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2023 Election: Wike Vows to Expose Candidates Making False Promises

30Aug

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Nigeria

2023 Election: Wike Vows to Expose Candidates Making False Promises

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, vows to expose presidential candidates that are making false promises to rescue Nigeria. Nyesom Wike seemed to target the statements at the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, as he mentions something is bound to happen in the party. He also noted that persons with such misleading campaigns did not mean well for the country, adding that he was in the best position to expose their identities before the upcoming election in 2023. See Also: I Have No Anointed Candidate – Obasanjo The Rivers Governor mentioned this on Monday as he unveiled the construction of internal roads at Eneka town in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. Wike said: “Some other people are busy, putting themselves together on how they will take ov...

<strong>Wike Threatens to Speak ‘Truth’ On Atiku, PDP</strong>

24Jul

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Wike Threatens to Speak ‘Truth’ On Atiku, PDP

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has threatened that he would soon reveal the actual truth on recent happenings in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following the presidential primary election of the party. Wike made this known in a statement issued by his Media aide, Kelvin Ebiri. The Rivers State governor said it has become important that he tells Nigerians all that gone on with the “emergence of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as the presidential candidate of the party. He said, “On Atiku, I will speak soon and Nigerians will know the actual truth of all that has transpired in the PDP in recent times.” See Also: PDP Crisis: Atiku To Visit Wike, Other Aggrieved Chieftains – Jibrin His comment follows the recent Arise Television interview granted by...

PDP Crisis: Ologbondiyan Reveals Why Wike Almost Had A Heart Attack

1Jul

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

PDP Crisis: Ologbondiyan Reveals Why Wike Almost Had A Heart Attack

Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Olagbondiyan, has disclosed that Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State almost had a heart attack over an issue concerning the party. Olagbondiyan while commenting on the internal friction in the PDP when he appeared on Arise TV in the early hours of Friday said Governor Wike almost suffered a heart attack when former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara left the party. The former PDP spokesman described Governor Wike as a party loyalist who will not leave the PDP despite the outcome of the party’s Presidential primary election conducted in May. Recall that Governor Wike lost the party’s presidential ticket to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. See Al...

Breaking: Wike Sacks Commissioners, Chief Of Staff

24May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Breaking: Wike Sacks Commissioners, Chief Of Staff

Governor Nyesom Wike has dissolved Rivers State Executive Council with immediate effect. Chief of Staff to the governor and Senior Special Assistant (Protocol), have also been relieved of their office. The Governor’s action, contained in the Tuesday morning statement by his Media Aide, Kelvin Ebiri, noted that, “Wike, commends the members the Rivers State Executive Council for their service and contribution to the development of the State. He has also wished them the best in all their future endeavours. Read Also: Presidential Primaries: Intrigues As PDP Loses Eagle Square To APC “Governor Wike has therefore instructed all the former members of the State Executive Council to hand over to the most senior officers in their respective ministries.” Source: Vanguard ...

Crisis Brews In PDP Over Convention Panel As Wike Protests

12May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Crisis Brews In PDP Over Convention Panel As Wike Protests

Trouble is brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the composition of the Presidential Primary Election Committee. Reports say that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has registered his displeasure with the Senator Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee, NWC, for allegedly denying Rivers State a slot in the panel. A source familiar with the matter, told Vanguard: “Wike is very angry and he has made this known. In fact, he confronted the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, who stood in as guarantor for Ayu at the time he was elected. “He told Ortom, ‘You brought this man, see what he is doing?” “It was a serious oversight but Wike does not see it that way. And you can’t ignore his concerns because how do you explain the presence of r...

2023: Wike Reveals Issues With Atiku, Tambuwal, Saraki

4May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Wike Reveals Issues With Atiku, Tambuwal, Saraki

Nyesom Wike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has opened up on his grouse towards former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, ex-National Assembly leaders, Bukola Saraki and Aminu Tambuwal. Wike, alongside Saraki, Atiku and Tambuwal is in the 2023 presidential race under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The issue of zoning is generating confusion among members of the two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the PDP, with Southern politicians insisting it is the turn of the region to take over from the outgoing administration led by a Northerner. Governor Wike said that when they agreed amongst themselves that 2019 was the turn of the North to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s challenger, the agreement was respected by Southerners....

Pardoning Corrupt Persons Impairs Existence Of Anti-Graft Agencies – Wike

19Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Corruption, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Pardoning Corrupt Persons Impairs Existence Of Anti-Graft Agencies – Wike

Nyesom WIke Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, insisted that the presidential pardon for persons prosecuted on corruption charges only suggests that there “is no need to have anti-corruption agencies in the country.” He wondered how to explain the embarrassment the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) is made to suffer by the action, as they have been made to be irrelevant. A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said the governor spoke during an interaction with delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State, as part of his ongoing consultations ahead of its May 28 and 29 presidential primary. Wike said: “This is the same government that complained that the judic...

Wike Visits Edo, Shuns Obaseki, Seeks Benin Monarch’s Blessing

15Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Wike Visits Edo, Shuns Obaseki, Seeks Benin Monarch’s Blessing

Nyesom Wike There are strong indications that the political difference/rivalry between Governor Nyesom Wike of River State and his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, may not have abated as the former, on Thursday, shunned the Edo State Government House while in the state to fan his presidential ambition. Wike was in Benin as part of his meetings with the delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the party’s convention to select its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. Recall that the rift between Wike and Obaseki started when the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Phillip Shaibu, stated that many supporters of Obaseki, who defected with the governor to the PDP, did not feel accepted into the party, and therefore, threatened the possibility of quitting t...

APC Trying to Penetrate Our Party – Wike

10Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

APC Trying to Penetrate Our Party – Wike

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has accused the All Progressives Congressive (APC) of trying to “penetrate the leadership” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike said this on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with party stakeholders in Plateau state. The Rivers governor had earlier attended the court sitting for the trial of Jonah Jang, former governor of Plateau, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside Yusuf Pam, former cashier in the office of the secretary to the state government (OSSG), for alleged misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N6.32 billion. After the court sitting, Wike held a meeting with Jang and Jeremiah Useni, a former governorship candidate of the PDP. According to a statement ...

We’re Not Borrowing to Fund Projects – Wike

24Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Economy, News, Nigeria

We’re Not Borrowing to Fund Projects – Wike

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has clarified his administration is not borrowing to execute projects in the state. Speaking at the flag-off for the construction of Trans-Kalabari Road Phase 1 in Degema Local Government Area on Thursday, Wike reminded the people that even the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had confirmed his position. Wike said he would not borrow to complete the Trans-Kalabari Road, which connects Krakrama, Omekwe-ama, Angula-ama, Mina-ama and other communities in the Kalabari area. He said: “People are asking where am I getting the money from. People are saying I’m borrowing money. If I borrow money to develop my place (state) is there any offense there? They that borrow, did they do the road? If I’m borrowing and doing the work, have I not done well? R...