Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, has kicked against what his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, said by calling him a dictator who controls the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike in reaction to Umahi’s assertion appeared on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, on Wednesday evening and insisted it was wrong for
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Governor Nyesom Wike, of Rivers State, on Tuesday, said contrary to Umahi’s claims, the PDP had not been unfair to the South-East. The governor alleged that his Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi, left the Peoples Democratic Party to pursue a presidential bid. This came after Umahi at a media briefing in Abakaliki on Tuesday said
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has approved Monday, November 23, as date for the reopening of Nursery and Primary Schools in the state. This was contained in a statement signed and issued on Monday by Sir Chidi Adiele on behalf of the Commissioner of Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, which advised Head Teachers, Proprietors and
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Chairman, Anambra State chapter of Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Dr. Ndubuisi John has advised the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Nwike to handle the alleged killings in Oyigbo with extreme care to forstal escalation. Ndubisi who gave the advice on Thursday in Onitsha in a press briefing, urged the governor to avoid generalizing his
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, Worldwide, on Friday said that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has fraustrated and killed the political ambition of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The continued massacre of innocent Igbo residents in Oyigbo, Rivers State by soldiers, which OYC see as a threat to South
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The Rivers State Government has placed a ban on all forms of protests in the State. The Governor, Nyesom Wike in a statement issued through his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim advised parents and guardians to ensure their children or wards did not violate the order. He said the decision followed the scrapping
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has said it has uncovered plans by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), to replace Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State with the Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umaru Zulum. The DAILY VENDOR recalls that MURIC had earlier condemned NBA’s decision to drop El-Rufai from the list of speakers at its 2020
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The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr. Joseph Gobum Mukan, has called on Governor Nyesom Wike to turn in former Interim Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joy Nunieh, who is currently taking refuge at the Government House in Port Harcourt, to the command. The Police boss called on the governor to
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that he would always fight back any injustice meted on an indigene of the state. This he said in reaction to the house invasion and attempted arrest of the former Interim Managing Director of the NDDC, Joy Nunieh by police operatives at her residence in Old GRA, Port
Read moreRivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has moved the former Managing Director of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs. Joy Nunieh out of her residence to Government House Port in Harcourt, a report by Daily Post says. Officers had stormed the home of the former Interim Chairman of NDDC, Joy Nunieh at 3, Owuru Creek view,
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The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reportedly rescued the former Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Managing Director, Joy Nunieh from alleged house arrest. According to the report available to The DAILY VENDOR, the governor forced entry into Joy Nunieh’s residence, and ordered police officers out and later seen driving off with her. See video
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that no member of its National Working Committee (NWC) sponsored any media publication to malign the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. PDP described such publications as handwork of external forces and its enemies who are bent on sowing seeds of discord within the party. The party’s National Publicity
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The Commissioner of Police for Rivers State, Mr. John Mukam acting under the instructions of the Inspector-General of Police, setting up a parallel Task Force in the guise of a Technical Committee to ensure movement of agricultural products and other essential items into Rivers State; a committee saddled with the determination of who comes into
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The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Sunday monitored the demolition of two hotels, Prudent Hotel at Alode in Eleme and Etemeteh Hotel, Onne for violating the state’s COVID 19 lockdown order. Simeon Nwakaudu, a Special Assistant to the Governor onElectronic Media while confirming the incident in a statement said it was in line
Read moreGovernor Nyesom Wike has imposed dusk to dawn curfew on specific localities in Port Harcourt and environs in furtherance aggressive measures to check spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) in Rivers State. Wike also suspended Solomon Eke, Chairman of Obio Akpor LG along with his vice, for perceived failure to implement the state’s directive on the closure
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