GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike says Rivers state people already know the candidate he wants them to vote for in the 25 February 2023 presidential election, stressing that those expecting him to make public declaration on his choice candidate would wait in vain. Wike in Port Harcourt, Wednesday, for Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rally for … [Read more…]
The ding-dong in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continued, yesterday, as Governor Nyesom Wike maintained his hard stance despite a confidence vote in Senator Iyorchia Ayu by the National Executive Committee (NEC) at a meeting attended by only six of the party’s 13 governors. Not even the decision by Walid Jibrin to step down as chairman … [Read more…]
Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo and the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, met with Governor Nyesom Wike in London. Also at the meeting were Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and former governors Donald Duke of Cross Rivers State and Ayo Fayose … [Read more…]
ANALYSIS: An opposition within the opposition? How PDP might derail its ambition The fallout from the presidential primaries of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which culminated in the victory of Atiku Abubakar as the party’s flagbearer in the 2023 elections has led to a series of events akin to a blockbuster Nollywood movie. Despite … [Read more…]
The loyalists of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have listed conditions for the resolution of the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party. Supporters of the governor, in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Sunday, said it was not late for the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to revisit the issue of his running mate by … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared he would remain grateful to Mary Odili for her timely intervention that saved his political career in 2004. He spoke of this aspect of his political experience at the 70th birthday and retirement thanksgiving mass of Odili, as justice of the Supreme Court, at Our Lady of the … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to expeditiously tackle the festering security and economic challenges facing Nigeria if elected president. Governor Wike maintained that at this critical juncture, the country desperately requires a leader with political will and courage to decisively end the scourge of insecurity and revive the ailing economy. He made the … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor, Nyeson Wike, has declared intention to contest the 2023 presidential election, saying he is the best man to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike, who stated this when he visited his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, at the Government House in Makurdi, yesterday, said he was making his … [Read more…]
Oil marketers, under the aegis of Association of Tank Farm Oil and Gas Marketers of Nigeria (ATOGMAN), have commended Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for taking action against illegal refineries and oil bunkering. Wike had issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the 23 local government areas chairmen to provide list of illegal refineries and their … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed regrets that 61 years after independence, Nigeria is still grappling with leadership challenge. He pointed out that because of such leadership failure, Nigeria is now at a point in its history needing God more than ever. He made the assertion at the interdenominational … [Read more…]
FEEDING BOTTLE FEDERALISM: ALLOW VAT LEGAL BATTLE RUN FULL COURSE – EKWEREMADU …Calls for expedited hearing of VAT, stamp duty suits Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has advised the National Assembly not to embark on any legislation over the collection of the Value Added Tax (VAT) and Stamp Duties, which are … [Read more…]
VAT: Despite Appeal Court ruling, Wike inaugurates new tax commission Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday inaugurated the state’s Tax Appeal Commission shortly after the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal ordered maintenance of status quo in the collection of value added tax by state governments. The commission inaugurated by Mr Wike is saddled … [Read more…]