Nobody Can Rig Edo Election – Wike There was pandemonium Saturday afternoon at the city centre of Edo State capital, Benin, when political thugs loyal to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state, and the major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC had a violent confrontation outside the palace gate of the…
Police asks Wike to Turn in Nunieh
The police in Port Harcourt on Friday has asked Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to hand in former Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joi Nunieh. The Rivers Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, said the command had knowledge of the mission of the IGP monitoring unit that came to arrest Nunieh in…
Wike Abandons PDP/Obaseki Negotiations
*Says NWC members are tax collectors. Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of the negotiations to bring in his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki in the governorship race of Edo State.In a statement Tuesday evening by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, Wike said he had headed back to…
Wike Reels Out Achievements in One Year
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State on Friday took a look at the performance of his government in the past one year and declared that the government had done so marvelously well despite the difficulties. But he said the mood for celebration has been dulled by the rampaging Covid-19 pandemic, which as of Friday…
Five Years After, Wike Revives Amaechi’s Agric Project
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, may have put aside the political animosity between him and his predecessor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, by reviving the cassava processing factory at Afam initiated by the Amaechi administration eight years ago. Wike, who toured the project on Thursday, said the factory would soon be inaugurated and would receive…
Nwakaudu, Wike’s Media Aide dies
The Government of Rivers State has announced the death of Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant to Governor Nyesom Wike on Electronic Media. A press statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, said Nwakaudu died after a brief illness at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt. Nwakaudu was chief press…
Hotel Demolitions: Eleme Chiefs Support Wike’s Actions
Traditional rulers and elders of Eleme community where the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, demolished two hotels for flouting government’s directives on closure of hotels and pubs during the period of Covid-19 have risen to support the action of the governor. The chiefs and elders met at the Palace of Oneh-Eleme XI, Philip Obele…
Wike Shifts Port Harcourt Lockdown, Says He’s Touched By The Suffering of The People
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has reviewed the total lockdown of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor local government areas which would have resumed on Thursday, May 14th. In a broadcast to the people of the state on Wednesday evening, the governor said the lockdown would now begin on Sunday, May 17th indefinitely. He said…
Council Chairman Blames Victims of Wike’s Demolitions for their Plight
The Chairman of Eleme Local Government, Philip Okparaji, on Sunday said the victims of Sunday’s demolition of hotels in the area by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, should take responsibility for their loss. Prodest Hotel and Edemete Hotel in Alode and Onne were demolished on the orders of Wike for allegedly violating the order…
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