Nyesom Wike
24 Sep
A coalition of civil society organisations, including the Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness (CCLCA) and the Public Interest Lawyers League (PILL), have expressed their support for the recent verdict that dismissed a suit seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh elections in Rivers State for 27 lawmakers. The…
24 Sep
Sir: The high-handed policies and residents’ unfriendly regulations being imposed on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) residents by the dictates of the current minister are becoming both outrageous and unbearable.
23 Sep
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), announced on Monday that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the construction of roads in Abuja’s satellite towns. READ ALSO:Private sector to lead disaster relief fund – FG Wike made this known while addressing State House correspondents after the FEC…
20 Sep
Anger and condemnation have followed the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which dismissed a defection suit against 27 sacked Rivers State lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The court declared the matter as a pre-election issue and ruled that it was statute-barred. The Action People's…
20 Sep
The Action People's Party (APP) has vowed to challenge the judgement of the Federal High Court, which dismissed the defection suit against 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. These lawmakers, loyal to Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were declared as having defected in a pre-election matter by the…
19 Sep
Following the violence that characterised the September 14 Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Eastern Zone election in Abuloma, Rivers State, groups are at loggerheads over the outcome, accusing each other of masterminding the shooting.
18 Sep
The governors under the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have insisted that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is the party leader in Rivers State as said during its last meeting.
17 Sep
Abuja haulage drivers, represented by the Abuja Delivery Van Union, have called upon the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to address the alleged extortion of motorists during the issuance of haulage permits.
16 Sep
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) call to redeploy the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo State, Anugbum Onuoha. Ahead of the state September 21 governorship election in Edo, PDP had requested that INEC redeploy Onuoha due to his relationship with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom…
16 Sep
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has firmly declined the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) demand to redeploy the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Edo State, Anugbum Onuoha. The PDP raised concerns over Onuoha's close ties with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, suggesting a potential bias in favour of the All Progressives…
16 Sep
The Abuja Delivery Van Union has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to address alleged extortion of motorists in the issuance of haulage permits. The chairman of the union, Malam Lawal Abdullahi, made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. Abdullahi said that drivers of delivery vans…
15 Sep
Delivery van drivers in Abuja have called on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, to address what they described as corrupt practices by some FCT officials issuing conflicting permits and imposing double charges. At a press conference over the weekend, Comrade Lawal Abdullahi, Chairman of the FCT Delivery Van Drivers Association, revealed that…
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