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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has revealed why the state government cancelled the recent employment at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt. He said the employment was cancelled due to ‘glaring irregularities’ associated with the process. The governor explained the situation while addressing the Rivers State chapter …

Former Kaduna State Governor Nasiru El-Rufai, his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike and eminent medical scholar Ali Pate are on the list of ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it was learnt this morning. Also nominated for cabinet positions are legal luminary Lateef Fagbemi (SAN); …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently meeting with former governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The three former governors arrived at about 3:33 pm and were delayed by security who wanted to get clearance from their superior before allowing …

Outgoing Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has denied reports on social media about a purported disagreement between him and the state governor-elect, Siminalaye Fubara. There were reports on social media that there had been a face-off between the governor and the governor-elect, following decisions of the latter to invite …

Prominent figures such as President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the 14th Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II, and Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will unveil a book on the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday. Other governors expected to attend the book launch include Babajide Sanwo-Olu …

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has revealed that he made attempts to lure President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to abandon the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2018. He said he met the President-elect in 2018 at his Bourdillon home in Lagos around 2:00am …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared Wednesday as a public holiday to enable the people of Rivers State give the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a rousing welcome. The President-elect, during his two-day official visit to Rivers State, is scheduled to commission the Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover and the ultra-modern Magistrates’ Court …

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has claimed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State was responsible why the Federal High Court sacked him as governor sometime last year, before the Appellate Court restored him back in office. Umahi made the claim on Monday during the commissioning of remodelled community secondary …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has cautioned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, against hunting the G-5 governors. Wike warned that Ayu and the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, can’t cage members of the G-5. Recall that the G-5 governors led by Wike had demanded Ayu’s …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said history would be kind to members of the G-5 governors for standing for equity, justice and fairness despite their losses during the February 25 election. Newsextra24 reports that some of the governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party who named themselves G-5 lost …