By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has regretted that Nigeria at 61 years after independence has become the highest indebted country in the world. Wike said the nation has performed poorly in the last 61 years, saying that it was time to quickly muster measures to rescue the country […]

A FEW weeks ago, I wrote the title, “GovWike as a model of leadership”. In it, I mentioned some of the defining attributes that separate the rivers state Governor, from others.

ONE of the ardent supporters of Governor David Nweze Umahi and Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Chief James Aroh Nweke weekend blasted Governor Nyesome Wike of River State and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Caretaker Committee Chairman, Elder Fred Udeogu over their reaction on Umahi’s statement on the type of President Nigeria needs in 2023.

By Emmanuel Aziken Despite his sometimes seemingly loud interventions, Governor Nyesom Wike is appearing to be a master in using the law to upturn permutations. Few would remember how in 2013, Wike using the seeming gaffes in the operational guidelines of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was able to take control of the party’s structure […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Monday threatened to re-impose the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to comply with COVID-19 protocols. Wike said this in a broadcast in Port Harcourt. He said that daily figures released from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that both the transmission and death rates in […]

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, on Monday, dismissed an application by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, seeking to stop Rivers State government from enforcing an earlier court judgement vesting the power to collect Value Added Tax, VAT, within Rivers State on the state government and not FIRS.

Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State has been urged to quickly intervene to stem the tide of the looming chieftaincy crisis, tearing the Opobo community in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of the state apart.

By Dirisu Yakubu The ongoing meeting of the Board of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at its national secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory, took a dramatic turn with the unexpected entrance into the venue by the Rivers state governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike. The governor, seen by many as the singular most […]

By Davies Iheamnachor Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari was not committed to delivering transparent elections to Nigerians in 2023. Wike also said the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by All Progressives Congress, APC, members in the National Assembly, was tantamount to a coup against Nigerians, […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike on Thursday hinted on a new environmental sanitation order that would see to the sealing of businesses found littering their premises with filt in the capital city, Port Harcourt, and environs of Rivers state. Wike, during inspection of four ongoing flyover projects in Port Harcourt and […]

Mounting criticisms of the leadership style of former governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, as responsible for the present crisis engulfing the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued, with the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, joining the fray.

Less than a week after he was labelled a serial liar by Governor Nyesom Wike of the Rivers State, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has rejected the tag, saying he won’t join issues with any leader of the party now or in the future.

The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, on Monday is expected to round off the second-year anniversary activities of his second-secure with an account of his stewardship. This was disclosed in a statement made available to Vanguard by the state’s commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim. According to the statement, “Activities marking the second […]

Penultimate week, on June 19, a respected Nigerian columnist published information he gathered from field visits, agents and officials of the government of my home State, Rivers. Let me lay down the marker from the onset that several citizens and stakeholders in the state expressed concern over what they read since it is in complete contrast with their individual and collective experiences

Friday, June 11, 2021 marked another remarkable day in the annals of Governor Nyesom Wike’s robust and comprehensive efforts to ensure the provision of qualitative healthcare infrastructure for the people of Rivers State, with the foundation laying ceremony for the construction of a Renal Centre at Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH.