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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 as planned. According to Vanguard, the chairman of the national convention of and governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, said the party has... Read More

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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 to the governor’s request to apply for bailout funds from the Federal Government at a session yesterday. Rivers had previously refused to take the bail... Read More

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Nyesom Wike's fate rests on the ruling of the Supreme Court | YNaija.com

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 N10 billion from commercial banks for apparently no reason. The state House of Assembly, yesterday granted the governor’s request to source for the said loan... Read More

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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 beckons on Nigerians to pay their electricity bills before the mass disconnection. Still on the money talk, he discuses the lack of funds causing NYSC... Read More

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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 are hell bent on kIllini it. According to a statement signed by its spokesman, Senibo Chris Finebone, Fayose and Wike are ‘PDP settlers’ with dubious and... Read More

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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 at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock. According to Punch, Wike arrived the Presidential Villa around 2pm for the said meeting. Wike and Amaechi have... Read More

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‘Wike doesn’t obey any part of Nigeria’s constitution’ – APC

Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the governor of the state, Nyesom Wike of running a parallel government contrary to the law of Nigeria. The state chairman of the party, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, while speaking to pressmen in Abuja said Wike does not obey any part of the constitution of... Read More

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Wike given green light to borrow another 10bn

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, was on Friday, given approval to obtain a N10 billion loan from the Excess Crude Account (ECA). The approval of the loan by the Rivers State House of Assembly, was in response to a letter Wike sent to the assembly through the Speaker. In the letter, dated April 5, 2016,... Read More

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‘Accept that you lost the election woefully’ – Wike tells Amaechi

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, urged the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, to come to terms with the fact that his party lost the legislators rerun election in the state. Wike advised Ameachi and his party, the All Progressive Congress to join in the effort to rebuild the state, noting that the APC... Read More

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Nyesom Wike: How INEC collaborated with APC to rig Rivers rerun election (WATCH)

In a recent interview on Channels Television, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of plotting with the All Progressives Congress to rig the legislative rerun election held in the state two weeks ago. Wike spoke extensively on the election, the violence that characterized it and his relationship with his predecessor,... Read More

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Nyesom Wike's fate rests on the ruling of the Supreme Court | YNaija.com

‘Self-serving political opportunist’ | APC rips apart Nyesom Wike in new statement (READ)

The war of words between the Rivers state All Progressives Congress and the state governor, Nyesom Wike, is yet to end as the party has condemned the governor’s decision to set up a Judicial Commission of Inquiry that will look into the killings and violence that marred the March 19th legislative rerun election in the... Read More

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‘INEC was not prepared for rerun election’ – Wike

Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission, was unprepared for the rerun elections currently being held in the state. The state is having a rerun of the Federal and State House of Assembly election. Wike revealed this in his ward 9 unit 7 in Rumuepirikom community, Obio/Akpor Local... Read More

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Fayose’s policies protested in Ekiti | ‘Buhari has breached the constitution’ | More stories

Ambode bans Okada in Ikosi-Isheri LCDA. Leadership NNPC to pay N326 billion, not N3.23 trillion into Federation Account. Punch Protest against Fayose’s anti-people policies in Ekiti. Nation Peterside faults Wike’s Supreme Court victory. Leadership Faleke claims thugs beat up his supporters during tribunal. Punch EFCC seeks INTERPOL’s help in arresting Adoke. Punch Fulani herdsmen attack... Read More

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‘Amaechi is a corrupt psychiatric patient that lacks sound parental upbringing’ – Wike

Not one to take an insult lying down, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, as expected, has reacted to the accusations and disparaging comments made by his predecessor, now Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi. While speaking at the PDP Rivers West Senatorial District Campaign rally at Ahoada on Saturday, Wike described Amaechi as a ‘corrupt... Read More

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‘Wike can sell his mother out of desperation’ – Amaechi

In continuation of a never ending war of bitter words, accusations and counter actions -and maybe actions- between two former allies turned political enemies, former Rivers state governor, now Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has slammed his successor, Nyesom Wike. Nyesom, who served as chief of staff to Amaechi from 2007 to 2011 before his... Read More

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Opinion: Wike’s legacy of violence makes him the usual suspect

I am compelled to react to Mr Oraye St. Franklyn’s latest piece on the violent political/cult killings in Rivers State captioned “APC’s politicisation of insecurity in Rivers State: Unpatriotic and bad for development” in which he tried frantically albeit unsuccessfully to absolve Governor Nyesom Wike of blame on the numerous violent killings in Rivers State.... Read More

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Nyesom Wike's fate rests on the ruling of the Supreme Court | YNaija.com

Wike says PDP has taken Rivers to the ‘promised land’

Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has charged the people of the state to make sure that the All Progressives Congress does not return take back control of the state in the forthcoming rerun election slated for Saturday, March 19. Speaking on Wednesday, at the commissioning of the reconstructed Nkpogu Bridge/Road and Ground Breaking for... Read More

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: American found guilty of trying to join ISIS | No salary for workers without BVN in Kwara | More stories

