A video of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, mocking a traditional ruler is currently trending online. Wike talked down on the monarch during a quarterly meeting at the government house. The governor had asked the traditional rulers who had their staff of office to stand up, saying it's disrespectful for them not to carry it around. "It’s not for you to take [...]
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Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says the military has lost its integrity. Speaking at Saint Peter’s Anglican Church, Rumuepirikom, during an inter-denominational service to mark the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration, the governor said "some unprofessional personnel" have put the reputation of the Nigerian Army on the line. He said Nigerians will not honour security operatives who snatch ballot boxes during elections. “We [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says he will not impose a candidate on the people of the state at the end of his second term. Wike spoke during a solidarity visit by the Orashi region of the state at the government house, Port Harcourt, on Saturday. The governor said no one zoned the governorship seat to him but that he struggled for [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has alleged that Seriake Dickson, outgoing governor of Bayelsa state, concluded plans to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) but Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum, blocked him. Sylva, a strong APC member in Bayelsa, ran against Dickson twice but lost to the incumbent governor who has been in the Peoples Democratic Party [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says it is impossible to put an end to kidnapping in the country because it has become a business. Wike said this on Monday when received a delegation of Rotary International District 9141 in his office in Port Harcourt. The governor said the menace is "negatively affecting all states of the federation", adding that "it cannot [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says unlike most of his counterparts who sneak to Aso Rock to see President Muhammadu Buhari, he decided to congratulate the president openly. Shortly after the tribunal dismissed the petition of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wike congratulated the president. His party had earlier rejected the verdict of the tribunal and announced [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the presidential election petition tribunal. A five-man panel led by Mohammed Garba dismissed the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, saying the petitioners failed to convince the tribunal in the reliefs they sought. The PDP has rejected the verdict of the [...]
Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, says there is no evidence that Nyesom Wike, his Rivers counterpart, demolished any mosque in Port Harcourt. Simeon Nwakaudu, spokesman of Wike, quoted Fayemi to have made the comment when he visited the site of the mosque which was allegedly demolished. Wike has been under for fire allegedly demolishing a mosque in the Transamadi area of the [...]
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The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has criticised Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, over the "demolition of a mosque" in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Wike, who has come under fire since the news broke, has denied demolishing the mosque but some worshippers and residents of the state accused the governor of not saying the truth. While addressing reporters in [...]
Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF), has accused Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, of lying about the demolition of a mosque in the state. Asari said he and his family worship at the mosque located at Trans-Amadi in Port Harcourt, and that the property was legally acquired. The governor had denied demolishing the mosque, saying there was [...]
Ibrahim Shekarau, senator representing Kano central, has accused Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, of attempting to truncate Nigeria’s democracy. The senator made the accusation while reacting to Wike’s reported demolition of a mosque in Rivers state. There has been a controversy over the demolition which the governor denied took place. Aliu Sadiq, secretary of the mosque, had told TheCable on Monday that [...]
Nyelsom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the Nigerian army has captured Bobrisky, a suspected notorious cultist, less than a day after he placed a N30 million bounty on him. Wike was speaking at a security meeting with leaders of Rumuolumeni community at the government House Port Harcourt on Friday. He thanked the Nigerian army for capturing the suspected cultist. “The Army has captured [...]
Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, has declared one Bobrisky, a notorious criminal, wanted for inflicting terror on the people of Gokana LGA of the state. Wike also promised to give N30 million to anyone with useful information that will lead to his arrest. He made the pledge on Thursday while handing over 40 patrol vans equipped with communication devices to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has asked residents of the state not to participate in the #RevolutionNow protest. Wike gave the directive in a statement by Simeon Nwakaudu, his special assistant on electronic media. The governor asked the security agencies in the state to take all necessary steps in prosecuting those who stage the protest in the state. He said the state does [...]
Two witnesses presented by Victor Fingesi, candidate of Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the Rivers state governorship election, have confessed that they were bribed to lie under oath. According to The Nation, they made the confession during the sitting of the election tribunal on Friday. One of the witnesses, who swore under oath that his name is Stanley Okereke confessed that his real [...]
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