The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF), under the leadership of Senator Bala Abdulkarim Mohamed, the Governor of Bauchi State, has expressed deep concern over recent comments made by H.E. Barrister Nyesom Wike, the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Governor of Rivers State. In a widely circulated news story, Wike allegedly…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has issued a stern warning to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors against interfering in the party’s affairs in Rivers State. Speaking at the PDP Secretariat in Port Harcourt during the party’s state congress, Wike vowed to take drastic measures if any governor attempts to take over the…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed two appeals instituted by Local Government Chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The appeals, marked CA/PH/137M/2024 and CA/PH/145M/2024, were filed by Enyiada Cookey-Gam and six others. They were challenging the decisions of the High Court regarding the elongation of their…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has conferred on visiting President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Fayethe honorary citizenship of Abuja with the presentation of the symbolic key to the city. Faye is in Nigeria on an official visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Wike welcomed the Senegalese President on his arrival at…
A fresh wave of resignations has hit the Rivers State Government as five more commissioners, who are loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have resigned from the governor’s cabinet. Those who resigned are Chinedu Mmom (from the Ministry of Education), Gift Worlu (from the Ministry of Housing) and Jacobson…
A former Chief Whip of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Evans Bipi, says former Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike manipulated the outcome of the 2023 general election in Rivers state. Bipi said this in Port Harcourt, while speaking at a solidarity rally for the state governor organized by women groups across the 23 local…
After months of tit for tat in Rivers State, the warring factions finally have finally settled their differences after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Abuja. The meeting had in attendance Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Also at…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike landed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Saturday despite warnings and threats from some loyalists of Governor Siminalayi Fubara not to step into the state. Earlier a Federal lawmaker Honourable Boma Goodhead, representing Akuku/Asari Toru Federal Constituency and other protesters had dared Wike to step…
Former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Dan Ulasi has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike is responsible for the crisis in the party while having an interview with The Sun. The elder statesman argued that Wike and his supporters destroyed the PDP because he…
Former Rivers State Governor Rufus Ada-George says ex-governors of the state will intervene in the crisis between Wike and Fubara Rivers has been in a political crisis for a few months following the impasse between former Governor Nyesom Wike and his successor Sim Fubara. While President Bola Tinubu had earlier waded into the matter, the…
