Tag: Gov Nyesom Wike

I’ll not marginalise any part of Nigeria – Tinubu

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President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to work evenly for the country without marginalising any part in areas of development. Asiwaju Tinubu, who is due to be inaugurated as president on May 29, said this Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The president-elect is on a two-day visit to the state to inaugurate projects executed by the Gov Nyesom Wike administration. “I will not marginalise any region, but will leave legacy projects across the length and breadth of Nigeria,” he said at the opening of Rumuokwuta/Rumuola Flyover…

JUST IN: Wike declares public holiday in Rivers for Tinubu’s visit

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has announced that Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023, will be a public holiday in Rivers State.   The governor made this known in a state broadcast on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. He explained that President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu had indicated his desire to commission some strategic projects in Rivers State during his presidential campaign visit to the state.   Recall that a formal invitation was earlier sent to the President-Elect after the general elections, which he graciously accepted.   The Governor said the move is…

The banana peel at Wadata House, by Kazeem Akintunde

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His name is Iyorchia Ayu, a Tiv from Gboko in present-day Benue State. Iyorchia, among the Tiv ethnic group, means someone people are afraid of. Ayu, on the other hand, means water mermaid. In essence, Iyorchia Ayu could be literarily translated to mean people are afraid of mermaids. But Nyesom Wike, the stormy petrel in Rivers State, and his faction in the Peoples Democratic Party seem not to be afraid of either Iyorchia Ayu or any mermaids lurking within the precinct of Wuse in Abuja, as they have succeeded in…

BVAS fails to recognise Wike, wife

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers got disappointed in his polling Unit, Ward 9, Unit 7, Obio/Akpo Local Government Area on Saturday as the BVS failed to accredit him to enable him to cast his vote. The BVA failed to recognise the thumbprint or face of his wife, Suzzet Wike as the Presiding Officer, Agatha Abiokun battled in vain to have them accredited. Ms Abiokun however pleaded with the governor to wait and added that she had sent for an INEC technician to come and rectify the anomaly. The News Agency…

Wike lauds OSSAP-SDGs over 100 Bed Mother and Child Hospital in Rivers

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has showered encomiums on the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire for delivery of a 100 Bed Mother and Child Hospital in Okrika area of Rivers State. The MCC is equipped with state-or-the-art facilities including operating theatres, labour rooms, recovery rooms, private and general Wards, scanning Room, consultation rooms and laboratory, ultra-scan machine, vacuum extractor delivery set and an Emergency Cart with full compliments. It’s one of the over 25 advanced medical facilities designed and equipped…

The god of Wike! Buhari is alone! And other illusions (2), by Hassan Gimba

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s followers, therefore, created in him an image of an ascetic, beyond reproach, and so canonised him as a saint. And he also did his best to fit into that picture. Ramrod, shed of any fat and wearing the cheapest materials around, the story was that he had seen it all yet refused to be tempted into taking anything from anywhere he worked.   He was a military governor with executive powers over what are now six states and then a federal commissioner of petroleum and later a…

The god of Wike, Buhari is alone and other illusions (1), by Hassan Gimba

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Many governors who finish their two terms in Nigeria retire into the red chamber and become ‘distinguished Senators’. But not so His Excellency, Chief Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, CON, the sixth governor of Rivers State and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) strongman. When he refused to follow the traditional path taken by governors finishing their tour of duty, many thought he wanted to make a career in dancing to the beatings of a live band. There were arguments on where he would ply his trade – clubhouses or political gatherings…

The god of Nyesom Wike By Festus Adedayo

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Last week, Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and his entourage were in Ahoada area of the State, on a mission to flag-off a road construction. Then a drama was staged. It was skillfully perfumed by a sweet-smelling fragrance which disguised its heretics. As the governor sat to the panoply of songs and fawning political chicanery often entertained visiting political bigwigs with, an unnamed traditional ruler sauntered out to speak. You would think it was a typical narrative at a religious gathering where congregants are regaled with ludicrous and unverifiable claims.…

PDP G-5 Govs: How Not To Monkey Around With Nigerians’ Future By Tiwalade Awikoko

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On Thursday, January 5, 2022, two unexpected things happened in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital as the G-5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their allies under the aegis of the Integrity Group converged on the ancient city for the flag-off of Governor Seyi Makinde’s re-election bid.   One was the failure of the G-5 to unveil its preferred presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential election in line with the open declaration of its leader and the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, following the group’s rejection of…

WIke’s G5, The People’s Verdict is out.

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, seems not to know how irritating his so called agitation has become with his unending, unprovoked, unrealistic, self interest agitation in the name of G5. Who now claims to be known as Integrity group, same group that has done everything in direct opposite to the meaning of Intergrity at their state levels.   Same Wike that is the arrowhead, body and tail of the G5 or integrity group became Governor after his fellow tribesman Rotimi Ameachi has served 8 years bringing their total to…