Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has stated that the consistency with which the Police sabotages the electoral process in Rivers State amounts to a declaration of war on the people. In a state broadcast, on Sunday, on the failed…
Buhari planning to freeze opposition leaders’ accounts -Timi Frank
Timi Frank, the immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives (APC) has revealed that current administration was planning to freeze accounts of major opposition leaders ahead of the 2019 general elections to render the opposition party incapacitated.…
Democracy taking shape in Nigeria —Wike (Vanguard)
Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that the mass defections at the National Assembly indicate that democracy was now taking shape in the country. Governor Wike said the defections from the All Progressive Congress, APC to the Peoples…
Wike: How we paid June salaries without FAAC (ThisDay)
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that his administration was able to pay the salaries of civil servants for June 2018 without releases from Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) because of careful financial engineering. Addressing journalists after projects inspection…
2019: I’ve not resigned as NIMASA DG, says Peterside (Nation)
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has stated that ahead of the 2019 governorship race in Rivers State, he has not resigned as the helmsman of NIMASA. Peterside, the 2015 governorship candidate…
My husband got threat calls before he was killed — Pregnant wife of slain Rivers SARS officer (Punch)
What you do for a living? I am a student of Abia State Polytechnic. What can you say about your late husband? My late husband, Inspector Michael Maji, was a special person, very friendly and hard-working. When did you meet…
FG withdrawal of $1bn from ECA: South South govs demand 13% derivation (SUN)
South South governors want the Federal Government to pay 13 percent derivation (of the $1 billion, sourced from the Excess Crude Account, to fight insurgency,) to oil-producing states of the Federation. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, led the charge when…
Mile 1 Market’ll be ready by December – Wike (SUN)
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has stated that the Mile One Market in Port Harcourt would be completed by December. Speaking after project inspection, on Tuesday , Governor Wike said that the construction of the market was in fulfilment…
RIVERS: Kidnappers adopt new approach (Vanguard)
Rivers state residents in Omoku and entire Ogba Ndoni and Egbema Local Government Area (ONELGA) are cheeringly enjoying new lease of peace, as sudden proactive runs of operations by security operatives provoked gradual extermination of Chief Johnson Igwedibia, a.k.a. Don…
Atiku meets Wike, declares Presidential bid (ThisDay)
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Tuesday, where he met with Governor Nyesom Wike, who is widely believed to be one of the major financiers and calls the shots at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). During…