Author: Millie Egbule Port Harcourt

JUSTICE James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to take any action aimed at suspending or expelling Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike from the party. The order was made upon an ex parte motion filed by Wike against the entire hierarchy of the PDP. Respondents in the motion marked FHC/ABJ/CS/139/2023, dated and filed on February 2, are the PDP, its National Working Committee, National Executive Committee, National Chairman of the party Dr Iyorchia Ayu; PDP National Secretary Senator Samuel Anyanwu and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). By the motion,…

RIVERS State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has showered encomiums on the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire for delivery of a 100 Bed Mother and Child Hospital in Okrika area of Rivers State. The MCC is equipped with state-or-the-art facilities including operating theatres, labour rooms, recovery rooms, private and general Wards, scanning Room, consultation rooms and laboratory, ultra-scan machine, vacuum extractor delivery set and an Emergency Cart with full compliments. It’s one of the over 25 advanced medical facilities designed and equipped to help reduced child and maternal mortality already delivered across…

NO fewer than three persons are feared to have lost their lives when a building under construction caved in along Isi Ewu road, Nbodo Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the dead victims were labourers working at the site of the two-storey building when the incident occurred. Though details of the incident were sketchy as of the time of filing this report, it was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday evening, even as some persons sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital. It was also gathered that the intervention of the…

IN an apparent concurrence with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmad Tinubu, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has warned cabals reportedly trying to scuttle the February 25 and March 11 general elections to desist from the plot, saying no to any form of ‘interim government’. “Let nobody try to scuttle this election,” the governor warned on Saturday during a campaign in the Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of the state. Wike’s comment comes barely 24 hours after the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu campaigned in Ekiti and alleged a sinister…

THE Governor of River State, Nyesom Wike, has stated that those within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who don’t want the success of the G5 will fail. Governor Wike said this during the party’s campaign rally at Okrika Local Government Area (LGA), Rivers State. THE G5 also known as the ‘Integrity Group’ is a coalition of disgruntled governors who opposed the party’s choice of leadership under the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, as well as the non-inclusivity of the southern members. They include Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu). While addressing…

A HIGH Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, two former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad for extra-judicial killing. Recall that five members of the SARS team, ASP Samuel Chigbu, Shedrack Ibibo, Magus Awuri, Ogoligo, and Olisa Emeka were standing trial for killing Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, while in their custody for allegedly stealing recharge cards in Oyigbo, Oyigbo Local Government Area in 2015. But ASP Samuel Chigbu and Ogoligo died in custody at the correctional centre in Port Harcourt, while Shedrack Ibibo, Magus Awuri, and Olisa Emeka continued with the trial.…

RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike has defended his administration’s action to cancel the approval it earlier granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council to use a stadium in the state for its rally. The State Government January 11 approved the use of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for the PDP presidential really which is fixed for February 11. However, in a statement dated January 31, 2023, and addressed to the Director General of the Campaign Council and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, the Rivers State Government through the Commissioner for Sports, Christopher Green said the approval has been…

THE Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, the permission to apply for an order of mandamus to compel the Department of State Service to allow him to have unfettered access to medical care. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 2341/2022, Kanu through his legal team led by Mike Ozekhome and Ifeanyi Ejiofor said he needed an independent medical examination to ascertain his health condition. After hearing an ex-parte application filed by the IPOB leader, Justice Binta Nyako, directed Kanu’s legal team to serve all the relevant processes on both…

RIVERS State government has withdrawn the approval given to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to use Adoki Amasiaemeka Stadium, Igwurita Ali, Ikwerre Local Government Area, for presidential campaign. Governor Nyesom Wike had a couple of weeks ago given approval for the use of the stadium for the campaign but with a condition that it would be accessed 48 hours to the event. But in a letter dated January 31, 2023, and addressed to the Director General of Atiku campaign organisation and Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, Rivers State Commissioner of Sports, Barrister Christopher Green, said intelligence revealed that Atiku…

A DAY after promising to hit back at the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for taking over the lawsuits instituted by the state chapter of the party, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has called for a protest vote against the party at the national level. Wike spoke at the state PDP campaign in the Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state. He urged the people to use their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to, in his word, “pepper” the National Secretariat for abandoning them during the 2022 flooding that ravaged the local government areas in…

