The President met with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday while the protest was ongoing. Nyesom Wike arrived at the Presidential Villa around 4 pm in an SUV and briskly walked into the Presidential Office in what was said to be a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While the exact purpose of Wike’s visit was not disclosed, …

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio; the Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, are on the list of 40 eminent Nigerians that will receive the 2024 Nigerian Excellence Awards in Public Service (NEAPS) at a ceremony scheduled for Abuja Saturday 6 July. The NEAPS 2024 is a collaboration involving …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, Governors, Abba Yusuf (Kano) and Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom) will be awarded the THISNIGERIA Gold Prize award at the second annual lecture and Gold Prize Award themed ‘25 Years of Nigeria’s Unbroken Democracy – Prospects and Possibilities’. While Wike will be awarded for his ‘Infrastructural Revolution and Exceptional Leadership’, Yusuf will …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has cancelled the 10,000 jobs in the state civil service approved by his predecessor, Barrister Nyesom Wike, saying a fresh recruitment process would be carried out. In May last year, Wike approved the immediate employment of a significant number of youths to fill existing vacancies in the state’s workforce, effective immediately. However, during an …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, warned that the political crisis in Rivers State if not checked had the potential of destabilising not only the Niger Delta, but affecting other parts of the country. Jonathan called on the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor and estranged political godfather,  Nyesom Wike to sheathe their swords, put the past behind …

Have you noticed that in the last two weeks, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State seems to have acquired an inexplicably large dose of boldness and courage? Conversely, you must have equally observed that, in the last couple of days, Minister of Federal Capital Territory, the very loquacious Nyesom Wike has taken an uncharacteristically large overdose of meekness and humility. …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has vowed to set up a judicial panel of inquiry to probe the past administration. Barrister Nyesom Wike, who is now Minister of Federal Capital Territory, was succeeded by his “godson” on 29 May 2023. While swearing-in Mr. Dagogo Israel Iboroma as the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of the state at Government House …

Senator Magnus Abe, who represented Rivers South East district in the seventh session of the Senate, has explained why the state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, cannot be described as the state’s leader. Abe made this disclosure while speaking on the feud between Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, on TV Continental’s programme, Politics …

Ambassador Umar Damagum has retained his position as the acting National Charman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Thursday, the PDP conducted its 98th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. In a communique after the meeting, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Debo Ologunagba said the NEC urged all members to continue …

Minister of the Federal Captial Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has donated over 60 motorcycles to the Department of State Services (DSS) and Vigilance Group of Nigeria (VGN). Wike also gave 30 motorcycles to the police and five each to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The minister, at the handover yesterday, warned that the motorcycles must not be …