By Philip Yatai Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has promised stronger partnership with Japan to fast track ongoing development in the FCT. Wike made the promise when the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Suzuki Hideo and other officials visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. He notedContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to demonstrate loyalty to the party. He gave the warning ahead of the party’s March 29 to 30 National Convention, insisting that failure to do so may result inContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has urged residents of the FCT to sustain the virtues of compassion, forgiveness, peace and unity that Ramadan embodies. Wike, who made the call in his Eid-el-Fitr message to FCT residents in Abuja on Thursday, described the sacredContinue Reading
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
