VANGUARD NEWS I WATCHED Governor Wike spend more than one hour of precious time on three national television networks paid for with Rivers tax payers’ money responding incoherently to an interview I granted earlier. It was a one hour that…
PUNCH NEWS Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said the Federal Government, inadvertently, promotes corruption whenever it allows paltry sums of money, in its yearly budget for a project, instead of the entire money required to complete such projects…
THE TIDE The Rivers State Government has rolled out the drums to herald another phase of official commissioning of key projects embarked upon by the Governor Nyesom Wike-led administration in the state. A statement by the state government said that…
VANGUARD NEWS The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, proposed a budget estimate of N483,173, 307,096.00, for 2022 fiscal year to the State’s House of Assembly for consideration. Wike said the budget christened, “Budget of Consolidation”, would focus on…
VANGUARD NEWS Governor Nyesom Wike and leaders of Rivers State have issued 48-hour ultimatum to the federal government to bring to book those behind the invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in…
THE SUN Sole Administrator, Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), Felix Obuah, has said he was not surprised that Governor Nyesom Wike won The Sun Newspapers Man of the Year award. According to Obuah, the reason for deserving such place…
VANGUARD Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has called on the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, to reduce revenue accruable to the federal government from the federation account to 40 per cent, and increase those of States and…
PUNCH NEWS Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday said zoning must be embraced in the country for peace to thrive. He made his position known while delivering a lecture to the participants of the Executive Intelligence Course 14 of…
VANGUARD NEWS Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, said that the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is now a cash cow for politicians in the country. This came as President Mohammadu Buhari commissioned the NDDC office and residential complex…
THE GUARDIAN It is not your typical beer parlour brawl but believe me, it is still about beer. Every time you pay for goods or are paid for services, you pay extra money to the federal government. The payment is…