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FCT MINISTER INSPECTS ONGOING WORK AT ABUJA LIGHT RAIL STATIONS

...EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE AT SECURITY LAPSES, PACE OF WORK ON CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS ROAD FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike (2nd left) leading officials of the FCTA and CCECC on a tour of the Abuja Metro Station on Thursday. In his determination to ensure that ongoing projects in the Federal Capital Territory are completed within schedule, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, on Thursday, January 11, 2024, carried out an inspection tour of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit Scheme also known as the Abuja Light Rail Project....
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FCT MINISTER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS, RECEIVES AMBASSADOR OF SOMALIA TO NIGERIA

Somalian Ambassador to Nigeria, HE Jamal Mohammed Barrow presenting a gift to the FCT Minister Barrister Nyesom Wike (right) during his visit to the FCTA on Thursday. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has pledged the commitment of the FCT Administration to making the FCT more comfortable for its guests, especially Foreign Missions. The FCT Minister pledged when he received the Ambassador of Somalia to Nigeria, His Excellency, Jamal Mohammed Barrow who paid him a courtesy visit in his office on Thursday, December 14, 2023....
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FCT MINISTER FLAGS OFF REHABILITATION OF ROADS IN ASOKORO DISTRICT

FCT Minister Barrister Nyesom Wike acknowledging cheers from residents of the FCT, following the flagging off of resurfacing of roads in Asokoro District of Abuja on Thursday. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has flagged off the resurfacing and rehabilitation of existing roads in the Asokoro District of the FCT. Conducting the flag-off exercise at the AYA roundabout in Abuja on Thursday, December 7, 2023, the Minister disclosed that the rehabilitation project was part of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He added...
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FCT MINISTER MEETS WITH ESTATE DEVELOPERS, RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATIONS

…VOWS TO SANITIZE PROCESS OF C OF O ISSUANCE FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike making his remarks during the interactive meeting with estate developers and residents' associations in Abuja Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reiterated the resolve of the FCT Administration to sanitize the process of issuing Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) in the FCT. The FCT Minister stated this during an interactive session with Estate Developers and Residents’ Associations in the FCT at the FCDA Conference Hall in Abuja on Tuesday, November...
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FCT MINISTER INSPECTS ROAD PROJECTS IN FCC, EXPRESSES SATISFACTION WITH PACE, QUALITY OF WORK

MD Julius Berger, Dr. Lars Ritcher stressing a point to the FCT Minister Barrister Nyesom Wike (Middle) during the Minister's tour of projects on Saturday, 30th September 2023, in Abuja Minister of the FCT, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work at the various road projects in the Federal Capital City (FCC) embarked upon by the FCT Administration. The Minister inspected five projects on Saturday, September 30, 2023, in the company of the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olusade Adesola; the Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr....
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FCT POLICE QUELL DISRUPTION AT GARKI MARKET, ARREST PERPETRATORS

In an incident at Garki International Market on September 7, 2023, an altercation arose between market occupants and certain individuals, including a DSS personnel and a tailor named Muhammad Habibu. The Garki Divisional Police Station mobilized officers in response to a received distress call reporting the invasion of the market by these individuals, who fired shots at a tailor known as Mubarak Mubarak. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the incident led to some of the local youths reacting angrily and attempting to confront the...