By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced plans to initiate mandatory hepatitis screening for food handlers in restaurants, markets, bakeries, and canteens across the FCT. FCT Minister Nyesom Wike revealed this in a statement issued by the Mandate Secretary for Health Services and Environment...
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Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike revealed plans to rally support from his network to fund the construction of a modern Senate Building for the institution. Wike stated this during the University of Port Harcourt’s (UNIPORT) 35th Combined Convocation and 50th Anniversary celebration on Saturday. Speaking at the...
University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has named its new convocation arena after the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in recognition of his contributions to the institution. The arena was officially commissioned on Saturday by retired Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, Sole Administrator of Rivers State, during...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, outlined his extensive contributions to the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Rivers State University, and the legal profession during UNIPORT’s 35th Combined Convocation and 50th Anniversary celebration in Port Harcourt on Saturday. Reflecting on his time at UNIPORT, Wike credited the institution...
House of Representatives Committee on University Education has directed a suspension of the appointment process for a new vice-chancellor at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) until an ongoing investigation into the institution’s leadership crisis is resolved. The committee chairman, Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa), announced this decision in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has signed a Development Agreement with MAG International Links Limited, an International Consortium, for the development of the Abuja City Walk project. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike reiterated the FCT Administration’s...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Acting Vice Chancellor of Yakubu Gowon University (formerly University of Abuja), Prof. Lar Patricia Manko, has firmly rejected allegations of land grabbing leveled against the institution by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. Manko defended the university’s ownership of 11,000 hectares of land,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said that the Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe, is already blinded by the spirit of her impending electoral woe, and can never see the positive transformation...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has suspended its three-month strike, effective midnight on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. The decision follows the intervention of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, who directed that 10% of the Area Councils’ Internally...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has introduced new guidelines for receiving politicians and government officials during church services and programs. This decision comes in the wake of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s recent controversial statement during a Thanksgiving Service at St. James’ Anglican Church, Asokoro, Abuja....
Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a N500 million suit filed by some vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, and petty traders, against Minister Nyesom Wike and others. Justice James Omotosho held that the suit lacked merit and that there was no credible evidence to prove that the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called off their over three-month strike, following interventions by the FCT Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike. The FCT Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) disclosed this in a communique signed by the union’s Chairman,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, has criticized Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), accusing her of neglecting the welfare of her legislative aides. Many of these aides have reportedly left due...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike has said the newly rehabilitated Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja has generated over N700 million in just three weeks. Wike disclosed this during a Thanksgiving Service at St. James’ Anglican Church, Asokoro, Abuja. Wike said, “The...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has praised President Bola Tinubu’s administration for its efforts in rebuilding the FCT into a befitting nation’s capital. Wike made the statement during a Thanksgiving Service at St. James’ Anglican Church, Asokoro, Abuja, to celebrate the successful completion of project...
The public has been treated to some settlement of the political crisis that has engulfed Rivers state since after 2023. President Tinubu and his Rivers political ‘Warrant Chief’, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, have been crowing to the hearing of all that they have struck a deal on the palaver....
By DAVID IORJA , Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated several projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), declaring that the era of empty promises and abandoned projects is over. Represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Tinubu said his administration is committed to bridging the gap between promise and...
Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may soon call off its three-month strike following the intervention of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. Chief of Staff to the minister, Mr. Chidi Amadi, announced this on Thursday after closed door meeting with key stakeholders in Abuja. Mr....
President Bola Tinubu has declared that his administration is transforming the narrative of infrastructure development in Nigeria through the execution of tangible projects across the country. Speaking at the commissioning of the dualized and upgraded Ushafa to War College/Army Checkpoint roads in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, Tinubu...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is set to meet with chairmen of FCT area councils, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to finalize modalities for reopening public primary schools in the FCT. This...