NEWS

Photos: FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike presides over an expanded security committee meeting of the FCTA.

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2025

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday presided over an Expanded Security Committee meeting of the FCTA. The meeting has in attendance the Minister of State FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, heads of Security Agencies, Area Council Chairmen, traditional rulers and religious leaders.

EDUCATION

FCTA debunks reports on early closure of schools …Education Mandate Secretary suspended

Daily Dispatch November 25, 2025

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has debunked the report that all Government Schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were mandated to close by November 28, 2025, saying that “no such decision was taken at any level of the administration.” Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Public Communications

COLUMNS

Wike: PDP bites the bullet

Daily Dispatch November 21, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 “Finally, finally, PDP has held Wike’s bull by the horns…” “You mean with his expulsion from the PDP by the factional PDP convention held in Ibadan?“ “You are partisan! The way you couched your question shows very clearly that you are on Wike’s side” “I don’t have to before […]

NEWS

PDP turmoil deepens as Wike-aligned NEC expels three governors, top party leaders

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2025

The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) escalated sharply on Tuesday as the factional National Executive Committee (NEC) aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, approved the expulsion of three sitting governors and several senior party figures. Those expelled include Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, Bauchi State Governor Bala

COLUMNS

Wike, Yerima: Building something on nothing…

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 My phone rang and a professional colleague rained torrents of questions: “Assuming Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister, is a Northern Muslim, do you think Yerima would have responded to him the way he did?” “Assuming Yerima is a southerner or southern Christian, and the FCT minister is a northern […]

NEWS

Wike-backed PDP faction summons emergency BoT, NEC meetings

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2025

The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has announced that an emergency meeting of the party’s Board of Trustees and National Executive Committee will hold on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. According to a notice issued on Monday by the factional National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, […]