Nyesom Wike

Wike Knocks Rivers Gov. Fubara Over Budget Delays as Political Feud Simmers

By Maryanne Awuya Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has criticised Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara over what he described as neglect of governance...

Wike Revokes Jabi Lake Allocation, Vows Strict Monitoring of New Investors

By Maryanne Awuya The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has defended the revocation of a long-standing land allocation at...

Press Freedom Under Fire: NGE, SERAP Demand Tinubu Probe Threats Against Okinbaloye, Other Journalists

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have joined forces to condemn alleged threats made by...

Amid simmering tensions, Wike storms Rivers, vows not to interfere with Rivers Assembly’s duties

Barely three days after giving the Rivers State House of Assembly the nodge to impeach Gov. Siminalayi Fubara if he commits any impeachable...

Fubara’s disrespect for court judgment, rule of law, invitation to anarchy – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has accused Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara of not obeying court judgments, describing it...

Just in: Impeachment threat: Pro-Rivers Gov. Fubara lawmakers elect factional speaker

A faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara has elected its own speaker. He is Mr. Victor...

Wike-Fubara crisis: I’m prepared to step down for peace in Rivers, governor says in volte face

In what seems like an about-face, the governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalaye Fubara, has declared that he is prepared to step down...

Rivers State Attorney-General, Zaccheus Adangor, quits

Amid political crisis in the state, Mr Zacchaeus Adangor, has stepped down as the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice of Rivers State. Adangor...

Tinubu gets another warning from Clark, urges his intervention to stave off Rivers political crisis

Amid heightened political tension in Rivers State following the defection of 27 PDP lawmakers loyal to ex-Gov. Nyesom Wike to APC, elder statesman,...

Rivers crisis latest: I can’t stand ingrate, Wike blows hot, strikes Fubara

Nyesom Wike, the immediate past Governor of Rivers State and FCT Minister, has again opened up on the current, unresolved rift between him...

Tinubu meets Wike, Akpabio, Umahi behind closed doors

President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with former Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, former Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi and Godswill Akpabio,...

Rivers Gov. Wike fights dirty, revokes Sen. Maeba’s plot of land for supporting Atiku

  Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike is fighting dirty with his latest decision to revoke the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of a...

For the umpteenth time, Wike jets out of Nigeria after Friday’s explosive media chat

Again, Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike, has travelled to London after he addressed a televised “explosive” media chat on Friday at the Government House,...

Atiku-Wike feud: ex-President Obasanjo brokers truce in London

politicalon Thursday held a meeting with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi and  Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike, in London....

Tambuwal not wired to be a national leader, remains an ethnic chauvinist, champion — Bayo Onanuga ex-NAN MD

Sokoto Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal is a hegemonist and a betrayal of a national cause, unworthy of being Nigeria’s president, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s...