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World/Foreign News
UK advises against all travel to parts of 11 Nigerian states in updated security guidance
The United Kingdom has advised its citizens against all travel to parts of 11 Nigerian states and against all but…
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Nigerian News
FCT Flood: Wike orders demolition of houses built on waterways
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has directed the FCT Department of Development Control to immediately…
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Politics
Wike says Cardinal Onaiyekan not neutral in 2023 elections, northern youths back cleric
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John…
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Politics
Political watchers raise transparency questions over NDC primaries
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has thrown its members into profound suspense. The party is withholding the official results of…
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Entertainment
PMAN FCT chapter orders event planners to seek permission for live bands
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of the Performing Musicians Employers’ Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has directed hotel owners, event…
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Politics
Wike denies endorsing candidates for Rivers 2027
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has officially cleared the air regarding his involvement in the 2027…
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Nigerian News
AEDC vows to reduce blackout in FCT, three states by 2027
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has pledged to reduce blackout and electricity interruptions in the Federal Capital Territory, Niger, Kogi…
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Nigerian News
PDP bigger than opposition coalition, says Bala Mohammed
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has said the performance of the Peoples Democratic Party in the recently concluded Federal Capital…
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Politics
YIAGA Africa flags low turnout and vote buying in FCT elections
A civil society organization, Yiaga Africa, has released its preliminary report on the 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council…
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Nigerian News
ADC wins polling unit over APC amid low turnout in FCT area council elections
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has secured victory over the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a polling unit in the…
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Politics
AEDC announces outage ahead of FCT elections
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has officially announced a planned power outage that will affect several areas within the Federal…
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Politics
Wike vows to block anti-Tinubu candidates in FCT council polls
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said he would ensure that any candidate not supporting President Bola Tinubu did not…
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Politics
PDP not a charity organization, Wike declares
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has sent a stern message to his critics within the…
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Nigerian News
FCTA Workers, Backed By NLC, Protest Over Unpaid Arrears
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), backed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Monday staged a protest…
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Politics
Wike drags FCTA workers to court
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has taken legal action against workers under the Federal Capital…
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Nigerian News
Workers shut down FCTA offices as strike begins
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have officially embarked on an indefinite strike, effectively shutting down all administrative…
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Politics
Fayose slams Fubara over political rift with Wike
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has taken a swipe at the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, over…
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Business
AEDC explains reason for ongoing power outage in Abuja
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has officially attributed the current lack of electricity supply in several parts of the…
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Politics
Wike not a threat to my re-election — Ireti Kingibe
The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has said the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, poses…
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Politics
Kingibe dismisses Wike’s influence on 2027 election
Senator Ireti Kingibe, the lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the 10th National Assembly, has dismissed assertions that…
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Politics
INEC explains refusal to grant Labour Party election access
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified its decision to withhold access codes from the Labour Party for the…
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Politics
Steer clear of Rivers politics, Wike tells APC National Secretary
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, to…
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Politics
Wike vows to remove Fubara despite federal influence
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that no influential figure from "the top" will…
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Politics
I’m still in PDP – Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says he is still a member of the People Democratic…
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Metro
Wike threatens sanctions over unauthorized contract variations on Pai–Gomani road project
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to sanction officials of the Satellite Towns Development Department (STDD) found…
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Politics
Reps launch probe Into failed $460m Abuja CCTV project amid rising insecurity
The House of Representatives has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the rising insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory…
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Nigerian News
No security threat in FCT to warrant schools’ closure – Wike
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says there are no security threats in the nation:s capital to…
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Politics
Gov Bala says Wike’s era of ‘hooliganism’ in PDP is over
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has declared that the internal turmoil within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reached a…
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Politics
Wike faction assumes control of PDP national secretariat
The internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reached a new height on Wednesday as the faction loyal to…
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Nigerian News
No assassination attempt on Yerima – Police
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, said there was no attack or assassination attempt on Lt.…
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Metro
Femi Falana condemns Lagos and Abuja demolitions as violation of law
Renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has strongly criticized the recent spate of demolitions carried out by authorities in…
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Politics
Wike announces 20-day showcase of Tinubu’s education achievements in FCT
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced plans to dedicate 20 days to showcase the…
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Nigerian News
No FCT judge will live in rented apartment by 2027 – Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that no judge of the FCT will live…
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Politics
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike calls former Ekiti governor Fayose his ‘younger brother’
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday publicly referred to former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele…
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Nigerian News
CSOs demand immediate probe of FCT Minister Wike
A large coalition of Nigerian civil society organizations, CSOs, has issued a powerful demand for an immediate and impartial investigation…
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Nigerian News
FCT Resident Doctors Begin 7-Day Warning Strike Over Poor Conditions
Resident doctors under the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration have embarked on a seven-day warning strike to protest poor working…
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Politics
Wike warns PDP national convention may be delayed if party crisis persists
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) plans to hold its national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, this November. But the Minister…
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Nigerian News
Wike didn’t award N5bn contracts – Aide
Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,…
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Education
FCT primary school teachers call off 3-month strike
Primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have called off their over three-month strike, following interventions by the…
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Nigerian News
Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre generates N700m in 3 weeks – Wike
The newly rehabilitated Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja, has generated more than N700 million in three weeks. The…
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