Nyesom Wike

The minister spoke on Wednesday during a media parley in Port Harcourt, where he addressed a range of issues, including the NBA conference, the performance of the Tinubu administration in the FCT and the management of increased revenues accruing to sub-national governments.

The meeting is the first reported encounter between Wike and Fubara since the governor withdrew from the 2027 Rivers State governorship contest, effectively ending his bid for a second term in office.

Wike targets Atiku, Obi: The FCT Minister says his political mission ahead of 2027 is to keep opposition figures uncomfortable, declaring that he intends to “add more crises” and give them “high blood pressure.” ‘There is no opposition’:...

Davido playfully teased FCT Minister Nyesom Wike during a meeting in Abuja on Thursday. The singer repeatedly told Wike, “I won, I beat you guys,” in an apparent reference to the Osun governorship election. Wike responded, “No, you...

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate demolition of about 30 buildings allegedly constructed illegally on the Ring Road III corridor at Karsana, Abuja. The directive followed a briefing by the acting Executive Secretary of FCDA, Richard...

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike orders investigation of senior officials accused of granting approvals for the conversion of parks, gardens and green areas into car dealership lots in Abuja. Directors of Parks and Recreation, Environmental Protection, Traffic Management and...

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike says President Bola Tinubu allowed Governor Ademola Adeleke to win the August 15 Osun governorship election, insisting the result was not a defeat for the Federal Government. Wike says if Tinubu had wanted the...

The FCT Minister says President Bola Tinubu will face a far easier re-election battle than in 2023, insisting the opposition has been “crippled” and “depleted” by divisions, defections and lack of a coherent national strategy. Reacting to Governor...

Human rights lawyer and activist Deji Adeyanju calls for the next administration after President Bola Tinubu to appoint an FCT minister with the “guts” of former minister Nasir El-Rufai to reverse what he describes as “senseless allocations” of...

Nyesom Wike and Siminalayi Fubara’s political camps appear to be moving towards reconciliation in Rivers State. The development followed a second meeting between Fubara and the Rainbow Coalition reconciliation committee in two weeks. The committee said former political...