Nyesom Wike

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that no fewer than 5,000 athletes from 16 West African countries billed to compete in 16 sports in the collegiate games 13-day sports fiesta, had arrived Port Harcourt.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with four governors from the South-South geo-political zone at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The theme of the 31st edition of the festival, which attracted 18 states of the federation, including Rivers, is: “Nigeria: Our Festivals, Our Heritage.”

Wike said that their appointments were to fill vacant positions in the State Executive Council as well as others.

But, the commission has declined comment on the issue, preferring the media await developments on it.

Former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday reported at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja in accordance with his promise.

Fayose arrived at the EFCC office in Wuse 2 accompanied by his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome; the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; and a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode

On a personal note, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike is not my kind of politician. To me he is too colourful, too brash and I don’t even like that his moustache that vaguely reminds me of Adolf Hitler’s fuzz. That said, those who like…

The group, in a statement on Sunday signed by Charles Kalada Dan-Jumbo, however, urged the presidential hopeful to consider apologising to the geo-political zone over events leading to 2015 polls.

The position of Obi was contained in a statement on Sunday

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Friday in Port Harcourt assured all delegates of a memorable stay in Rivers during the PDP National Convention billed for October 6 through October 7.

The Rivers State Government has commended Airtel Nigeria for its recent launch of 4G LTE (Fourth Generation – Long Term Evolution) network in the State, reaffirming the government’s readiness to partner with the telco to enrich lives of…

Wike, while making an acceptance speech after emerging victorious at a PDP primary elections, thanked the delegates for electing him.

Yekini Nabena, the APC acting National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, while reacting to the eventual decision of the PDP to hold its National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers.

While Wike is of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abe and Amaechi belong to the All Progressives Congress

An All Progressives Congress chieftain in Rivers, Tonye Cole, said he would unseat the present government in the state in 2019.

Wike spoke when a delegation of the Body of Benchers and Body of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria paid him a condolence visit in Port Harcourt.

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyeson Wike, has said that some of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party are being sponsored by the All Progressive Congress.

In a statement on Sunday in reaction to the probe of N117 billion spent by the State Government, Wike described the EFCC’s move as a political witch hunt.

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Sunday paid a condolence visit on his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt over the demise of the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Chief Emmanuel Chinwe…