Tag: Nyesom Ezenwo Wike

Rivers: Wike declares public holiday over Tinubu’s official visit

Aminu Imam

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has declared Wednesday, May 3, a public holiday. The holiday is to enable people in the state to welcome President-elect Bola Tinubu, who embarks on a two-day visit to the State to commission projects. Tinubu will be in the State today, Wednesday and Thursday, May 4. The governor had promised to invite Tinubu to his State to commission projects when the President-Elect campaigned for votes in the state before the last election. In a State-wide broadcast yesterday, he said a formal invitation was sent to…

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“I won’t run from EFCC after handover”, Says Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, says he won’t leave office on May 29, 2023 to “run away” from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The governor, who stated this yesterday, at the commissioning of Rumuigbo Internal Road Network in the Obio/Akpor local government area in the State, said he has nothing to fear if the anti-graft agency comes to probe his administration. Wike, whose eight-year two-term will end on May 29, 2023, directed his successor and Rivers State Governor-Elect, Siminlalayi Fubara, to show EFCC his many accomplished projects in…

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2023: ‘G-5 Governors never agreed to support Peter Obi’ – Wike

Aminu Imam

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed that the disgruntled governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) refused to support the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, in the recently concluded presidential election. Wike announced this during a live media chat yesterday in Port Harcourt, the State capital. According to the Rivers State governor, the G-5 governors only reached an agreement and devised strategies to ensure the election of a Southern President. According to him, “There was never a time the integrity Group met and say it must be…

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2023: ‘Issue of presidency to S’East was never on the table’ – Wike

Aminu Imam

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide said Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State claimed he was only aware of presidency rotation to the South, and that no one informed him about the “south-east” project to win the number one seat in 2023. Its Publicity Secretary, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia stated this yesterday, in Enugu, while giving an account of the meeting with Wike in Port Harcourt, on Thursday. Ohanaeze Ndigbo had confronted Wike at the meeting over his alleged role against Obi during the presidential election. Defending himself, the Rivers State Governor explained that…

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Insecurity: “We can’t leave our house to armed robbers” – Wike attacks Atiku

Aminu Imam

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said he is not the leader of the aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), popularly known as G5. Speaking in a recent interview on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Wike named the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom as leader of the G5. “We can’t leave our house to armed robbers, we can’t do that. No way. And we won’t leave this party”, he said. The PDP has been enmeshed in crisis after the party’s national convention in May 2022 where former Vice-President…

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2023: Wike shuts down Atiku campaign office in Rivers

Aminu Imam

The Rivers State government has shut the campaign office of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). It was learnt that the Rivers State government sealed off the campaign office based on Executive Orders 21 and 22. The office was said to have been shut for producing noisy political activities in residential areas without approval from the State government. The Rivers State PDP presidential campaign council, which made this known, noted that the office which is located in GRA Port Harcourt was sealed off in the…

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Ned Nwoko slams Wike on Paris Club Refunds

Aminu Imam

..Says he will go to jail for his atrocities The Ned Nwoko Media Directorate has condemned a video where the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, purportedly made wild insinuations against Hon. Prince Ned Nwoko. In the video, the governor dabbled again into the issue of the $418 Paris Club refunds, which the Media Directorate said is the legitimate entitlement of Prince Ned Nwoko, “whose patriotic ingenuity, as a time-honoured lawyer, secured billions of dollars in favour of local and State governments including Wike’s administration as a beneficiary. Recall that Wike…

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“You are an unrelenting advocate of true federalism”, Buhari tells Wike

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended River State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for his support of legal education in the country.  The President, who made the commendation during the inauguration of the Dr. Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt, on Friday, described him as an unrelenting advocate of true federalism. President Buhari, represented by Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), described the new law school as a grand wonder structured to be self-sustaining. The president noted that the project, among…

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2023: “I will support you” – Wike assures Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has asked Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, to support his bid for the presidency. Obi said this yesterday, during the inauguration of the Nkpolu Oroworukwo flyover in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital. The LP candidate said he will ensure better opportunities for Rivers state if he’s elected president. He commended Wike for his performance in Rivers, adding that Port Harcourt has the potential to be the “export city” of Nigeria and advised Wike to remain consistent in his principles, and said…

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PDP group asks Wike to account for frequent ‘ridiculous’ donations, demands accountability

Aminu Imam

The Rivers State Democracy Sustainable Group, a group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the giveaways by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, is too much. In the past weeks, Wike has reportedly doled out millions of naira to State governments, organisations and individuals for charitable purposes. However, in an issued statement yesterday, the group’s convener, Justin Chibuike, wondered if the funds he gives out are being appropriated by the State House of Assembly. He alleged that Wike is not accountable to the people of Rivers despite the fact…

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