Nyesom Wike
8 Apr
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has assured his kinsmen that he will not disappoint them in the performance of his function as FCT Minister. Wike, who spoke as a Special Guest of Honour at the Weekend, during the 2024 Annual Cultural Day of the…
6 Apr
Minister of Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Nyesom Ezenwo Wike said that the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ART) is 97 per cent completed and will be commissioned by May 29. Wike made this known on Friday after he inspected the station at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and the Metro Station in Central Area Abuja. The minister…
4 Apr
Once largest political party in Africa had the ambition of governing Nigeria for a century, irrespective of the quality of governance on offer. The illusion was not only shortlived, the supposed biggest opposition party
4 Apr
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned the camp of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, not to see his honest decision to implement the presidential peace pact as a sign of weakness, vowing to shock them if they dare him.
2 Apr
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has said that the Territory's N1.28 trillion 2024 statutory budget will revolutionize infrastructural provision in the nation’s capital. The Minister who made this statement during a media chat with journalists in Abuja, said the budget will not only cater for the provision of roads in…
2 Apr
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, is no longer in harmonious political relationship with his godfather, and former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili. In his monthly television interview that held in Abuja on Tuesday, Wike disclosed that "there are some political differences" between Odili and himself. "As it is today, politically, we don’t…
1 Apr
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to “widely publish copies of the loan agreements and spending details of some N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans
1 Apr
There have been reactions to fresh threats to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara by 26 lawmakers loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
29 Mar
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have blamed the surge in the activities of taxicab robbers, popularly known as ‘one chance’, on the failure to make a success of the Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company (AUMTC), which ran aground, over 400 buses procured in 2005 for mass transit.
29 Mar
Chieftains of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, including the 2023 Presidential Campaign Council members, have berated the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for disrupting peace in the state.
29 Mar
Your Excellency, I bring you warm greetings from the creeks of the Niger Delta. You may never have met me in person, but as my former governor, you're as much as connected to me as I am to you. For 8 years, you bestrode the landscape of this country like a colossus, thanks to the…
27 Mar
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has invited Indian investors to increase their presence in the nation’s capital. This was as the National Assembly had been called upon to elevate the FCT Minister ..
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