THE governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, on Monday evening, escaped assassination when unknown gunmen attacked his campaign train at Akinima community in Ahoada-West local government area of the State. Abe and his team had earlier visited Ubeta and other communities in the area before heading to Akinima, which is the headquarters of the local government area, when they came under heavy gun attack. A short video from his media team showed members of the campaign train running helter-skelter scampering for safety in the ensuing chaos. Speaking on the development, Abe…

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Monday cleared the air over a N120 billion recently approved by the State House of Assembly, saying it was not a fresh loan. The All Progressives Congress had accused Governor Okowa of seeking the state Assembly’s approval to borrow another loan hence plunging the state into debt. Okowa who spoke through the State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Fidelis Tilije, on Monday, denied the claim. Tilije said, “We are beginning to see misconception regarding the N120 billion loan, especially from the APC. “The APC is painting a lie as if it is the truth…

THE Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has promised to “hit back” at the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over what he described as anti-party activities. Wike, who spoke at the PDP Etche Local Government Area (LGA) campaign rally in Rivers State on Monday, accused the National Working Committee of the party of colluding with the opposition in the state. The disclosure comes amid a months-long feud between the G5 or Integrity Group – made up of Wike and four other PDP governors (Benue, Oyo, Abia, and Enugu) – and the PDP leadership for its alleged disregard for…

AS the January 31st naira note deadline approaches, some commercial banks have extended their working days to include Saturday and Sunday – January 28, and January 29, to allow more withdrawal of the new naira notes as well as the deposit of the old. News Point Nigeria reports that, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed commercial banks in the country to work on Saturdays till Jan. 31, 2023, to enable bank customers return old naira notes for new ones. Mr Osita Nwasinobi, the Director, Corporate Communications Department of the apex bank, stated this at the CBN fair in…

RIVERS State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has urged Nigerians not to allow the 2023 general elections to fail. Allowing such failure, he said, will increase political polarisation, exacerbate social fault lines, and set Nigeria’s democracy backward. Governor Wike gave the charge at the 2023 Port Harcourt International Conference, sponsored by the Rivers State government, with the theme: Deepening Democratic Culture and Institutions for Sustainable Development and Security in Nigeria,” held at Obi Wali International Conference in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The governor noted that barely one month away, Nigerians are hoping and praying for the 2023 general elections to herald…

FORMER president Olusegun Obasanjo alongside former Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, has visited the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Obasanjo’s visit is the latest in a series of visits to the country home of Wike by politicians across party lines. Wike, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, has been at loggerheads with the main opposition party leadership after the presidential primary that produced Atiku Abubakar as the PDP presidential candidate. Wike and other aggrieved PDP governors tagged G5 have been calling for the resignation of PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has dismissed threats by some politicians who allegedly promised to deal with him upon winning the forthcoming presidential election. According to him, those threatening him will never win at the poll and will not have such an opportunity to carry out their alleged scheme. “Most of you have watched on YouTube where they said they will deal with me when they win. You can’t win. You’ve not won, you are threatening to deal with some people. Will God allow you?” he asked. The governor spoke on Wednesday at Community Secondary School 1 in Mogho…

THE Nigeria Football Association (NFF) has charged all State Associations (FA) to conduct elections for their state excos. The State FAs are implored to organize and conduct credible elections for the emergence of new officers. According to a statement by the Nigeria Football Federation’s Head, Member Association and Specials Duties, Ali Abubakar Muhammad, the election is expected to take place between February and March, 2023. He further charged all state FAs to foward list of elected members to the General Secretary. Muhammad then reminded all the state FAs that elections of local football council is of paramount importance as a…

RIVERS State Governor Nyesom Wike has disclosed that the ongoing campaigns for candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the State does not include the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. According to Wike, he only campaigns for people who ask him to campaign for them. Therefore, he can’t force himself to campaign for someone who doesn’t ask for it. Governor Wike spoke in Bonny Town during the Local Government Campaign Flag-off Rally that was organised by the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council on Tuesday. The Rivers State governor told Bonny people: “Go home and have it on your mind…

THE Management of Bayero University, Kano has come out to debunk the rumour on Increment in school fees. The rumour, which was circulated in a fake letter on social media, was described as fake in a release by Lamara Garba, the Deputy Registrar, Public Affairs, and made available to  News Point Nigeria, Monday. He further stated, that the University has not decided on any school fees increase. “The attention of the Management of Bayero University, Kano has been drawn to a purported fake letter in circulation announcing an increase in registration fees. “In the light of the above, students, parents…