Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not hold another south-south zonal congress after the one held on Saturday in Calabar, Cross River State. Wike stated this while presenting a goodwill message at the congress. This is as Dan Orbih is reelected South South Chairman of…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has refuted claims of a rift between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, and the commission’s Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku. In a statement on Monday by its Director of Corporate Affairs, Seledi Thomson-Wakama, the NDDC labeled the report titled “Uproar in NDDC as…
There was tension in Port Harcourt on Friday as supporters of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and those loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, clashed at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretariat along the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway. According to Vanguard, the crisis erupted following an attempt by Fubara’s supporters…
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President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and leaders of Ogoniland from four Local Government Areas in Rivers State. Although Fubara and the Ogoni delegation arrived earlier at the Council Chamber of the State House, our correspondent observed the official vehicle of the FCT Minister,…
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has raised serious concerns regarding a recent judicial decision in Rivers State, particularly criticizing the ruling by Justice Sika Aprioku that allowed lawmakers supportive of Governor Siminalayi Fubara to pass the state’s 2025 budget. Wike’s discontent with the judgment has sparked heated debate, as he questioned the legitimacy of the ruling…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Nyesom Wike, has explained why he will not tender apology to former governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, over a statement he made to counter the latter’s position on the crisis rocking the state. Odili, a two-term governor of Rivers State, and an elderstatesman had accused Wike…
Lere Olayinka has urged human rights lawyer, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, to apologise to former President Goodluck Jonathan after he accused Odinkalu of allegedly teaming up with LGBTQ promoters in the United States to work against the former president’s fight against enthroning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) in Nigeria. In a press statement obtained…
The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has likened the support of Nyesom Wike for the All Progressives Congress (APC) government to a football club giving its best player to a rival football club for free. He also sarcastically appreciated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for giving its ‘best player’ to the APC. Oshiomhole made…
Some elders in Rivers State, under the aegis of Concerned Elders of Rivers State have called for an unreserved apology from the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike following his recent derogatory remarks against former Governor Peter Odili, a respected elder statesman and founder of PAMO University of Medical Sciences. The demand…
