Nyesom Wike

The FCT Minister says President Bola Tinubu will face a far easier re-election battle than in 2023, insisting the opposition has been “crippled” and “depleted” by divisions, defections and lack of a coherent national strategy. Reacting to Governor...

Human rights lawyer and activist Deji Adeyanju calls for the next administration after President Bola Tinubu to appoint an FCT minister with the “guts” of former minister Nasir El-Rufai to reverse what he describes as “senseless allocations” of...

Nyesom Wike and Siminalayi Fubara’s political camps appear to be moving towards reconciliation in Rivers State. The development followed a second meeting between Fubara and the Rainbow Coalition reconciliation committee in two weeks. The committee said former political...

Former senator Dino Melaye has declared that Nigeria’s main opposition PDP is politically dead because the party was allegedly “sold” to Tinubu and the APC. Melaye named three PDP officials whom he accused of being responsible for the...

Wike dismisses reports linking him to the Director-General position of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, describing the claims as false and unfounded. FCT Minister insists he has neither lobbied for nor discussed any campaign appointment, saying his political...

Isaac Fayose challenges FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to a Rolls-Royce-for-Rolls-Royce and ₦1 billion wager, insisting Peter Obi will win Rivers State with 72 per cent of the votes The businessman alleges that the 2023 presidential election in Rivers...

Wike says Governor Siminalayi Fubara's political rebellion and abandonment of the structure that brought him to power ultimately cost him the opportunity to seek a second term in office. The FCT minister reveals that several reconciliation efforts were...

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike challenges Cardinal John Onaiyekan’s neutrality, alleging that the Catholic cleric’s position during the 2023 presidential election was known to Nigerians. Wike faults repeated criticism of the Tinubu administration without acknowledgement of achievements, warning that...

Fubara Ends Political Rift: Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara formally returns to the Wike-led Rainbow Coalition, declaring that the era of political conflict in the state is over and calling for unity among his supporters. Tinubu Gets Second-Term Endorsement:...

FCT Minister vows to resign within 48 hours if anyone disproves his claims on road projects in Abuja's satellite towns. Wike says the FCTA has awarded 317km of roads, completed 221km, with 96km still under construction since Tinubu...