Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said his team was more interested in a better Nigeria, and it is consulting widely with those who mean well for the country. Shortly on arrival from London at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Omagwa, he confirmedthe group’s meetings with Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo met with the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi; and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in London on Thursday. Although details of the meeting were sketchy as the time of this report, it is believed that it is part of negotiations ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Wike attended the meeting with his allies …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dismissed a purported suit said to have been filed by him seeking the removal of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections. Media reports earlier on Friday had claimed that Wike had filed a suit to challenge Abubakar’s emergence as PDP …

The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn as the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dragged the party to court over its presidential party held on 28 and 29 May in Abuja. Also listed as respondents are the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Since …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has charged politicians, political leaders and public office holders across political and ideological divides to come together for the good of the people. He said there are lots of things political leaders and public office holders can learn from one another’s experience in different parts of the country if they embrace politics without bitterness. …

Seven weeks after the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar announced Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate, the man not chosen remains the talk of the town. I’m not sure Abubakar (fondly called Atiku) expected this amount of pushback when he chose Okowa over Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. But just as it is with …

Just a day after voicing his opposition to the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; both APC members, have reached out to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, who is of the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had described as “fake news” media reports that he had a meeting with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in France. Wike, first runner-up in the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but who lost the push for running mate with the party’s candidate, Alhaji …

The presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), held in the twilight of 28th May 2022, set off fireworks of mixed feelings in different parts of the country. For veteran presidential contender, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his supporters, it has been an all-night dance of victory. His overwhelming victory at the elections held in Abuja speaks strongly of his …

Investment banker Mohammed Hayatu-Deen has pulled out the ongoing presidential primary election of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on account of what he described as “obscenely monetised” politics. It is the similar reason that made a prominent aspirant and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi quit the race and switched from the PDP to …