Tag: Wike
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Wike, Tunji-Ojo, others complete documentation ahead inauguration
—Marine, blue economy can generate N8trn yearly for FG – Agbakoba —It’s jackpot for Tinubu’s administration, says Analyst No fewer than 30 of the 45 ministers-designate yesterday completed their documentation in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Abuja ,ahead of their inauguration tomorrow by President Bola Tinubu. The rest…
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Wike, Oyetola, el-Rufai, Adelabu, others on Tinubu’s ministerial list
Barring any last-minute change, President Bola Tinubu will, today, send the list of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, Vanguard has learned. Top on the list for screening are the immediate past Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufia, current Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, former governor of Osun…
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BREAKING: Wike, Makinde using dubious means to bribe Tribunal judges for Tinubu – Atiku
Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, of constantly monitoring judges as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal winds down. Shaibu said it was curious that Wike and Makinde…
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APC Defection: Umahi Wants To Be President – Gov Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has slammed his Ebonyi State counterpart, Governor David Umahi, over his reasons for leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to him, Governor Umahi left the PDP because he wants to be the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 and not injustice meted on the South…
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No regrets waging war on IPOB – Nyesom Wike
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has explained that the ongoing operations by security agencies in Oyibo Local Government Area was against members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and not the Igbo. The governor, who said he had no regrets waging war against IPOB, insisted that he did not order soldiers or policemen…
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Wike Signs Executive Order, Bans IPOB, Lifts Curfew
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has signed an Executive Order proscribing the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the state. The governor who disclosed this on Wednesday during a state-wide broadcast in Port Harcourt made it clear that the state is home to all tribes. “We have everything against the presence and activities of the…
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Amaechi left legacies of white elephant, uncompleted projects – Wike
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has hit back at his predecessor and Minister for Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, saying the former governor could only be remembered for white elephant and uncompleted projects in the state. He said instead of focusing on the real essence of development, Amaechi was concerned with awarding political projects to boost his personal…
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Wike, Amaechi exchange words at Supreme Court justice’s burial
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday engaged in a verbal fight at the burial of a former Justice of the Supreme Court, Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, in the Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state. Amaechi, who is the Minister of Transportation, while speaking at the funeral service, lamented what…
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They’re talking about where animals will eat when humans have not eaten — Wike
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday caused a stir during a ‘Thanksgiving Service’ in his honour by the Anglican Dioceses of Rivers State at Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Port Harcourt, where he insisted that there is no land to cede in the state for the suspended Ruga settlement for Fulani herdsmen, adding that…
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Photos: Wike receives Osinbajo in Rivers
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday paid an official visit to Rivers state. He was received by the governor of the state, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike in PortHarcourt, the state capital.