Tag: Nyesom Wike

Hope Uzodinma and Nyesom Wike: Five Issues Behind the APC Rift, From Coalition Control to Senate President Ambitions

The quarrel between Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has gone from muttered complaints…

Akpabio vs Uzodimma: Inside the power struggle for Nigeria’s next Senate president

The contest for the presidency of Nigeria’s 11th Senate is beginning to take shape ahead of the 2027…

POLITICAL CALCULATIONS: How Wike’s rainbow coalition could unsettle APC governors’ succession plans

The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is building a cross-party political network that could shape…

Wike’s ₦50bn Claim Raises Eyebrows: Did Tinubu Give Makinde ₦50bn for Ibadan Airport?

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has publicly disputed a claim by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike that President Bola…

Rivers 2027: How Fubara Lost the APC Ticket To Wike (What We Know)

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara appears set to join the list of governors who served only a single…

Wike vs. Fubara: Will President Tinubu’s fourth intervention succeed?

On Monday, February 9, President Bola Tinubu reportedly met with Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Nyesom Wike, Minister of…

The Rivers State Débâcle: Why Wike-Backed Lawmakers Want Fubara Out?

Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State, and Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have renewed…

BREAKDOWN: Fubara’s move to APC — a bid for peace or a strategic retreat?

The defection of Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All…

From Allies to Sworn Enemies: How rosy relationship between Seyi Makinde, Nyesom Wike turned sour

Political rivalry is exclusively motivated by interest. There is no caucus or group in politics without an objective,…

Unanswered Political Questions trailing PDP’s decision to expel Wike, Fayose, Anyanwu and others

A quiet tension clung to Abuja like a heavy veil, the kind that follows decisions made behind doors…

From Questionable Heroism to Claimed Assassination: The Yerima’s Story

Lieutenant Ahmed Yerima was a soldier assigned as an aide-de-camp to retired Naval Chief Vice Admiral Zubairu Gambo…

Wike’s Expulsion Deepens Divisions in PDP

Some governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have strongly opposed the expulsion of…