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UNIPORT to award honorary Doctor of Science degree to Wike at July convocation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 18, 2025

The University of Port Harcourt, located in Rivers State, has awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree (DSc Honoris Causa) to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The vice-chancellor of the institution, Owunari Georgewill, announced this while delivering the

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Ooni: How Wike became a minister under Tinubu should be studied by universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 6, 2025

Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has called on universities to examine the path Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), took to become part of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. The Ooni made this statement on Thursday while speaking at the 2025 Distinguished Personality Lecture hosted by Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, […]

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OAU refutes claim of 2 students being arrested during Wike’s campus visit

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 5, 2025

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, have refuted reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) detained two students who staged a protest while the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, was delivering a lecture on Tuesday. At the gathering held inside Oduduwa Hall, where Wike gave […]

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Wike Challenges University of Abuja Over Idle Land Allocation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 5, 2025

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has raised concerns about the vast portion of land allotted to the University of Abuja that has remained unused. He expressed displeasure over the extended period during which no development has taken place on the property. While answering questions from reporters after reviewing some ongoing projects on […]

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Wike approves N280.3 million for scholarships to 13,946 indigent students in FCT

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has granted N280.3 million in scholarships for 13,946 indigent students at all levels of education in the FCT. Dr Danlami Hayyo, Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, FCT Administration, made the announcement on Thursday in Gwagwalada, during the launch of the rapid rehabilitation of 19 public schools in the

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Increase in tuition fees unavoidable as private schools spend fortune on security

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 31, 2024

Concerns have been voiced by private schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that higher tuition will result from the expensive cost of protecting their buildings against roving kidnappers. An administrator of a private secondary school in an Abuja satellite town, who wished to remain anonymous and not have her or her school’s name revealed, […]

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FCTA approves N7 billion for the salary of primary school teachers

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 26, 2024

The Federal Capital Territory Administration’s secretary of education, Danlami Hayyo, reports that N7 billion has been allocated to cover 25% of the outstanding teacher salary arrears in public primary schools. On Thursday in Abuja, Mr. Hayyo made this statement while on a familiarisation visit to the FCT Universal Basic Education Board management. He indicated that

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Wike discloses agreement with FCT school teachers on strike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 25, 2024

The agreement that Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike had with the Abuja chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) over the primary school teachers’ strike that is now taking place in the capital of the country has been made public. During a meeting with the Area Council Chairmen and FCT graded […]

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FCT primary school teachers to resume suspended strike January 15

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 13, 2024

On January 15, 2024, primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory have threatened to resume their postponed strike. In a statement released on Friday, the Nigeria Union of Teachers’ Federal Capital Territory Wing, together with its state chairman Abdullahi Shafas, secretary Margaret Jethro, and publicity secretary Ibukun Adekeye, issued the directive to

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FCTA vows to punish school principals over low student enrollment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 11, 2024

The present administration of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has given top emphasis to education, according to Dr. Danlami Hayyo, Secretary of the Education Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). He has also called on stakeholders to work together to ensure the sector’s success. He also threatened to impose sanctions on principals and other school