Tag: Nyesom Wike

Rivers Crisis: “Go to court” – Tinubu advises aggrieved parties

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Tinubu on Rivers crisis

…Directs police to restore law, order President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law. The President was reacting to the recent tensions following last Saturday’s local government council election and subsequent reports of arson and explosions in the State. He urged all political actors to de-escalate the situation and discourage their supporters from engaging in violence or destructive actions. President Tinubu directed the Police to restore and maintain peace, law, and order…

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HURIWA kicks against Wike, Tinubu’s move to build houses for judges 

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HURIWA kicks

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has attributed judicial corruption to undue influence exerted by the Executive branch on the Judiciary. HURIWA stated this while citing a recent development where the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Minister, Nyesom Wike, announced plans to build 40 houses for Justices of the Court of Appeal, Federal High Court, and other senior judicial officers. According to reports, Wike revealed that President Bola Tinubu had approved the construction of the houses, which includes retirement homes for the Chief Judges of the FCT Federal High…

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Rivers: “I’m far bigger than all of you put together”– Wike to Fubara-backing PDP Govs.

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Wike 2 PDP Govs

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has hit back at Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), governors who are supporting Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Wike was reported as saying the governors must be sick if they do not recognise that he (Wike) is bigger than all of them put together. “Don’t ever think they are fighting me; they are not fighting me. I’m too big”, Wike said while addressing the crowd at the event. If you don’t recognise someone who is bigger than you, then you are sick.…

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“Wike is a threat to national security, democracy” – Rivers Elders tell Tinubu

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Rivers elders

A group of Rivers State Elders, led by a former Governor, Rufus Ada George, has called on President Bola Ahmed to call the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to order over his threat to cause violence in some States. The Rivers Elders and Leadership Forum made the call in an open letter they wrote to draw the attention of President Tinubu to what they called the unsavory and demeaning threat statements widely circulating on news headlines made by the Minister in Port-Harcourt, the State capital, on Saturday,…

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“Sack Wike now” – Northern youths urge Tinubu

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Northern youths on Wike

Northern Youth Leaders Forum, (NYLF), has demanded the sack and arrest of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over what they described as a threat to democracy. This was expressed in a statement by the NYLF, comprising almost 50 youth groups from the 19 Northern states and FCT. Recall that Wike, on Saturday, August 31, 2024, in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, publicly threatened to cause a crisis of whatever form in the PDP-controlled States because the PDP governors expectedly identified with one of them in the Rivers…

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“Abuja FCT Protest Sponsorship:Wike want to nail me” – Senator Kingibe cries out

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Senator Kingibe cries

The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has raised an alarm over an alleged plot to link her with street protests within Abuja. Recall that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had on Thursday alleged that a serving Senator has been financially supporting the organisers of the ongoing protest. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Kennedy Mbele, Senator Kingibe denied any involvement or relationship with the masterminds of the protests. Referring to a trending video, Senator Kingibe clarified that “the video being circulated is…

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“Nigeria is ‘rotten’; citizens expecting miracle from Tinubu” – Wike

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Wike comments

FCT Minister, Neysom Wike, says the planned protest against President Bola Tinubu’s administration is politically motivated, pointing out that Nigeria is already a ‘rotten country’. Wike, who stated this on Tuesday, while interacting with journalists after an inspection of the Karshi to Apo Road construction project which was awarded 13 years ago, accused Nigerians of impatience and being in a hurry to see Tinubu perform a miracle to fix the nation’s breakdown. The Minister said: “Let’s tell ourselves the simple truth. If we are playing politics, let’s say we are…

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“Return LG funds or face legal action”, SERAP tells 36 Govs., Wike

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SERAP on LG funds

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has called on the 36 State governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to “immediately account for and return the local government funds which they have collected over the years”. SERAP’s appeal came in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling yesterday that declared the practice of state governors and the FCT Minister withholding and utilising funds intended for local governments unconstitutional. In an issued statement yesterday, signed by SERAP’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said, “We…

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“I was told not to appoint you as minister, that you won’t deliver” – Tinubu to Wike

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Tinubu Wike

President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that he went against the wish of many people to appoint Nyesom Wike as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister. Speaking during the commissioning of the Arterial Road N-20, which he named Wole Soyinka Way, Tinubu said some persons advised him against appointing Wike into his cabinet. The inaugurated road is from the Northern Parkway to the Outer Northern Expressway within the federal capital city. Tinubu said Wike has proved his detractors wrong, and has also rewarded the confidence he resposed in him, noting that…

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Abuja metro rail to operate free for 2 months — Wike

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Wike Abuja light rail

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the Abuja Light Rail will operate free for two months. Speaking yesterday, during the ongoing ministerial press briefing to mark the one-year performance of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Wike said that the Abuja Light Rail would be commissioned by the President on Monday. He said that the free ride would commence on Tuesday after the inauguration on Monday, adding that this is part of President’s ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda for the residents of the FCT and its environments. The FCT Minister…

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