The Rivers State House of Assembly on Friday screened and confirmed the immediate-past Chief of Staff, Government House, Mr Emeka Woke, alongside four others as commissioners-designate. This was a sequel to a letter forwarding the names to the 32-member legislature by Governor Siminalayi Fubara for screening and confirmation. Others given a clean bill of health by the lawmakers are the …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike paid a courtesy visit to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the Defence House on Friday. The development came two months after the former Lagos State governor, whom they both supported, was declared the winner of the presidential election. Shortly after their arrival, the duo had a …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has backed the Supreme Court judgment extending the validity of old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes till 31 December. Also, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wahab Shittu has said that anyone standing in the way of the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling on the extension of the validity of the old Naira notes should …

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has explained that his government stopped the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar from using the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt  for his campaign in order to safeguard the facility from vandalism. The governor, who spoke at the state PDP campaign in Degema, Degema Local Government Area on Thursday, described the …

Governor Nyesom Wike on Wednesday canceled the approval he earlier the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers Stae to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for the campaign of its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. It came on a day the governor said his supporters knew who to vote for as president. Wike and four of his colleagues – Seyi Makinde …