Governorship election in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Dumo Lulu-Briggs of Accord Party, AP, were absent at Thursday’s debate organised for governorship candidates by the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, in Port Harcourt. Nduka Ojimo, the anchor of the programme that was beamed live globally, said while Lulu-Briggs left…
Eleme Agog for Wike
“As e dey pain them, e dey sweet us; as e dey sweet us, e dey pain them.” That was Governor Nyesom Wike and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leading a singsong at a party rally on Thursday in Eleme Local Government Area. The picture of the political terrain in Rivers State has…
Rivers: Appeal Court Upholds Tribunal Ruling, Orders Fresh Poll
An Appeal Court in Abuja has upheld the judgment of the Rivers State election petition tribunal which nullified the election of Nyesom Wike as governor of the state. The three-man Court of Appeal panel struck out the appeal of Nyesom Wike seeking a dismissal of the judgment of the Rivers election petition tribunal which sacked…
Wike’s SA Media, Inko-Tariah Quits
By Emmanuel Obe The Special Adviser to Rivers State Governor, Mr. Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has resigned from his post, citing poor funding for his department and other reasons. Inko-Tariah, who has been working with the Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, since June this year also accused the governor of spurning his professional advice. He thanked the governor…
Rivers: Wike’s Election Nullified
The election petition tribunal on the Rivers State governorship race has nullified the election of Nyesom Wike of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. The tribunal, which gave its verdict this morning has also ordered fresh election to be conducted within the next 90 days. So far there has been an uneasy calm in the…
Amaechi Walks A Tight Rope
With the revelations from the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the sales of some government properties under the administration of Chibuike Amaechi, will the former governor who shunned the panel come out clean as he claimed or will the outcome dent his political image? Click here to download our magazines Once upon a…
Wike, ALGON Disagree Over Right to Borrow
Reacting to a directive that any local government or agencies intending to obtain loans from banks should inform the state government, the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON,has declared that the consent of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike was not needed for local governments to obtain loans from financial institutions. The association also…
Wike Appoints Chief Judge, Reinstates Sacked Lecturers
Nyesom Wike, newly sworn-in governor of Rivers State, has announced the appointment of Daisy Okocha as the Chief Judge of the state. He announced the appointment during his inaugural speech immediately after being installed by Kate Abiri, the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State. The new governor also directed that all state owned courts that have…
PDP Declared Winner in Rivers
In spite of protests and allegations that elections did not hold in most parts of the state, the PDP has been declared winner of the April 11 governorship election in the Rivers State. The party’s standard-bearer Nyesom Wike was said to have polled 1,029,102 (87 per cent) of the total votes cast, to beat his…
Wike Expresses Satisfaction in Voting Process
Nyesom Wike, governorship candidate of the PDP in Rivers State just cast his vote along with his wife. He expressed satisfaction with the voting process.
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