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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that he has no regret supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election. He further pledged to mobilize electoral support for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election. Wike made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja while hosting leaders of the All […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says that he feels proud that he has culinary skills. During a media chat on Thursday, the former Rivers State governor said, “I feel proud I can cook, and I am happy when I eat it. I’m satisfied.” Wike had attracted internet users’ attention in a […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyeosm Wike has urged the European Union (EU) to support Nigeria’s efforts grow her economy and not interfere with the country’s internal affairs. Wike stated this when the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Samuela Isopi, visited him in his office in Abuja on Monday. Speaking on […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has relieved the heads of 21 parastatals, agencies, and government companies of the FCT Administration of their appointments with immediate effect. Mr Anthony Ogunleye, Director of Press, Office of the Minister stated this in a press statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Ogunleye identified the […]
FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved a three-month grace period for owners of 189 undeveloped plots of land in the territory to begin to develop them or get their allocation papers revoked. Director of Information and Communication at the FCT Administration, Mr Muhammad Sule, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the affected titled holders […]
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the revocation of 167 plots of land in some highbrow districts of Abuja. The Administration, through a publication in some national dailies, published the names and the plot numbers of the affected allottees. Some of the plots revoked in Maitama District A05 were owned by Liyel Imoke, Musa […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Thursday said that the former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, is not just the FCT Minister but his adviser. Tinubu stated this when he welcomed the high-powered 62-man delegation from Rivers state, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He told Rivers State stakeholders that he has heard their cries on infrastructure […]
The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the petition filed by Tonye Cole, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 governorship poll in Rivers, against the election victory of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Following the adoption of the final […]
The camp of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has said that the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, cannot escape expulsion from the main opposition party. Don Pedro Obaseki, Atiku’s Director of Research, Strategy and Documentation, said Wike had earned himself a sack by his recent call for the […]
Nyesom Wike has assured Nigerians of President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to fulfilling his campaign promises, telling them that the Nigerian leader feels their pain. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said this during the flag-off of the rehabilitation of roads in the Garki area of Abuja on Monday. “The FCT minister of state […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, stressed the importance of facts and evidence in election petitions, emphasizing that social media and propaganda do not determine their outcomes. Wike, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made these remarks during an exclusive appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today program. Wike, […]
The Director of Strategic Communications for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, says he plans to expel the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from the People’s Democratic Party if given the authority. Despite his desire to sack Wike from the PDP, Momodu did not object to Wike’s ministerial appointment by President […]
Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 presidential poll, says the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the appropriate time. Bwala spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday night a day after Wike, a […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said if the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, was a better candidate, Nigerians would have voted him in the February 25, 2023 poll. Wike stated this in an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, August 30, when asked to speak […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, asserted yesterday that he has yet to encounter a party leader who possesses the authority to suspend him from his political affiliation. During an interview on Channels Television, Wike underscored that governance transcends political party membership. When questioned about his decision to accept a position […]
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, veteran singer Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face has been listed among the ‘100 Most Notable Peace Icons in Africa’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that they were named among other Africans in the list released by the organiser on its website on Wednesday. Other Nigerians who made the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disassociated itself from a purported national campaign council lists for Nov. 11, 2023 governorship elections for Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States in circulation in sections of the media. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the lists being circulated did […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has confirmed that President Bola Tinubu has approved two billion naira as palliative for the FCT. Wike disclosed this on Monday when he met with contractors in his office after the maiden Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of the current administration. Confirming the approval of […]
At least two people lost their lives with 20 others injured when a two-storey building collapsed on Wednesday night at Lagos Street, Garki village, Abuja. The building located at Lagos Street, Garki Village, Abuja, had at least 39 residents, with two certified dead, and 37 rescued and taken to various hospitals. City & Crime reports […]
