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- 20 Apr 2021
Terrorism Tag: Wike Asks Panami to Resign Now
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers has asked Dr. Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy to resign immediately irrespective of his recent volte-face. Chief Nyesom Wike The Governor…
- 3 Dec 2023
SERAP Tells Akpabio to Reject Wike’s Proposal in 2024 Budget
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Godswill Akpabio, Senate president, to use his leadership position “to promptly reject the plan by Nyesom Wike, minister of the…
- 1 Jun 2021
Wike Fumes on Live TV as Ex-Commissioner Calls Him a Thug
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, and John Bazia, his former commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, on Monday engaged in wars of words over the recent defections between the Peoples…
- 20 Nov 2013
Wike Harps On the Use of ICT to Develop Education
Chief Nyesom Wike, minister of Education, has urged stakeholders in education to create and exploit local and global opportunities in the deployment of ICT for sustainable development of the sector.…
- 25 Feb 2024
Missing N40trn LG Allocation: SERAP Sues Governors, Wike
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike “over their failure to…
- 28 Jan 2024
SERAP Calls on Govs, Wike to Account for N40trn LGA Allocations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday called on the 36 state governors in Nigeria and Mr Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, to “disclose…
- 7 Sept 2021
Wike Shuns FG, Instructs Rivers Revenue Service to Collect VAT
Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor, has directed the Rivers State Revenue Service (RSRS) to commence the full enforcement and implementation of the State Valued Added Tax Law 2021. The governor who…
- 25 Aug 2024
SERAP Asks State Governors, Wike to Disclose Details of Chinese Loans
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Nigeria’s 36 state governors and Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory, to provide detailed information regarding…
- 31 Mar 2024
SERAP Gives Governors & Wike 7 Days To Account For ₦5.9trn, $4.6bn Loans
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike to “widely publish copies of…
- 3 Dec 2023
SERAP Urges Akpabio to Reject Wike’s plan to spend N15bn on ‘a befitting residence’ for VP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio to use his leadership position “to promptly reject the plan by the Minister of the FCT,…
- 7 Apr 2026
Broadcast Station Owners Reject IBAN’s Threat to Boycott Wike’s Media Engagements
Owners of several television and radio stations have distanced themselves from a recent threat issued by the Independent Broadcast Association of Nigeria (IBAN), which called for a boycott of media…
- 17 Jan 2024
Tinubu, Akpabio, Wike, Others to Honour NSE’s First Female President at Investiture Ceremony
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) is set to welcome Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Minister of the FCT…
- 28 Nov 2018
Rivers Gov Sacks, Recalls MDs of Radio, TV Station
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, has overturned the sack of the managing directors of Rivers State television and radio stations. Managing directors of Rivers State Television, Radio…
- 1 Feb 2019
ONSA Refutes Plan to Shut Down Internet Access
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has denied alleged plan to shut down internet access during the upcoming general elections. ONSA was reacting to Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, who…
- 20 Mar 2025
Public Outrage, Legal Threats as Abuja Council Demands N500, 000 as TV Levy
The recent demand by Abuja Municipal Area Council’s (AMAC) for a business owner in the area council to pay a N500,000 levy for owning a television set has sparked outrage across AMAC. Nyesom Wike…
- 21 Apr 2021
Terrorism Tag: Pressure Mounts on Buhari to Sack Pantami
Following concerns over the past sermons of Dr Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, relating to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda groups, some Nigerians and groups are piling pressure…
- 29 Sept 2023
FG Mulls N75bn Intervention Fund for MSMEs — Minister
Federal Government says it is putting in place a N75 billion intervention fund to support small businesses in response to the country’s current economic challenges. The Minister of Industry, Trade…
- 19 Mar 2025
FCTA Approves N242.8m for Microsoft 365 Licence to Digitise FCT-IRS
Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has approved N242.8m for the procurement of a Microsoft 365 licence for its Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) as part of efforts to digitise the…
- 9 May 2013
FG Employs 1,000 English, Maths Teachers
Federal government has granted approval for the immediate employment of about 1, 000 teachers of Mathematics and English Language towards addressing the shortage of teachers in these critical…
- 9 Aug 2021
DG NCC Urges Professional Bodies to Support Use of IP for Poverty Alleviation
Mr. John O. Asein, Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), have charged Professional bodies to support Government’s vision of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten…
- 28 Sept 2018
Airtel Pledges to Create More Entrepreneurs in Nigeria
The management of Airtel Nigeria has assured Nigerians of its commitment to create more entrepreneurs and “connect more people with their dreams’’ in the country. Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, the Chief…
- 21 Jun 2026
FG Moves to End Double Taxation
Federal government has started new efforts to improve tax collection in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and stop the problem of multiple taxation. Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, minister of Finance and…
- 3 Mar 2024
Obi Cubana Launches E-Hailing Service With 100 Electric Vehicles In Abuja
Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has introduced ‘Enviable Transport’, an e-hailing service provider, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Obi Cubana said that Enviable…
- 22 Aug 2021
Taxpayers in Dilemma as Rivers and FIRS Fight over VAT
Taxpayers especially in Rivers State are currently in a logjam over who to remit their Value Added Tax (VAT) to between the state government and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Following a…
- 21 Apr 2023
Stamp Duty: Rivers, FG Opt For Out-of-court Settlement
Rivers State Government has agreed to an out-of-court settlement with the Federal Government on the backlog of stamp duty owed to the state. According to a report by Punch, the approval for the state…
- 18 Feb 2014
Jonathan Inaugurates Research, Innovation Council
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Abuja inaugurated the National Research and Innovation Council (NRIC) to bridge the link between research and industrialization. At the ceremony held at the…
- 18 Jul 2014
Resourcery Deploys Video Conferencing Solution Across 27 Universities
Resourcery, leading Information Technology Company in West Africa, in collaboration with the National Universities Commission has deployed video conferencing solution across 27 universities in…
- 9 Jul 2014
FG Inaugurates Nigeria’s First Education Research Network
Federal Government has commissioned the first Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN), a collaboration between the Federal Ministry of Education, The World Bank and the Federal Ministry of…
- 15 Jul 2014
CWG Leads Consortium to Deliver NgREN
Dr. Jonathan Ebele Goodluck, President of Nigeria, recently commissioned the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN), the first of its kind in West and Central Africa, built by a consortium…
- 22 Oct 2014
APC Dumps Amaechi, Picks Fashola as Buhari’s Running Mate
Babatunde Fashola, Lagos state governor has been reportedly endorsed by the South-West caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the vice-presidential candidate to whoever emerges as the…