Tag: Nyesom Wike
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Forget our support if you drop Okowa – Igbo youths warn Atiku
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been warned not to drop Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate There are growing concerns that pressure is mounting on Atiku to drop Okowa and replace him with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike.
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Vice Presidency: Ortom accuses Atiku of insulting Wike
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar claiming he insulted his Rivers state counterpart Nyesom Wike over issues bothering on the vice presidential slot.
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Wike’s defection rumour heighten as Obi visits Rivers Governor
Rumour about the possible defection of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has further heightened on Wednesday following the visit of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. The duo held a closed – door meeting during the visit with both camps maintaining sealed lips . about the possible outcome of the interface.…
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VP slot: I don’t feel Wike is going to be disappointed – Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said he does not feel his emergence as running mate to Atiku Abubakar will make the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike disappointed. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Governor Okowa on Thursday emerged as Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of Wike.
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PDP denies announcing Wike as Atiku’s running mate, says NWC still consulting
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has denied report it has announced Nyesom Wike as the running mate to the presidential flagbearer Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Media reports had it that Wike has been announced as Atiku’s running mate, but the PDP has deneid settling for him yet.
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Would 2023 elections return Nigeria to multi-sum politics? – By Magnus Onyibe
It is such a welcome relief that the crowded political space by a deluge of contenders for the office of president of Nigeria is panning out nicely as the main opposition party, PDP had concluded its presidential primaries over a weak ago and the APC is about now rounding up. It is also gratifying that…
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Wike/Atiku ticket: A possibility?
The recent ‘bromance’ between Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the Rivers State Governor who recently lost the PDP presidential primaries to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is something that gladdens the hearts of many of their supporters. Given the disposition of the Rivers State Governor before the
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Atiku, Wike, chieftains meet to plot APC’s downfall in 2023
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar and his closest rival in the just concluded presidential primaries, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike met in Abuja on Wednesday to plot the downfall of the All Progressives Congress APC downfall in 2023.
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For Nyesom Wike, the hands of friendly friends held the knife – By Mideno Bayagbon
More than six months ago, I decided to poke nose into the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, affairs. I started scouting around to have a feel of what the thinking was concerning which zone of the country the party was likely to gift its presidential candidacy. Among those I interacted with, which happens to be some…
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Wike: The real hero of the moment – By Kassim Afegbua
Treachery. Blackmail. Betrayal. Manipulation. Conspiracy. Bad blood. Gang up. Political greed and egocentricism, played dominant role in the just concluded PDP National Convention. All these were massed together against one formidable aspirant, the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, who became the man to beat before the election. Atiku Abubakar, who was famed as a…