Tinubu's team takes a comedic bow Clad in a black suit replete with pocket square and spectacles former Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State was the first of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 48 ministerial nominees to be screened and confirmed by Nigeria's Senate (AC Vol 64 No 16 Amid protests over spiralling prices Tinubu names new team)...
Still more contentious is Tinubu's appointment of outgoing governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike who is still nominally in the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP)...
The APC is preparing for a heavy legal battle in Rivers state where Governor Nyesom Wike's anointed candidate Siminialayi Fubara was affirmed the winner...
Outgoing governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has another set of problems after multiple fights with party leadership...
According to the result Tinubu got 80 239 votes – over a third of his total across the state – from Obio-Akpor Local Government Authority (LGA) the council where Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike ostensibly a PDP member hails from...
His abrasive reputation has fuelled a dispute between outgoing Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike and four other governors from the south...
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Support for restructuring goes down well in the PDP's heartlands in the south-east and the south-south regions but Abubakar's continuing battle with one of the party's main funders Rivers State governor Nyesome Wike risks losing voter support (AC Vol 63 No 18 Opposition fall-out shakes up election plans)...
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At the heart of the trouble is Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike a PDP baron who has expressed serial grievances against Atiku...
He managed to defy opposition from other northern barons in the party such as Bukola Saraki from Kwara state as well as hostile resistance from Nyesom Wike governor of Rivers state...
Ten days earlier Abubakar won the presidential primaries of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) with 371 votes against runner up Rivers State governor Nyesome Wike's 237 votes...
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