hikima, filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1749/3024 before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has pledged to honour victorious athletes that recently represented the FCT in various sporting events. Wike made the pledge in a statement from the FCT sports department on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that a reception, scheduled for Thursday,...
Residents of Saburi I and II communities in Abuja Municipal Area Council, have described the recently constructed road in the community initiated by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, as a “game changer.” Some of the residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has vowed that the 50 individuals detained for vandalising manhole covers on Abuja’s roads would face prosecution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Monday, the Nigerian Police Command in the FCT announced the detention of...