The President of the Ijaw National Congress, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has expressed dismay that President Bola Tinubu has refused to caution the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over the political crisis the latter has allegedly fuelled in Rivers State. Okaba stated that for the president to remain quiet while Wike was caus...
Some political leaders in the seventeen wards of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State have thrown their weight behind Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Edison Ehie, urging them not to be distracted by the political happenings in the state. The PDP members, who include the immediate past Chairman of the Council, Solomon Abel-Eke and th...
•Fubara, Wike and Tinubu The caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has said President Bola Tinubu’s attempt to patch up the rift between the state governor, Simi Fubara and the Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, has failed. The president recently held a meeting with ...
•Clark Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has again urged President Bola Tinubu to call the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to order. In an open letter to the President yesterday, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) said Wike is just one of the 48 ministers in the President’s […]
•Wike The Ijaw National Congress has called on President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and his loyalists to stop their moves aimed at sacking the Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara. This is as the INC condemned what it labelled as open support by security agencies for […]
•The protesters The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has waved off a protest calling for his resignation, insisting that it was sponsored even though he agreed demonstrations are welcomed in a democratic setting. Wike, a former Rivers State governor, assumed office as the FCT minister months after Bola Tinubu’s emergence as pres...
Dear Hon Minister, First, a disclosure. You may not know me but we have met on two occasions in the house of our mutual respected Oga, first as a Minister of State and second as a Governor, but l doubt if you can recognize me now. I’m one of your admirers and critic. As a […]
•Fubara and Wike Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, stated today, Thursday November 9, that his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike continues to be his principal. He said this during the rededication ceremony for the Rivers State Judiciary’s 2023–2024 legal year, which Wike also attended, reports The N...
•Wike The Ijaw National Congress, INC, has cautioned the minister of the federal capital territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike over his claims to the ownership of political structures in Rivers State. INC posited that political structures should not and cannot be anyone’s personal property, adding that as power is transient, so also the political archit...
•10 PDP governors Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will today (Wednesday) meet with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over the political situation in his home state as the plot thickens to impeach Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The Director General of the PDP Governors’ Forum, CID Madua...

