{"id":72178,"date":"2025-08-05T23:07:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72178"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:07:46","slug":"wike-orders-immediate-shutdown-of-illegal-mining-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/05\/wike-orders-immediate-shutdown-of-illegal-mining-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Orders Immediate Shutdown of Illegal Mining in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate closure of all illegal mining operations in Abuja, citing serious security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The directive was issued on Tuesday during a security committee meeting held at his Life Camp residence.<\/p>\n<p>FCT Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale, who announced the decision, said the move is part of efforts to curb activities that threaten the peace and security of the territory.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the minister is also concerned about the growing number of shanties, street beggars, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Security agencies have been instructed to profile individuals without valid reasons for residing in the FCT and relocate them to their places of origin.<\/p>\n<p>Adewale further warned that traffic violations such as driving against traffic or with covered number plates will attract stiff penalties going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese infractions will no longer be tolerated. The minister has made it clear that law and order must be restored in the FCT,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The new directives are expected to enhance security and improve public order across the nation&#8217;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate closure of all illegal mining operations in Abuja, citing serious security concerns. The directive was issued on Tuesday during a security committee meeting held at his Life Camp residence. FCT Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale, who announced the decision, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72180,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72178\/revisions\/72180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}