DSS invasion Of Ekiti Assembly to be investigated – Senate. Leadership Why protesting women were flogged in Delta. Vanguard APC says Wike is responsible for Rivers killings. Punch Court tells Metuh he has a case to answer. Leadership Buhari scrapped NSC’s DG. Punch No salary for workers without BVN in Kwara. Leadership Rickey Tarfa, Nwobike... Read More

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‘APC members in Rivers state are fast becoming endangered species’

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the Rivers State under the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike, as a killing field. This was disclosed in a statement by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) Segun Oni, the acting national chairman of APC, on Wednesday. The party urged security agencies and other relevant bodies to take into cognizance... Read More

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Aregbesola creates new 31 LCDAs | Ted Cruz wins Idaho | Okorocha swears-in 8 judges | More stories

Troops fight off Boko Haram attacks, kill 18. Vanguard Aregbesola creates 31 new LCDAs in Osun. Leadership Oronsaye rearrested by EFCC over N240m fraud. Punch Reps condemn Kachikwu plan to break NNPC into 30 companies. Vanguard Zuma says South Africa has 120 companies in Nigeria. Leadership FRSC interrogates Ocholi’s driver on hospital bed. Punch Imo... Read More

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘Wike has private army’ | Trump inspires immigrants | ‘Good PDP filled with bad people’ | More stories

PDP will take over Edo from APC – Rep. Vanguard Abe claims Wike’s keeping a private army. Leadership Lagos lawmakers want Mile 12 market relocated. Nation Why FG accepted N50bn from MTN as down payment. Vanguard PDP is good but filled with bad people – Kashamu. Leadership Sheriff to step down on May 21 –... Read More

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Governor Wike accused of buying ‘mobile office’ worth N300 million (PHOTOS)

It was French Political economist and Classical theorist, Frederic Bastiat, that said: “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” Since his inauguration as the governor... Read More

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Zika virus can cause paralysis | Super Tuesday results | Top Army officers lose positions | More stories

PENGASSAN ‘has no hand’ in PPPRA leadership crisis. Punch Top military officers involved in the $2.1bn arms deal lose positions. Nation Replace 23,000 ghost workers with unemployed youths – Reps advises FG. Vanguard FG won’t probe former minister of agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina. Leadership Adetunji to be installed as Olubadan on Friday – Kingmakers. Punch Kogi speaker,... Read More

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February 29, 2016

‘There’s an evil in Rivers State and I’ve chosen to speak against it’ – Dakuku Peterside

The gubernatorial candidate for the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2015 election in River state, Dakuku Peterside, on Sunday, called out the state governor, Nyesom Wike, for allegedly sponsoring and arming cultist in the state. The oil producing state have in recent weeks experienced an upsurge in violence, militant attacks and armed robbery,... Read More

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February 22, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘Ben Bruce is a gift to Bayelsa’ | Shekau impostor arrested | Wike says DSS to arrest PDP leaders | More stories

Civilian JTF arrest suspected Shekau impostor. Vanguard EFCC to begin probe of $2 billion Malabu oil deal. Nation David Mark returns to senate. This Day Dickson praises Ben Bruce, says he’s a gift to Bayelsa. Leadership Ex-Jonathan aide criticises defection of PDP chieftains to APC. This Day Wike says there’s a plot by DSS, army... Read More

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February 13, 2016

‘Wike climbed into power over dead bodies, bloods of human beings’ – Itse Sagay

The Head of Presidential Anti-corruption Committee, Itse Sagay, has stated that the rulings that declared winners without elections in Rivers and Akwa Ibom state in spite of extensive evidences of irregularities, set a dangerous precedent in the history of elections. Sagay disclosed this at the Olu Palace, Warri on Saturday. “The judgements are very perverse,... Read More

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February 13, 2016

Rivers Election: Dakuku Peterside didn’t insult Peter Odili – APC

The Rivers state All Progressive Congress (APC), on Friday, came out to deny media reports that the party’s Governorship candidate for the state, Dakuku Peterside, insulted a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and his wife, Justice Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court. It would be recalled that the Supreme Court recently... Read More

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February 8, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Chibok community replies OBJ | Bill Clinton throws a punch for Hillary | David Mark is ready | More stories

Fayose says Buhari’s sudden vacation is suspicious. This Day David Mark is ready for Benue senatorial rerun election. Leadership Chibok community replies Obasanjo; that their girls would be found. Leadership Wike accuses Amaechi of spending $150 million on APC elections. Punch APC attacks Fayose over payment of workers salaries. Vaguard Senator Garbai claims Boko Haram... Read More

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February 7, 2016

Patience Jonathan, Dickson, Ben Bruce, others attend Wike’s thanksgiving (PHOTOS)

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike held a thanksgiving service and subsequent reception following his recent victory at the Supreme Court. Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Emmanuel Udom, Bayelsa governor, Seriake Dickson former First Lady Patience Jonathan, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, and other dignitaries were present at the reception. See photos below.

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February 4, 2016

APC alarmed by Wike’s ‘dangerous threats’

In a statement signed by the National Secretary of the party, Mai Mala Buni, the All Progressive Congress (APC), on Wednesday, raised concerns over the recent statements credited to the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, about the National Assembly elections billed for March 19, in the state. The statement said it was imperative for the... Read More

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