Tag: Governor Nyesom Wike
Wike: Rivers APC hails Supreme Court verdict
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict on Gov. Nyesom Wike’s application challenging…
Dakuku lauds tribunal’s verdict, says people of Rivers suffered under PDP
Dr Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in the April election in Rivers has described the…
Election Tribunal: PDP rejects Wike’s nullification
Eromosele Ebhomele The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday declared as unacceptable the verdict of the River state governorship election…
Election Tribunal: Wike to appeal sack as Rivers governor
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has stated that he will challenge the verdict of Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal…
Breaking: Tribunal sacks Wike as Rivers Governor
The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Nyesom Wike as the Governor of Rivers State. The Governorship Election Petitions…
Wike orders prosecution of Amaechi, three others
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 72 hours after Justice George Omeriji probe panel set up by Governor Nyesom Wike submitted…
Rivers Election Tribunal: There was no election in 13 PUs – Witness
Eight witnesses on Thursday told the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that the 2015 governorship election…
Wike’s probe panel an illegal, kangaroo court – APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared the Rivers Judicial Commission of…
Go ahead and probe Amaechi, Court tells Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt today dismissed a suit instituted by former Rivers governor,…
Wike sacks VC weeks after abduction, release
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Professor Rosamund Osahagulu, the Vice Chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University, Port Harcourt who was kidnapped on June…
Tribunal dismisses Wike’s motion against Peterside
The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday dismissed a motion by Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike against…
God has vindicated me, says Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that God has vindicated him before his political enemies.…
Wike pledges new shipping vessels for Navy
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has asserted that there cannot be any governance if there is no…
No erring contractor will go scot-free, says Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that no erring contractor will escape the wrath of the…
Wike, security expert disagree over deteriorating security in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A security expert and former officer of the Department of State Security, DSS, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe and…
Wike unveils renovation plan for govt. schools
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has hinted of plans by his administration to commence renovation work on…
Wike fires Accountant-General of Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has fired the state Accountant-General Ngozi Y.Abu with immediate effect. In…
Wike spent N5bn to slander Buhari, says APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday launched a blistering attack on…
Wike begs irate youths for calm after policeman kills bus driver
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Sequel to the persistent protests over the killing of a commercial bus driver in Port Harcourt on…
Ogoni Clean-Up: Buhari a better son of Niger Delta than Jonathan, Wike – APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up…
Wike signs bill renaming state Polytechnic after Ken Saro-Wiwa
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike today signed three amended bills into law. The assent was done today in the…
Wike sacks provost, appoints new SA
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The governor of Rivers state, southern Nigeria, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has ordered the provost of the Rivers…
Wike appoints new Vice Chancellor for Rivers university
Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, approved the appointment of Prof. Blessing Didia as the acting Vice Chancellor of the…
Ambode urges compliance with safety laws
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday urged health, environment and safety practitioners, as well as enforcement agencies, to…
Police parade soldier, 9 others for robbery, kidnapping in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt An Army private, Elijah Owoh, who absconded from his duty post in Biu, Borno state was among…
Wike loses bid to relocate election tribunal to Rivers
The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has dismissed an application by Rivers Governor, Nysom Wike, seeking…
Election Tribunal: CJN denies meeting Wike twice
Justice Mahmud Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) did not meet with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike during his…
Wike redeems pledge, splashes $60k on U-23
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Monday redeemed his pledge to players of the Dream Team, following the team’s…
Wike to splash dollars on U-23 team
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has splashed dollars on the U-23 team (Dream Team VI) ahead of…
Eid-el-Fitri: Wike canvasses stability, love
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers says the stability of the polity is crucial to the economic development of the country.…