Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has alleged that Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, and Magnus Abe, lawmaker representing Rivers south-east at the senate, are conspiring to disparage and defame him.In a statement on Friday, Amaechi, who governed Rivers between 2007 and 2015, alleged that the duo are plotting to use his former cabinet members to tell fake, concocted [...]
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Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says he is not interested in becoming the vice-president of the country.Wike said this during an interview with The Osasu Show at government house, Port Harcourt on Thursday.There have been reports that Wike is plotting to emerge running mate to whoever emerges presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).But he debunked the reports, [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says the head of a security agency is campaigning for a presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The governor said this on Tuesday while addressing journalists at the government house in Port Harcourt.He, however, did not reveal the name of the security chief nor the presidential aspirant in question.He said the security chief [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is dead.Yekini Nabena, acting spokesman of APC, said this in a statement on Sunday while reacting to a statement by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state.Wike had alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling party have planted agents in the PDP.The governor said he knows some PDP presidential [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says officials of the state government will appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) only if the anti-graft agency follows the rule of law.The EFCC had invited and quizzed Peter Amangbo, managing director of Zenith Bank, over alleged N117 billion transaction by the state government in the past three years.The anti-graft agency is [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says he never appointed a governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state.Amaechi, a former governor, is the leader of the political party in Rivers.The minister was alleged to have endorsed Tonye Cole, co-founder of Sahara Energy, as the candidate of the party for the 2019 governorship election.But in a statement released [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says no official of the state government will appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Wike spoke after EFCC invited and quizzed Peter Amangbo, managing director of Zenith Bank, over alleged N117 billion transaction by the state government in the past three years.The anti-graft agency is also seeking to quiz four officials of [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has alleged that the federal government is plotting to set him up for arms trafficking.Speaking on Sunday during a thanksgiving service in honour of Azubuike Nmerukini, chairman of the state local government service commission, the governor claimed that the All Progressive Congress (APC) is in talks with a Lebanese national who has been asked [...]
Nyesom Wike, Rivers governor, has accused the federal government of refusing to release the government budget support fund meant for his state.Wike said other states have received the fund except for Rivers, alleging that it is because of his critical stance on national issues.He was quoted to have said this on Saturday during the commissioning of three road projects by [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are inaugurating “key projects” unlike their counterparts in the All Progressives Congress (APC) “commissioning wheel barrows.”Wike said this on Friday when the newly-constructed governor’s office in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, was inaugurated.He said while Ayodele Fayose, governor of the state — from the PDP — had meager [...]
Lauretta Onochie, an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, is paranoid.Onochie was reacting to some comments made by Wike when he appeared on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Monday.While on the programme, the governor alleged that "federal might" was being used against him in the state."Some many strategies have been mapped out. They [...]
Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, has urged Nigerians to prevail on the national assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the 2010 electoral act amendment billHe said the bill will guarantee a free, fair and credible electoral system.The governor made the call on Thursday while declaring open the 2018 annual Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) section on Legal Practice Conference [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has alleged that the federal government is planning to set him up.He said the government is planning to use its security agencies to plant implicating items on him whenever he travels abroad.The governor said this on Sunday in a statement issued by Simeon Nwakaudu, his special assistant on electronic media.“My investigation reveals that the [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says Theophilus Danjuma's statement about the alleged non-neutrality of the nation's armed forces is the "obvious truth".On Saturday, Danjuma, a former minister of defence, accused the army and other security agencies of colluding with killers to attack Nigerians."The armed forces are not neutral. They collude with the armed bandits. They kill people, kill Nigerians. [...]
A group known as the Free Rivers Development Initiative (FRDI) has called on Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), to stop Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, from inaugurating the neighborhood corps.Wike gave assent to a bill establishing the neighbourhood safety corps on Thursday.Some of the functions of the corps include detection of crime, arrest of offenders with or without a warrant [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is dead in the state.According to Simeon Nwakaudu, media aide of the governor, Wike said this while reacting to the planned visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state.Buhari is currently on a tour of states which recorded acts of violence this year. He is billed to be in Benue on [...]
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