Tag: Wike
Wike to security agencies: Arrest Pro-Biafra protesters
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reiterated that his administration’s ban on public procession of any…
Gov Wike bans commercial motorcycle operators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Following increasing cases of crime and cult clashes perpetrated by users of motorcycles, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom…
Amaechi fires back at Wike over $150m accusation
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the Transportation Minister and former Governor of Rivers State, has taken a swipe at…
INEC reverses self, shifts Rivers rerun elections to 19 March
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has shifted the Rivers State National and State Assemblies rerun elections…
Wike to election riggers: You’ll be treated as armed robbers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has repeated his threat to any official of Independent National Electoral…
Rivers PDP Chairman slams Dakuku Peterside over inflammatory statements
The Chairman, Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bro Felix Obuah has expressed concern over consistent inflammatory…
Rivers PDP Chair plans reception for APC defectors
The Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Bro Felix Obuah has concluded plans to receive some prominent leaders…
Crowd cheer Dakuku Peterside in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thousands of Rivers people stormed the Port Harcourt International Airport to welcome Dr Dakuku Adol Peterside from…
Wike’s victory: God is the ultimate judge— Rivers APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, in its first reaction to the victory of Governor…
My victory is for rule of law and Rivers people- Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that his victory at the Supreme Court is a…
Rivers monarch asks youths to surrender arms within 7 days
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Following rising cases of kidnappings and other violent crimes in his community, the Paramount ruler of Rumuekpe…
Rivers Guber Tussle: Supreme Court fixes 27 Jan for hearing of Wike’s appeal
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Legal fireworks will begin at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, 27 January as the Apex Court starts…
Rivers PDP collapses as heavyweights desert Wike for APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The camp of Governor Nyesom Wike has become further depleted with the exit of more heavyweights of…
Wike swears in new Rivers acting CJ
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Governor of Rivers State, Friday swore in Justice Adama Iye Iyayi -Lamikanra as the…
Controversies precede exit of Rivers CJ
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely two weeks after being sworn in as the substantive Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Daisy…
Wike fires procurement agency boss
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sacked Franklyn Nlerum, Rivers State Director-General of Bureau of Public…
Wike swears in new Rivers CJ
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the swearing in of the substantive Chief Judge…
Wike to swear in Justice Okocha as Rivers CJ
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike will on Monday, 4 January, 2016 swear in Honourable Justice Daisy…
Key PDP chieftains defecting to APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some of the trusted political allies of the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, have started pitching…
Gunmen kill 2, kidnap council official, son at beauty pageant
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A female member of Caretaker Committee of Degema Local Council, Mrs Palsy Elekima, and her son have…
344 sacked workers sue Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The 344 workers of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, who were sacked by…
Wike assents to Rivers 2016 budget
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has assented to the 2016 budget passed by the Rivers State…
Wike appoints new boss for development agency
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Exactly one month after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike suspended the activities of Rivers State Sustainable…
Rivers PDP unveils multi-million naira multi-purpose hall
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commissioned a multi-million naira ultra-modern multi-purpose hall…
Nullification of my election a temporary setback — Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has described the nullification of his election by the Appeal Court…
INEC’s Returning Officer, undergraduate son murdered in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Organic Chemistry lecturer, Dr Ebirien Fubara of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers…
Appeal Court judgement: Wike heads to Supreme Court, sues for peace
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has instructed his lawyers to appeal Wednesday’s judgment of the Court…
Wike hails Dream Team VI, says journey began in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Rivers State Governor, has congratulated the Dream Team VI for winning the African U-23…
Rivers Assembly passes Wike’s N104bn 2015 supplementary bill into law
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt In less than 21 days to complete this year’s cycle, the Rivers State House of Assembly has…
Rivers APC demand Wike’s resignation
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for the immediate resignation and…