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1 Oct
Decay in sectors like health, education, transportation, road infrastructure, coupled with insecurity, are among rising challenges faced by Federal Capital Territory minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, in his bid to restore sanity to the life of the nation’s capital. In the last four weeks, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been thrown into palpable anxiety as…
30 Sep 2023
Mr Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)has advised Nigerians to explore the path of dialogue in resolving the country’s numerous challenges.
28 Sep 2023
In a bid to prevent their siezed motorcycles from being crushed on Thursday, frustrated commercial motorcyclists in many parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) attacked and threw stones at members of a joint task force appointed by the FCT minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike.
28 Sep 2023
The Minister of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has sacked some heads of Parastatals, Agencies and government companies of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA.
26 Sep 2023
The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, says a six-man committee has been set up to resolve the lingering dispute between local government employees and the six Area Councils in the FCT.
25 Sep 2023
A former Bauchi State governor, Isah Yuguda, and a former health minister, Eyitayo Lambo, were among 189 plot owners given a three-month ultimatum, yesterday, by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, to develop their plots or lose them. Others include the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ocean Petroleum and Gas Ltd, Nigeria Bottling Company Plc,…
22 Sep 2023
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has revoked lands belonging to the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, and a former governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke in Abuja. A notice issued on Thursday by FCT’s Permanent Secretary, Olusade Adesola, Obi and Imoke’s…
21 Sep 2023
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has approved the revocation of 165 plots of Land in the serviced Districts of the Federal Capital City over non-development. Director of Information and Communication, in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Muhammad Hazat Sule. The notice for the revocation as compiled by the Land…
18 Sep 2023
There are palpable fears that lack of clear-cut policy by previous Federal Capital Territory administrators may undermine investors’ confidence in the real estate sector, while professional bodies are seeking increased funding, creation of appropriate structures or re-organisation of existing institutions for city planning, provision of basic infrastructure and urban services.
18 Sep 2023
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Bola Tinubu over failure to stop former governors, currently serving as ministers, from drawing life perks.
17 Sep 2023
Hold your breath, I have to return to my organic beat, Abuja today because there is a great deal of politicking and even petty revisionism going on there and many residents aren’t taking note.
15 Sep 2023
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met with Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and other stakeholders from the oil-rich state.The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, was also attended by Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike,...

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