Nyesom Wike
18 Oct 2023
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says a total of 30-kilometre roads will be constructed across the six Area Councils of the FCT. Wike stated this when Sen. Philip Aduda and Mr Zakari Dobi visited him in his office in Abuja on Wednesday. Aduda was the immediate past Senator who…
17 Oct 2023
Civil servants in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), have commended the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, for securing approval for the establishment of the FCT Civil Service Commission. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Wike had, on Friday, announced President Bola Tinubu’s approval for the establishment of a Civil Service Commission for…
16 Oct 2023
.Canvasses Ministry for family affairs The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed concern over the establishment of Women Affairs Secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). HURIWA during a media briefing in Abuja, Sunday, said though its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, that move was not just a coincidence but raised suspicion about…
15 Oct 2023
Some prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are moving to convince former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, to contest the party’s chairmanship.
14 Oct 2023
President Bola Tinubu has pulled the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) out of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) to pave the way for the leadership to utilise the territory’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the development of the nation’s capital.
13 Oct 2023
Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Women Affairs Secretariat to address women issues in the FCT Administration.
12 Oct 2023
There are strong indications that fresh crisis might be brewing in the Bayelsa State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), following reports that the Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has reconciled the state’s Governor, Douye Diri, with Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
11 Oct 2023
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of a scavengers’ colony along the road corridor cutting across Mabushi, Jahi and Kado Districts. Wike gave the order in Abuja on Tuesday, when he visited the area, officially known as ‘Road N12’ in Mabushi District of the FCT. He…
11 Oct 2023
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), yesterday, commenced demolition of illegal structures on the proposed transit way corridor along Mabushi and Katampe Districts of Abuja.
11 Oct 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has tasked the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nyesom Wike on the need for a special police squad on one-chance and missing genitals.
10 Oct 2023
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, condemned the report of the European Union (EU) on the 2023 Nigerian general elections. He said the report did not give a true position of the polls but created a wrong impression in the minds of the electorate, especially in Rivers State. Wike made his dissatisfaction known…
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