NEWS

Wike Slams ₦5m Penalty on Abuja Property Owners Over Illegal Conversions

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2025

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved a ₦5 million fine for property owners who altered the approved use of their buildings without securing authorisation. In a notice issued by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday, the affected

NEWS

FCTA stops illegal development at River Park Estate

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2025

The Authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has stopped the development of more than 30 sub-structures at the River Park Estate for violating planning regulations. The administration accused the affected developers of going ahead with construction despite the withdrawal of their lease agreement and recommendations by a ministerial

NEWS

Nancy Nathan Appointed Acting Head of Service, FCTA by Wike

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2025

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has named Mrs. Nancy Sabanti Nathan as the Acting Head of Service for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). Her appointment, made public on Tuesday, comes in the wake of the passing of the former Head of Service, Mrs. Grace Adayilo, who died last week. […]

NEWS

Wike Will Respond To Tambuwal Accordingly – Aide

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2025

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, will in due course, give appropriate response to all that were said last Friday, by the former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, has said. In a statement on Monday, Olayinka, said the FCT […]

COLUMNS

Tinubu and the New Dawn in Ogoni

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2025

By Prince Austin Kabari On November 10, 1995, Nigeria etched one of the darkest chapters in its history when Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders, now remembered as the “Ogoni Nine”, were executed after a sham trial. Their only crime was the audacity to demand justice, dignity, and protection for their land against decades […]

FEATURES

Appraising Wike: A Candid Political Prognosis

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2025

By Mobolaji Sanusi “A good example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.”———Anonymous Nyesom Wike has firmly emerged as a celebrated power broker under the current political dispensation. From historical records, he didn’t just arrive at this destination without fighting battles. Some he won by sheer providential interventions, others […]