By Philip Yatai Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration will unveil a new City Gate for the capital city, during President Bola Tinubu’s third anniversary celebrations. Wike disclosed this in Abuja on Friday, after he inspected the project, being executed by Julius Berger,Continue Reading
By Philip Yatai Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says his camp is in firm control of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) machinery. Wike stated this at the 106th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja on Wednesday. The Minister’s stand followed Monday’s Court ofContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described the death of Sen. Barinada Mpigi, representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District, as a “huge loss” to the Ogoni people of Rivers and the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mpigi died onContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for the prompt signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026 into law. Wike, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, inContinue Reading
By Desmond Ejibas The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says Rivers is battle ready for the reflection of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Wike made the remarks while inaugurating Rivers Renewed Hope Ambassadors’ Secretariat on Saturday in Port Harcourt. The Minister, who said that theContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, Feb. 7, 2026 (NAN) A PDP chieftain, Mr David-Kolawole Vaughan, has urged Gov. Seyi Makinde and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to immediately resolve their lingering political feud. Vaughan warned that the prolonged crisis could cost the Peoples Democratic PartyContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has given contractors three days to evacuate refuse in satellite towns or face contract termination. Wike issued the ultimatum after inspecting road projects in Karu, Bwari, Kubwa and the Apo–Karshi road corridor in Abuja on Friday. He directedContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The National Industrial Court, on Monday, restrained the workers, under the auspices of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), from going ahead with the mass protest scheduled for Tuesday or any other day. Justice Emmanuel Sibilim gave the interim order in a rulingContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker Mr Henry Idahagbon, Federal Commissioner representing Edo, Ekiti and Ondo States at the Federal Civil Service Commission, has described godfatherism as a Nigerian invention that must be consciously dismantled. Idahagbon said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. “IContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has inaugurated a high-powered Peace and Reconciliation Committee, in a move to halt the deepening political crisis in Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the committee, chaired by a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Kanu Agabi (SAN), wasContinue Reading
