.Says, N18b needed to clear arrears By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike has waded into the ongoing industrial action embarked on by primary school teachers and local government workers in the territory. At the end of the meeting on Thursday, stakeholders resolved that 10 percent of the six months Internally […]

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has again dismissed criticisms of the N39 billion spent on renovating the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja, saying that the increasing revenue from the edifice makes the criticisms unjustified.

According to him, Senator David Mark wanted to be chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) but was resisted and has now gone to take that of the ADC.

Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, declared that peace has returned to his home state, Rivers, saying he does not owe anyone an explanation on the terms of the truce.

ABUJA—Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, yesterday met with chairmen of FCT area councils, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, and the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, to discuss the reopening of public primary schools in the FCT. The schools had been on shut down for over two months, following the strike […]

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Lere Olayinka, has insisted that no land has been allocated to any of the Minister’s children, saying that, “as usual, this sponsored blackmail has failed.”

Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike has accused the University of Abuja of land grabbing, scaling down the university’s permanent site in Giri District from over 11,000 hectares to 4,000 hectares.

Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike at the weekend gave a rare insight into his admonition to the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, pledging to continue to stand by him.

As part of activities marking the second anniversary of President Bola Tinubu, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike stunned the residents when he announced that no fewer than 19 projects had been completed and ready for inauguration.

“We all agreed to work together with the governor, and the governor also agreed to work together with all of us. We are members of the same political family.”

Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike on Thursday took a subtle dig at a former Governor of Anambra State and the 2023 Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi over the latter’s claim of leading a spartan lifestyle and not given to luxury like his contemporaries.

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed as tissue of lies an online report accusing the minister of allocating 2,082 hectares of land to one of his sons in Maitama and Asokoro.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday boasted of President Bola Tinubu’s infrastructural uplift of the Federal Capital Territory FCT through its minister, Nyesom Wike, declaring that even the visually impaired could “see” the changing landscape.

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has named a seven-member committee to oversee the relocation of Apo Mechanics traders and dealers to their permanent site in Wassa District. Wike announced this on Friday evening in Apo at a meeting with the mechanics, traders and dealers. The minister […]

Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike on Friday praised his supporters their unwavering belief in his ideals, saying he is only as strong as his support base.