Rivers State Government has alleged that the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has hatched plans to carry out a smear media campaign against the Governor, Nyesom Wike. According to the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, the plot includes the use of select media houses in the state to denigrate the governor. In a…
Peterside, APC Chieftain Fault Wike’s Stewardship Account
A former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dakuku Peterside, and a former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Chris Finebone, have dismissed the account of stewardship rendered by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday as incomplete and misleading. Both Peterside and Finebone, who were responding to…
On his Sixth Anniversary in Office, Wike Praises Self, Blasts Buhari, APC
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday thumped his chest with pride to say that he has been able to grow the infrastructure and social services of the state beyond the expectation of both friends and opponents of his government. The governor, who spoke at a special ceremony at Obi Wali International Centre, Port Harcourt…
UNIPORT Alumni President Dies, As New Vice-Chancellor, Steps in
Chris Adokeme, The National President of the University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association is dead. The death was confirmed on Tuesday by Charles Tambou, a close friend of the deceased. The news of Adokeme’s death came shortly after he sent out a congratulatory message to the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt,…
Rivers Cut Legislative Workers’ Pay over Strike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has carried out his threat of not paying workers of the state House of Assembly for going on strike. The Chairman of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Rivers State branch, Comfort Otuene, who confirmed the deductions from the pay of her members however said they would use all legal…
Building Roads and Flyovers Not Enough – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that it is not enough for the government to build only physical infrastructure and ignore the welfare of less privileged members of society. The governor, who stated this on Friday at the inauguration of the Rivers State Rehabilitation Centre, Iriebe, pointed out that any government that did not…
Wike Insists on Fair Trial for Nnamdi Kanu
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that the trial of the recaptured leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu should follow due process in accordance with the rule of law.The governor who spoke on Arise TV interview programme on Thursday, said efforts must be made by the Federal Government to…
Wike Says He Got Only N52bn from FG
…Vows not to dump PDP Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday in Port Harcourt said that contrary to claims that the Federal Government refunded the sum of N78 billion to the Rivers State Government for federal projects executed by the state, only the sum of N52 billion was received by the state. Wike disclosed…
Lawyer Wants Wike Impeached Over Charity Donations
A Port Harcourt-based lawyer, Uchechukwu Sunday, has called on the Rivers State House of Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against the state governor, Nyesom Wike, for gross misconduct. Sunday accused the governor of spending taxpayers’ money on goodwill and donations without getting approval from the House of Assembly. He said the governor’s philanthropic acts contravened…
David Mark Bows Out of Presidential Race
….As Wike Faults Buhari on Security Former Senate President, David Mark, has declared that he would not be contesting the 2023 presidential election. Mark made the declaration at Etche, Rivers State on Tuesday while inaugurating the 21-kilometre Odufor – Akpoku – Umuoye road construction by the Rivers State Government. Mark, who described the Rivers State…