The Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled July 10 for judgment in a N500 million suit filed by vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, and petty traders, against Minister Nyesom Wike. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after counsel to the plaintiff, Adamu Mahmud, and the defence lawyers,...
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FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has appealed to Nigerians to rally behind President Bola Tinubu led administration to drive transformative change across the country. Wike emphasized the need for collective support to achieve a better future for all Nigerians. Wike made the call in his 2025 Distinguish Personality Lecture, titled,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he derives joy from stepping on the toes of ‘big men’. Wike, who made this known during a media chat in Abuja, said all property owners in Abuja who are yet to pay their ground rent must...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the increasing rate of scavengers, beggars and homeless people in FCT is posing serious security threat to residents. Wike, in a counter affidavit filed in opposition to the case instituted...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that the present lack of water supply being experienced in the Abuja City Centre and some satellite towns was due to a major rehabilitation of two of the four water treatment plants responsible for...
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003, Mr Chibudom Nwuche, has said the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is becoming a world class city under President Bola Tinubu and Nyesom Wike. Nwuche said this in Abuja on Saturday, when he accompanied the FCT minister on...
Mr Lere Olayinka, spokesman of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has faulted the position of Sen. Ireti Kingibe on the enforcement of ground rent by the FCT Administration. Kingibe, representing the FCT in the Senate under the Labour Party, had challenged the sealing of property...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has intervened in the ongoing dispute over Ground Rent payments in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), granting a 14-day amnesty to defaulters. According to a statement by the Director of Land Administration, FCT, Chijioke Nwankwoeze, the President’s intervention allows property holders...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has appealed to the National Assembly to approve the FCT’s N1.78 trillion Statutory Budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year. Wike made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, when he appeared before the Senate and House of Representative...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has earmarked part of the N1.78 trillion proposed 2025 FCT statutory budget for the completion of 14 ongoing roads projects across the territory. Wike disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, when he appeared before the Senate and House...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has revealed some projects undertaken by the FCT Administration that would be inaugurated to celebrate President Bola Tinubu second anniversary. Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communication and Social Media, Mr...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike reiterates that the development of FCT satellite towns by President Bola Tinubu’s administration is unassailable. Wike restated this on Saturday, when he inspected the dualised Ushafa to War College and Check point road project in Bwari Area Council. The News...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration has renovated and furnished more than 60 public schools across the territory. Wike stated this after inspecting some ongoing projects in Gwagwalada and Kwali Area Councils of the territory on Friday. He explained that...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged contractors executing different projects in the territory to deliver within expected quality. Wike stated this on Monday, when he inspected some ongoing projects within the capital city, in preparation for inauguration to celebrate President Bola Tinubu...
The governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently in a closed-door meeting with some former governors to discuss the party’s affairs, including its current leadership crisis. The meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF), holding at the Bauchi Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, is being...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu is changing the leadership narrative in Nigeria. Wike stated this in Abuja on Saturday, after inspecting some ongoing projects in preparation for the commemoration of Tinubu’s second year in office. He said that Tinubu’s...
A former Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Bayelsa, Udengs Eradiri, has urged the suspended Governor of Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara, to shut his doors against those he called crisis merchants and step up his ongoing reconciliation moves. Eradiri, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Yenagoa, commended...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned a suit filed by some vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, petty traders, among others, against the Minister, Nyesom Wike, until May 29 for hearing. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter after Adamu Mahmood, who appeared for the plaintiff, sought...
The National Assembly has urged the Supreme Court of Nigeria to dismiss the suit filed by 11 governors from the Peoples Democratic Party, challenging the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. In its response, it contended that the suit was procedurally flawed and lacked merit. It...