Wike and Akpabio in a face off in Rivers (video)

Governor Nyesom Wike has threatened to bar Godswill Akpabio, the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, from using a road Rivers government is constructing. Mr Wike accused the minister of reneging on his pledge to contribute to the road construction. “As I speak, you have not brought one naira,” the governor told Mr Akpabio. “Meanwhile, the

Gov. Wike Proscribes IPOB in Rivers state

The war against the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Rivers took a different dimension on Wednesday when Governor Nyesom Wike signed an executive order reinforcing the ban on the group’s activities. The Governor said while Rivers remained the home to all tribes and ethnic nationalities, it was “opposed to the presence and activities

Joy Nunieh Recounts Her Rescue From Police (video)

The former Managing Director of the Interim Committee of the Niger-Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh has thanked the Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike for coming to save her from an attempted arrest by security operatives. Governor Wike had moved Nunieh out of her residence at Herbert Macaulay Street, Old GRA, Port Harcourt, to Government House

Wike moving in as police bar Numieh from leaving residence

Joi Nunieh, former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, was on Thursday blocked by 30 armed policemen from leaving her house in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for the airport. SaharaReporters gathered Nunieh was due to appear before Senate committee on NDDC in Abuja this morning. “Nunieh just called me now. The police