Tag: Governor Nyesom Wike
Wike flags off ‘Operation Keep Moving’, warns against extortion
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has officially flagged off “Operation Keep Moving” after inaugurating the Traffic Decongestion Committee (TDC), at…
IGP has ordered Rivers CP to protect PDP council chairmen – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered the Rivers State command to provide security for the…
Rivers govt. defends N30bn loan
The Secretary to Rivers Government, Mr Kenneth Kobani, has said that the N30 billion loan approved by the state House…
Wike moves to end one-year old health workers strike
Rivers state deputy governor, Dr. Ipalibo Harry Banigo has called on the Medical and Health Workers Union, Primary Health Care…
Wike pays 3 months arrears to pensioners
The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the Accountant General of the state to pay pensioners their three…
New Rivers CP launches anti-kidnapping campaign, gets Wike’s support
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chris Ezike, the new Commissioner of Police, for Rivers has launched an anti-kidnapping and armed robbery campaign…
Wike squanders N60bn in 30 days, says APC
Nyesom Wike,Governor of Rivers State has been accused of squandering over N60 billion in his first 30 days as governor…
Wike will use N30bn loan to develop Rivers – Media aide
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor of Rivers, Mr Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has said that the state…
Wike monitors Zero Pothole project in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed satisfaction at the pace of work on the Operation Zero…
Wike gets approval to borrow N20bn, weeks after N10bn loan
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, has gotten approval of from the House of Assembly to obtain…
N287bn: Buhari should investigate Wike, says APC
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to investigate…
Rivers APC backs Buhari to recover stolen funds, calls for Wike’s probe
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari in his…
Wike pays unscheduled visit to hospitals, laments their terrible state
The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, paid unscheduled visits to two general hospitals in Rivers State on Saturday and promised…
Wike inaugurates committee to host international matches
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Friday in Port Harcourt inaugurated an organising committee for the city’s hosting of two…
Rivers State most hospitable, lucrative for investment – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has stated categorically that the state “is investors haven as it is the most hospitable…
Wike set to demote traditional rulers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State House of Assembly is set to deliberate on the executive bill forwarded to it…
Why Buhari must emulate Wike
I’m not a big fan of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, in fact, I’m not a fan of Wike…
Court bars Wike from sacking 23 LG chairmen in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The National Industrial Court of Nigeria presided over by Hon. Justice J.T. Agbadu-Fishim in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state…
Wike to Tribunal: Don’t allow Peterside, APC inspect election materials
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Tuesday prayed the state’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to set aside its order on…
Wike vows to demote traditional rulers favoured by Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed to upturn the status of some traditional rulers in…
Wike to expand federal high court building, reform TIMARIV
Rivers State Government has disclosed plans to expand the Federal High Court building in Port Harcourt. Governor Nyesom Wike made…
Wike’s probe a fraudulent witch-hunt, says Amaechi
The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has described the so-called probe of his administration…
Wike sacks Rivers Radio GM, appoints ex-SilverBird Mgr
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate sack of the General Manager of Rivers State…
Amaechi squandered N800m on Indian consultants, says Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has accused his predecessor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of frittering away N800…
Why I took N10 billion loan – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has explained why he has applied for a N10 billion loan less than a…
Wike goes after Amaechi full scale, sets up Judicial Commission
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike has gone for the jugular of former governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state…
Wike sends policemen to invade, raid Ibim Semenitari’s property
The immediate past Commissioner of Information in Rivers state, Ibim Semenitari, has raised alarm over the unlawful invasion of her…
Governor Wike Sacks 344 Poly Workers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Governor Nyesom Wike-led government of Rivers State has ordered the sack of 344 employees comprising lecturers…
Wike promises to pay salaries, allowances of Dolphin players
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has promised to settle the backlog of salaries and other allowances owed players of…
Wike expresses satisfaction with Woji-Akpajo bridge
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has expressed satisfaction with the level of work done on…