Tag: Nyesom Wike
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Rivers political crisis: Fubara raves as Wike likely retreats (6) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Rounding off the fifth installment of this series on Monday, June 3, I stated that, “barring any ‘political earthquake’ this week (last week) in the Rivers crisis, the remaining measures Fubara could deploy to arrest Wike’s alleged hegemonic hold on Rivers State will be interrogated in the next installment of the running header!” Two of…
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Why I ordered permanent secretaries to bow before Tinubu – Wike spills
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has given reason for directing permanent secretaries in his ministry to bow before President Bola Tinubu. It would be recalled that Wike gave the order on Tuesday during the inauguration of the arterial road N20. The minister’s action attracted condemnation from Nigerians who felt it was…
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Why FG named Abuja road after Wole Soyinka – Nyesom Wike
Nyesom Wike the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has revealed why he recommended that one of the roads being commissioned in the FCT be named after Wole Soyinka.
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Rivers political crisis: Fubara raves as Wike likely retreats (5) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Has the political heat in Rivers State simmered in the past week to suggest perhaps – just perhaps – that conventional wisdom has taken hold of the dramatis personae in the crisis to pull back from the precipice they’ve pushed the state in the last eight months?
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Wike vs Fubara: A prophecy foretold – By Etim Etim
In December, I wrote an article titled ‘’Wike, Fubara and the 48 Laws of Power’’ in which I predicted that Gov. Sim Fubara will emerge victorious in the war of attrition between him and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The intervention was prompted by President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to facilitate a truce between the two and…
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Wike names newly commissioned Abuja road after Tinubu
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has named the Southern Parkway, from National Christian Centre to Ring Road I (Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway), after President Bola Tinubu.
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Rivers political crisis: Fubara raves as Wike likely retreats (4) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Seeming to belie the header for this article that’s run three installments, a couple of weeks has witnessed the return of former Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike – from his semblance of a sabbatical leave – to rejoin Governor Siminalayi Fubara in shadow-boxing, and stoking the metatarsising Rivers…
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Abuja Light Rail ready for commercial operations – Wike
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike has said the Abuja Light Rail is ready for commercial operations.
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Rivers political crisis: Fubara raves as Wike likely retreats (3) – By Ehichioya Ezomon
As the Rivers political crisis reaches – or being pushed by the feuding parties to – its crescendo, Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s adopted a strategy of one-day, one-taunt, one-threat, one-allegation to deal with his opponents, or enemies of Rivers State, as decreed by the governor.
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An emperor and his nemesis – By Chidi Amuta
The drama of political bad manners in Rivers State is about to enter the ‘last corner’. Incumbent governor Mr. Siminalayi Fubara has dealt a survival kick after being pushed to the wall for most of his one year tenure.