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Coalition of combined military veterans ask Tinubu to sack Wike

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 Aminu Imam

Retired members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria under the aegis of the ‘Coalition of Concerned Military Veterans’ have urged President Bola Tinubu to sack or redeploy the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his recent face-off with a naval officer in Abuja. The Coalition stated this in Kaduna at a press conference comprises retired generals and other senior military officers drawn from the Army, Air Force, and Navy. The stand-off between FCT minister Nyesom Wike and Naval officer Yarima following a row over the ownership of…

Rivers: Fubara resumes as Governor; pledges peace, reconciliation

September 20, 2025September 20, 2025 Aminu Imam

…”I’m the real hero for stopping Atiku in 2023″ – Wike Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, yesterday resumed duties at the Government House, Port Harcourt, after six months away, marking the end of the emergency rule imposed by President Bola Tinubu in March. Fubara, who arrived to a rousing welcome at the Port Harcourt International Airport around 11:50 a.m., told supporters that his return signaled a renewed bond between his government and the people of Rivers State. He is expected to make a state broadcast by 6 p.m. “I am…

FCT: Kano Govt. condemns forceful unconstitutional deportation of northerners

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

…Says ‘Abuja is not anyone’s property’ Kano State Government has expressed concern over the repeated deportation of citizens from the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja, to Kano and other states in the North. The state’s Commissioner for Women Affairs, Children and Disabled Persons, Amina Sani-Abdullahi, who made this known yesterday in a statement to newsmen in Kano, said the state government observed that within the last four weeks, several Nigerian citizens, including indigenes of Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, and Kaduna, were deported from the FCT to Kano. According to her, the…

Rivers: Wike reclaims grassroots control, as Fubara shuns LG polls

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 Aminu Imam

Local government elections in Rivers State yesterday highlighted the widening gulf between suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his political benefactor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as both men charted contrasting paths in the state’s tense power struggle. While Wike turned out to vote and praised the exercise as peaceful, Fubara boycotted the polls altogether, reinforcing perceptions that he is increasingly sidelined from the state’s political machinery. At his polling unit in Ward-5, Opobo/Nkoro LGA, electoral officials and materials arrived on schedule, but the governor never appeared.…

2027: PDP Govs. dare Wike, insist on Nov. 15 Convention

August 24, 2025August 24, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum had warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and others against derailing the national convention of the party scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15, 2025. In a communiqué issued yesterday at the end of its 7th meeting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, the governors reaffirmed their full support for the resolutions of the 101st National Executive Committee (NEC) held in July 2025 regarding the November 15, 2025 national convention of the party. The governors urged…

Wike allegedly purchases $2m Florida mansion under wife, children’s names

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 Aminu Imam

Fresh disclosures from U.S. public records have revealed that Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, acquired a $2 million mansion in Florida through his wife and children. The property, according to a report by West Africa Weekly published yesterday, is located on Spring Creek Lane in Winter Springs, Florida, and was purchased in March 2025 and registered under the names of Wike’s wife, Justice Eberechi Wike, and their children, Joaquin, Jazmyne, and Jordan. The records further indicate that Justice Eberechi Wike, currently serving as a judge in Nigeria,…

Tinubu brokers peace between Fubara, Wike

June 28, 2025June 28, 2025 Aminu Imam

…‘Ex-Gov. to finish term, drop 2027 bid’ – Sources President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly reached a discreet political settlement that allows Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara to complete his current tenure on the condition that he forfeits any ambition to contest the 2027 governorship election. According to published details, the deal was finalised during a closed-door meeting in Abuja, attended by key political figures including Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. As part of the arrangement, Wike is said to have secured full authority to nominate…

Tinubu backs Wike’s crackdown on unpaid Abuja ground rents

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 Aminu Imam

…Action violates domestic Int’l laws – Falala President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has thrown his weight behind Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister Nyesom Wike’s aggressive campaign to recover unpaid ground rents in Abuja, a move that has drawn both praise and legal caution. Speaking at the inauguration of the newly-renovated Abuja International Conference Centre (ICC) — now renamed in his honour — Tinubu lauded Wike’s leadership and endorsed the ongoing efforts targeting embassies, government agencies, and private entities owing ground rents for up to 43 years. “Our Nigeria first! I like…

Wike vs Gov Bala: “Stop betraying North” – Forum cautions Dogara

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Democratic Front, (NDF), has cautioned the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, against betraying Northern interests in the lead-up to the 2027 presidential election. In an issued statement signed by its National Spokesperson, Engr. Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe, the NDF urged Northerners to disregard their actions and called for an end to the practice of political mercenaries. The group alleged that their recent criticism of Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed is a calculated strategy aimed at undermining the region’s political influence and preventing it from producing…

Wike counters Fubara’s ‘red biro’ threat, says he’s been using it for 14yrs

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 Aminu Imam

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has responded to Rivers State governor Siminalaya Fubara’s recent boast about using his ‘red biro’ to crush his enemies. Wike, through his media aide, Lere Olayinka, downplayed Fubara’s threats, reminding him that while Fubara may have been using the red biro for two years, Wike has been wielding it for 14 years. Recall that Fubara, during the crossover service into 2025 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Opobo Town, vowed to continue using the red biro against his adversaries, saying: “The…