The issue of godfatherism is not new to Nigerian Politics. Current president Bola Tinubu has always single handedly decides who emerges as governor of Lagos state after completing his two terms Raji Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode were recipients of Tinubu”s dose of godfatherism with Ambode swept aside and yet to recover since then. Former NLC…
Former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has explained why he is angry with his successor, Siminalayi Fubara Wike said he is angry with Fubara because the governor is hobnobbing with some of his political enemies. Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), stated this on Wednesday in Abuja when he…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has finally spoken on the crisis in Rivers State. Wike, who handed over power to the incumbent, Governor Sim Fubara, spoke to the press on Tuesday. The former Rivers helmsman spoke after the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Abuja on…
Wike, who handed over power to the incumbent, Governor Sim Fubara, spoke to the press on Tuesday. The former Rivers helmsman spoke after the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, the main opposition party has taken over the matter. He insisted it…
A former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on President Bola Tinubu to sack the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for allegedly masterminding a plot to impeach the governor of Rivers state, Siminilaye Fubara. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Frank condemned the action…
President Bola Tinubu has stepped into the political situation in Rivers State. The President, on Tuesday, met with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Tinubu met with the two politicians at the Aso Villa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Governor…
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara; and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, are about now meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The two were seen shaking hands upon meeting. The incident followed the impeachment proceedings launched against Fubara by the Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday. There…
The People’s Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) has summoned an emergency meeting over the ongoing crisis in Rivers State. The political impasse in Rivers State started on Sunday night when the state’s assembly was set ablaze after a move by some members said to be loyal to Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike to remove the…
Following the political crisis rocking Rivers State over the plot to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara, elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked President Bola Tinubu to call the mister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to order. Speaking to J journalists On Monday In Abuja, Clark, a leader of the South-South regional group, the…
A fresh crisis has engulfed the Rivers State House of Assembly as the lawmakers on Monday launched an impeachment proceeding against the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The House also removed its leader, Edison Ehie for alleged supervision of the burning of the Assembly Complex on Sunday night. This followed an emergency sitting on Monday morning…
