Nyesom Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come out to say that the Inspector General of Police is posting Commissioner of Police into the State for political patronage rather than competence. He recently revealed this via a statement by his media assistant, Kelvin Ebiri, after he (Wike) led the Chief Whip ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come out to say that he does not plan to malign APC leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He recently revealed this via a media statement in Port Harcourt on Friday by the Special Assistant to the governor on Media, Kelvin Ebiri. According to him, despite ...

Popular rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has come out to tell Governor Nyesom Wike to leave Tukur Buratai alone. HURIWA Executive Director, Emmanuel Onwubiko recently revealed this via a press conference, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, Wike should focus on delivering ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come out to mourn with the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel over the recent loss of prominent indigenes of the state. He recently had his say during his condolence visit to Governor Emmanuel at Hilltop Mansion, Government House Uyo. According to ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come out to say that he never ordered soldiers and police officers to murder Igbos in Oyigbo. He, however, revealed that if IPOB is allowed to operate from Oyigbo, they will eventually overrun the state. According to him, the rumors that he instructed soldiers ...

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has come out to accuse members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of killing six soldiers and 4 police officers during the #ENDsars protests in his state. He recently revealed this when the national leadership of the Nigerian Guild of Editors paid him ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come out to say that FG is trivializing the demands of #EndSARS protesters. Wike recently revealed that directing state governors to take charge of Tactical Commands of the Police means FG is not taking things seriously. According to him, state governors cannot take charge ...

Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji has come out to blast Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, for preventing residents of the state from staging a #SARSMustEndNow protest. She recently revealed that she does not agree with the governor’s decision at all. According to her, Wike’s mustache says it all as he has ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has come out to say that Godwin Obaseki will not leave Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after winning a second term in last Saturday’s governorship election on the party’s platform. He recently revealed that it is impossible for him to make such a move because ...

The Civil Society Advocacy Group for Accountability and Probity has come out to blast Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for preventing the police from arresting the sacked Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, Ms. Joy Nunieh. The group revealed this in a recent press conference jointly ...

Factional Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caretaker Committee in Rivers State, Hon Sokonte Davies has urged Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike to reopen markets in the state. He revealed this as he received a delegation of market women in the State who paid him a visit at ...

Chairman, national campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Edo state governorship election and governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has come out to refute reports that he would be isolated until the September 9 poll is concluded. He revealed this in his address at the inauguration ...

The Rivers Government has ordered all staff of Government House, Port Harcourt to go for compulsory COVID-19 test. The government recently revealed that this is important to reduce the spread of the pandemic in the state. According to Mr. Paulinus Nsirim, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Wike is ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come out to say that he does not intend to contest for president in the 2023 presidential election. He recently reacted to his rumored presidential ambition during an interview on Arise Television. According to him, the speculations about his perceived presidential ambition are mere ...

Governor Nyesom Wike has come out to say that he is praying for APC to keep making mistakes as a political party. He recently revealed that he wants APC to remain in crisis for PDP to grow. According to him, he cannot be praying for APC not to have crises ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has come out to say that the Nigeria Governors Forum is now a toothless bulldog. Wike recently revealed that the forum has lost focus on its role in defending the rule of law in Nigeria. According to him, the forum used to be very ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come out to blast the disqualification of the Edo State sitting governor, Godwin Obaseki. Wike recently revealed that Oshiomhole has no right to disqualify a graduate of Nigeria’s premier university since he does not even have a certificate. According to him, Oshiomhole needs to ...

Governor Nyesom Wike has come out to blast Nigeria Medical Association, Rivers chapter. This is coming after the association revealed that 22 doctors and 60 other health workers in the state have tested positive among Covid-19 infections in Rivers. According to Wike, the numbers given are completely incorrect and the ...

The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District, George Thompson Sekibo has come out to say that Gov Wike followed due process in demolishing the hotels that broke lockdown order and replacing them with schools. Sejkibo recently revealed that Wike is a lawyer and a democrat so he cannot break the ...

Ex-President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Chief Onueze Okocha (SAN) has come out to say that the executive order that Nyesom Wike gave to demolish a hotel that violated lockdown rules is highly appropriate. Okocha recently came out to say that anybody that is not comfortable with the action ...