Securing Rivers: Wike delivers new station to police
By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt In demonstration of avowed commitment to protection of lives and property in Rivers state, Governor Nyesom Wike has delivered a purpose built police station to the State Police Command. The faciity in Kpopie, Khana Local Government Area (LGA), consist of an administrative block and 9 units of living quarters […]
EURO DEBT CONTROVERSY: Wike paid €40,000 loan taken by Bazia, says lender, Lesi Maol
LESI MAOL is a Port Harcourt-based businessman in the oil and gas sector. In this interview, Maol speaks on the claims on the money he allegedly lent to a former ally of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, John Bazia, to pay the school fees of his children studying abroad. Bazia had, while responding to some issues raised by Wike on his (Bazia’s) defection, mentioned that he was being witch-hunted by Maol.
Wike challenges APC governors on projects
By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT: The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has challenged Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to showcase development projects they have delivered to their various states to prove that they mean well for the people. This was contained in a statement by the Media Assistant to Governor […]
CROSSFIRE IN RIVERS: Wike says Bazia stole monarchs’ ‘kola’; my driver stole the dollars, but Wike’s biggest thief, Bazia fires back
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and one of his former commissioners (Chieftaincy and Community Affairs), Dr. John Bazia, were taking no prisoners in interviews with Vanguard, when the governor called him a thief, and he promptly responded that the governor was the biggest thief.
If Wike says I am a thief, he’s the bigger thief — Bazia
Prince Dr. John Bazia, two terms member, Rivers State House of Assembly, and two-time commissioner under Governor Nyesom Wike, in this interview over the governor’s scathing reference to him as “a thief” among other allegations, says “If the Governor says I am a thief, he’s the bigger thief.” He also spoke on why he left the PDP for the APC.
WIKE ON BAZIA: Who would reappoint loafers as commissioners?
Governor Nyesom Wike, in this interview on the state of Rivers politics, speaks on his former Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Dr. John Bazia, and his Transport counterpart, Ibinabo Michael West, who both recently left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, because he did not reappoint them into his cabinet.
