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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: MEND attack Buratai | UBA denies links to Turkey’s failed coup | Hilary Clinton makes history at DNC | More
From the papers this morning- a tracklist MEND flays Army chief Buratai for 'insensitive' comments YNaija Some ambassadorial nominees could not recite Nigeria's national anthem at screening YNaija Aisha Buhari…
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Bombed INEC office: PDP, APC trade blames
Barely a week to the scheduled rerun election in Rivers state, the office of the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) in Bori, headquarters of Khana local government area, has been bombed…
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Opinion: Amaechi and Rivers resources – Separating facts from propaganda
By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, Preamble I have read and watched on several platforms the ceaseless accusation and damaging allegations of fraud against Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the immediate…
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‘They are posting police officers who have access to kidnappers, cultist to Rivers’ – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, on Monday, warned the Inspector General of Police against reposting corrupt police officers to the state, vowing to expose any fraudulent police officer. The…
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Opinion: In Rivers state, the misery is now complete
by Chris Finebone When a governor decides to use expected dividend earnings of his State as collateral security for borrowing as in the case of the N9b Zenith Bank loan secured…
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EFCC lacks the right to probe Rivers state – Read why
The Rivers state government, on Tuesday, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lacked the power to examine the financial books of the state. The state's Attorney General of the state…
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‘Wike diverting attention from noose around his neck by probing Amaechi’ – APC
The River state All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday, accused the state governor, Nyesom Wike, of trying to divert attention from the investigation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
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#InCaseYouMissedIt: Wike may give amnesty to cultists
In a bid to curtail the excesses of criminals, Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, disclosed that his government was working out ways to create an amnesty programme for…
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Opinion: Why propaganda against Amaechi will ultimately fail
By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze Jordan B Peterson, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist must have had Chief Nyesom Wike the Rivers State Governor in mind when…
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Die-hard Sheriff preaches crisis, insists he’s PDP chairman
The leadership crisis of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refused to go away even as Ali Modu Sheriff who was deposed as National Chairman of the party on May…
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‘Rivers is peaceful’
Ahead of the 2016 edition Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) expected to be hosted in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state Commissioner of Culture and Tourism, Tonye Briggs Oniyide, has described…
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‘Ambitious’ Wike gets the nod for another multi-billion naira loan
The Rivers State House of Assembly, on Friday, granted the request of Governor Nyesom Wike to borrow N12 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria According to the Punch, the…
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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
These are the top 5 stories to monitor today 1) The return of Jonathan Former President, Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday evening returned to the country and was given a rousing…
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Wike begs… and begs his people to be peaceful as Buhari visits tomorrow
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, called on the people of the state to maintain law and order as President Muhammadu Buhari visits the state to flag-off the…
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Wike, Okocha, Kanu, others turn up for Yobo’s testimonial (PHOTOS)
Former Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo, on Friday, held his testimonial football match at Adokiye Amiesiamakap stadium in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. The testimonial match was attend by…
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Secondus, Metuh, 6 others bow to PDP caretaker committee
Of the 12 members of the dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), eight have accepted the sack issued by the party at a National Convention…
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A judicial mess looms as PH court upholds PDP caretaker committee
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has granted an interim injunction restricting Ali Modu Sheriff and Wale Oladapo from parading themselves as national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party…
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Wike supports Buhari’s move to end…
Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, pledged to support the federal government's effort to end militancy in the Niger Delta region. Wike stated this when he hosted the Military…
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‘We, PDP must assist APC’ | 7 things Bode George wants his party to know
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George has identified selfish interests and indiscipline as the main cause of the crisis which is tearing the fabrics…
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I have no personal reason to support Sheriff- Wike
The Governor of River state and Chairman of the 2016 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention Planning Committee, Nyesom Wike has in the face of the controversy surrounding the ousting of…
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N700 million bribe: ‘Explain your role in the deal’ -APC tells Wike
The Rivers State All Progressive Congress (APC), on Saturday, called on the state governor Nyesom Wike to explain his role in the $115 million election bribe involving former Minister of…
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Ali Modu furious with PDP as he’s fired as party chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party has sacked its national chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, even as the scheduled national convention billed to hold today was cancelled. In place of Ali Modu Sheriff,…
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PDP convention in Port Harcourt to be called off?
Despite confident declarations from Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention would hold, new reports filtering out suggest that the convention might be…
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PDP not shocked that APC chieftain’s son was arrested for murder, kidnapping
The Nigerian Army has reportedly arrested the son of Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers, Peter Odike on charges of murder and kidnapping. The Rivers State…
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Akpabio, Wike, other PDP governors insist that convention will go on
Despite a court order barring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its national convention billed to hold in Port Harcourt, the party insists that the convention will go on…
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Governor Wike to borrow N10 billion to pay salaries
The Rivers State House of Assembly has given the state Governor, Nyeso Wike, the go-ahead to take a N10 billion loan from the Federal Government. The members of the House agreed…
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APC says Wike is collecting 10bn loan ‘to watch UCL final in Milan’
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress has lamented that Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike was given approval by the House of Assembly to secure a loan of…
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Morning Devotion: Buhari meets Wike, Pay your electricity bills, Kachikwu and the House of Reps, NYSC call-up to be delayed?
In this 6th episode of Morning Devotion, Joachim would have loved to be privy of Buhari/Wike closed door session regarding the Niger-delta militants and their continous damage but then he…
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‘Wike, Fayose, are accidental leaders of PDP’ -APC
The Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, said Governor Nyesom Wike and his Ekiti state counterpart, Ayodele Fayose, were accidental leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who…
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President Buhari and Governor Wike in private talks- did they discuss Amaechi?
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers and bitter rival of the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi had a short private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 16…
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