{
  "id": 676103,
  "title": "Wike shuts secretariat of dissolved FG houses committee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/wike-shuts-secretariat-of-dissolved-fg-houses-committee",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T15:46:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/wike-shuts-secretariat-of-dissolved-fg-houses-committee/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate closure of the secretariat of the dissolved Ad-hoc Committee on Sales of Federal Government Houses in the Federal Capital Territory. The FCT Administration announced this in a statement, noting that Wike also approved the creation of a division in the Department of Land Administration to handle matters related to the sales of Federal Government Houses in the FCT. The statement warned the public against fraudsters posing as staff, officers, or members of the defunct committee or its secretariat, urging them to approach the Department of Land Administration for all such matters.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Wike closes secretariat of dissolved committee on sale of FG houses in FCT",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/wike-closes-secretariat-of-dissolved-committee-on-sale-of-fg-houses",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:05:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Wike shuts secretariat of dissolved FG houses committee",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/wike-shuts-secretariat-of-dissolved-fg-houses-committee-677620",
        "published": "2026-08-12T16:06:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}