Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has emphasized that Nigeria requires leaders of President Bola Tinubu’s caliber to realize the nation’s dreams. Speaking at the 2025 Distinguished Personality Lecture titled “The Nigeria of Our Dreams,” presented at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Wike highlighted that...
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President Bola Tinubu will personally inaugurate 10 major projects in Abuja to mark his second year in office, starting June 10. FCT Minister Nyesom Wike revealed this after inspecting some projects, stating that the inauguration would span several weeks. The projects include the rehabilitated Abuja International Conference Centre. While...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos– Suspended River State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Tuesday visited President Bola Tinubu in Lagos Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga posted photos of the duo during the meeting. “Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers, now on suspension from office, visited President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Tuesday,” Onanuga...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will ensure that residents of Guzape and Kpaduma communities affected by road construction in the area are duly compensated without delay. The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, made the pledge during a meeting with the traditional rulers and representatives of Kpaduma and...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said plans have been concluded to introduce reforms in the FCT transportation sector to improve safety and comfort. Wike said this in Abuja on Friday, after he inspected the completed Kugbo and Mabushi Bus and Taxi Terminals in...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged the National Assembly, legislating on FCT matters, to pay close attention to what the FCT area councils are doing. Wike made the call in Abuja on Thursday, while reacting to the ongoing strike by primary school teachers...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has congratulated Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo on the Appeal Court judgment, which affirmed his election victory in the Sept. 2024 governorship poll. Wike, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications...
The embattled National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, has urged the leadership of the party to do the right thing in addressing the crisis surrounding his position. Anyanwu, in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, said people would be ready to make...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- A federal high court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday heard how the self-acclaimed lead of the separatist group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, smuggled a radio transmitter which he set up in Ubuluisiuzor, in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State. The Department...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said his greatest challenge as minister of the nation’s capital is residents refusing to pay their taxes. Wike stated this after he inspected ongoing projects in the city, in preparation for inauguration to celebrate President Bola Tinibu’s second...
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Bode George, has expressed dismay over the sealing of the PDP’s national secretariat by the Federal Capital Territory Administration due to unpaid ground rent. George, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, said it was painful that...
The Federal Capital Administration (FCTA) has sealed the premise of Federal Internal Revenue Service (FIRS) Access Bank and Total Energy in Wuse over unpaid ground rent. The FCTA also sealed the Chinese Cultural Centre, Wuse, belonging to Jade Garden Restaurants, for nonpayment of ground rent for 19 years. The...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken possession of Wadata Plaza, the building used by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its National Secretariat, due to 28 years of unpaid ground rent. Director of Lands at the FCTA, Mr Chijoke Nwankwoeze, said the action followed the revocation of...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of all previous agreements reached to resolve the lingering crisis in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike, who said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, vowed to fight on until he got justice. He said he had told...
Mr Lere Olayinka, spokesman to the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike says those waiting for the minister’s political downfall will wait endlessly. Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, made the remarks while reacting to comments by former governor of Ebonyi Sam Egwu....
The Coalition of Ijaw Interest Groups (CIIG), on Wednesday, described the current political situation in Rivers as undemocratic and worrisome. The group which made the expression in a statement to newsmen in Yenagoa on Wednesday, described the emergency rule in Rivers as unconstitutional. The statement was signed by Ben...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Executive Committee has approved N2.6 billion for three waste management projects in the capital city. Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, Chief Felix Obuah, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, while briefing journalists after the committee’s meeting, chaired by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. “In today’s...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that President Bola Tinubu is addressing the needs of FCT residents through impactful road and other infrastructure projects. Wike made the remark on Friday, when he inspected the Aguma Palace and Market roads projects in Gwagwalada,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has described the ongoing construction of three bus terminals as critical infrastructure to improve FCT’s transportation system. Wike stated this after he inspected two of the three bus terminal projects and access road to Abuja Division of the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is making reconciliatory moves and had, alongside two other governors, visited him. Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, said this on Monday following reports that Fubara, who was suspended...