FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has claimed that President Bola Tinubu’s camp strategically leveraged Peter Obi’s candidacy in the 2023 presidential election to divide votes that would otherwise have gone to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike made the claim during an interview on Wednesday while explaining his support for
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has expressed confidence that prevailing economic hardship and insecurity will not prevent Nigerians from returning President Bola Tinubu to office in the 2027 presidential election. Wike made the assertion on Wednesday at a media parley with selected journalists in Abuja, where he addressed concerns about the
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said he expects to be among the first political targets of the opposition if President Bola Tinubu loses the 2027 presidential election. Wike, who has openly backed Tinubu’s re-election bid, said former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress and Labour Party presidential candidate
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Sunday hosted Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at his residence in Port Harcourt, in another significant step towards consolidating the reconciliation between the two former political allies. The meeting marked the first known encounter between Wike and Fubara since the governor announced that he
As Nigeria edges closer to the 2027 general elections, fresh cracks are emerging within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), with mounting concerns over how the party’s consensus system is being deployed to shape candidacies across key states.Investigations reveal that while the consensus model was originally designed to promote unity and reduce internal friction, it
The Rivers State political crisis has refused to abate, defying elite interventions, presidential caution and repeated appeals for restraint. What began as a disagreement between a political godfather and his successor has since snowballed into a multilayered struggle involving the presidency, the ruling APC, a polarised House of Assembly and a deeply divided political class.At