Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has approved the promotion of 8,785 workers of the FCT Administration. The acting Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Mr Udo Samuel Atang, who announced this yesterday, said the workers sat for promotion examinations, passed, and were promoted to the next rank in accordance with the Public Service Rules. A …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has promised to commission what has been described as Africa’s biggest Water Park in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Wike made this known on Wednesday when a delegation of the Sunrise Estate Developers, and the Nadeem Group, paid him a courtesy, as well as to present an official invitation to the commissioning …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike has approved the construction of Gwa Gwa-Karimo Dei Dei Road in the FCT. The Minister assented to the road construction after listening to the plights of the resident through the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, Christopher Zakka and the Sarki Jiwa, Idris Musa, during the flag off ceremony …

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has urged the elites and residents of Abuja to pay their taxes and ground rents. The payment, he said, would allow for adequate funding of projects and infrastructure development in the nation’s capital. Wike spoke after inspecting ongoing projects, including the Vice President’s residence, under construction by Julius Berger Construction; the Asokoro and …

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, invited the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, the service chiefs and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu over the declining state of security in the FCT. The resolution of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by the lawmaker representing Aguta …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike has said he and members of his camp have fulfilled their part of the peace deal initiated by President Bola Tinubu on the political crisis in Rivers State. This is as he stated that all parties involved in the political crisis had endorsed the presidential proclamation. Wike stated this on Saturday …

The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike is not above the party. Responding to questions at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Damagum hinted that the party leadership would sanction the former Rivers State governor and others who were involved in …

The Federal Government said on Wednesday it has no hand in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State involving the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, his loyalists, and Governor Similaye Fubara. The government emphatically declared that Wike’s position is not shared by the government. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this in …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike has reduced the fee for issuance of Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-Os) for plots of land in Abuja. Those seeking to get their C-of-O will now pay N3.5 million, instead of N5 million. The initial announcement of N5 million was opposed by stakeholders and key players in the real estate sector. A …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has given the lie to insinuations suggesting that he would contest against his boss, President Bola Tinubu, in the 2027 presidential election. The former Rivers State governor vowed that having worked for the emergence of  President Tinubu as the nation’s president, and having been made minister of the FCT, nothing would …