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…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has waved off a protest calling for his resignation, insisting that it was sponsored even though he agreed demonstrations are welcomed in a democratic setting. T Wike, a former Rivers State governor, assumed office as the FCT minister months after Bola Tinubu’s emergence as president. But earlier…
A coalition of over 10,000 indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and civil society groups on Wednesday converged on the National Assembly on Wednesday, demanding for the resignation of FCT minister Nyesom Wike. The protest, organized by the Network of Civil Societies for Economic Sustainability, cited Wike’s alleged incompetence and lack of vision for…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, justified the N15 billion budgetary allotment for the Vice-President’s new home despite ongoing economic difficulties. Speaking to a committee of the House of Representatives, Wike emphasized that the project had been abandoned in 2010 despite receiving initial permission for N7 billion. Wike said, “It is embarrassing that…
