The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that he will not interfere with the activities of the Rivers State House of Assembly, insisting that lawmakers should be allowed to perform their constitutional duties without hindrance. Wike, who spoke on Saturday during a Thanksgiving/Civic Reception in Abalama, Asari-Toru Local Government Area, criticised […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, days after stirring controversy by describing the Ijaw ethnic nationality as the “minority of the minorities”, stormed Abalama in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State for a grand civic reception in his honour. A massive crowd of Kalabari Ijaw indigenes trooped out to celebrate […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has alleged that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is surrounded by individuals who secretly aspire to take his position as governor. Naija News reports that Wike made this claim during a grand reception in his honor by the Kalabari people on Saturday. According to him, […]

Angry Ijaw women of Kalabari extraction, on Saturday, vandalised billboards bearing the image of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in protest against his visit to the area. The massive billboards, erected at the junction leading to Abalama, were part of preparations for a grand reception organised in Wike’s honour by […]

Speaking at a civic reception in his honour at Abalama Town in the Kalabari Kingdom, organized by NEW Associates, Wike, the former governor of Rivers State, blamed the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, for instigating the political crisis in the state.

Ijaw women protest Wike’s visit to Kalabari, destroying billboards amid his feud with Governor Fubara. Security intervenes as political tensions rise.

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has accused President Bola Tinubu of openly supporting the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, in the ongoing political turmoil in Rivers State, warning that his stance could have far-reaching consequences. The INC President, Professor Benjamin Okaba, in an interview with Vanguard criticized Tinubu’s remarks to the Pan Niger Delta […]

FCT minister Nyesom Wike has declared that he will not interfere with the duties of the Rivers Assembly, noting that Governor Siminalayi Fubara ignored his warnings.

Nyesom Wike, minister of the FCT, has released the scores in his fight with Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers as he opens up on the governor's allies.

The Rivers State House of Assembly abruptly adjourned indefinitely, raising fresh concerns over the state’s budget, which Governor Siminalayi Fubara had planned to formally present to the legislature on Wednesday. Naija News reports that his initial attempt last Wednesday was thwarted when access to the legislators’ quarters was blocked, preventing him and his entourage from […]