Nyesom Wike Archives - Page 10 of 10

Sep

21

2022

Wike camp insists, Ayu worked for emergence of Atiku at PDP Primaries

Opinion, Politics2023, Iyorchia Ayu, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Atiku: Calling Tambuwal hero after PDP primary exposed Ayu The camp of Governor Nyesom Wike insists Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, worked for the emergence of Atiku Abubakar. The former vice president won the presidential ticket at the PDP primary, which was held in late May in Abuja. After a meeting early Wednesday morning, the Wike camp said Ayu exposed himself through the comment he made after Atiku was declared the winner. In attendance were Board of Trustees (BoT) member Bode George, Prof Jerry Gana, Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde, ex-Governors Segun Mimiko (Ondo), Donald Duke (Cross River),…

Sep

19

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP forum tells Wike to Accept NEC resolution on Ayu, support Atiku-Okowa

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Iyorchia Ayu, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

One group, the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP (RAF) Aspiring Representatives Forum, has appealed to Governor Wike Nyesom and his supporters to allow peace to reign in the party to ensure the party’s victory in the 2023 presidential election. The group made the appeal at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, during which it pledged to mobilize voters for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in all 360 federal constituencies. Wike and some PDP members, including some four governors, have been demanding the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to correct the imbalance in his leadership. They said that with…

Aug

31

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Wike challenges Makarfi to deliver Kaduna from APC to PDP

News2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Governor Wike Nyesom of Rivers state has challenged Ahmed Makarfi, former governor of Kaduna state, to hand over the state to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. Makarfi, in an interview on Channels Television, asked Wike to be subtle in his anger. The former governor was referring to the various meetings Wike has had with some of the main presidential hopefuls about his next political move. Governor Rivers, along with other PDP governors, held separate meetings with APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu and Labor and PDP candidates Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar in London last week. Makarfi warned Wike not to…

Jul

03

2020

By OHAFIATV

Adesina reveals why Buhari refused to deal with Wike, Fayose

PoliticsMohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said his principal chose to overlook the “combative and truculent, if not at times insulting” disposition of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. This was contained in a piece titled ‘Wike Vindicates Buharists’, published on his website on Friday. Adesina noted that the President would have taken action not only against Wike, but former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, for their “anti-Buhari tendencies”. Wike, who was elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), this week thanked Buhari for approving a N78.9bn refund to Rivers…

Jun

24

2020

By Kalu Odinakachi

Edo primaries: PDP NWC members are tax collectors – Wike

PoliticsEdo State, Godwin Obaseki, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Personality, Politics

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has pulled out of the reconciliation efforts of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He told newsmen in Port Harcourt today that some members of the National Working Committee NWC of the PDP are sycophants and tax collectors who will never tell the truth. According to him, instead of the NWC to carry everybody along in Edo State, they resorted to using the media to blackmail him. “I told them that in Edo State, we must handle the issue carefully and carry everybody along. They must respect human beings and…