RIVERSThis privilege was not extended to Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara who has been locked in a protracted feud with his godfather and serving Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike (AC Vol 66 No 7 Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State)...

Tinubu has been accused of packing INEC with allies including Anubgum Onuoha a cousin and former aide to Tinubu's Minister for the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike who is the electoral commissioner for Edo State (AC Vol 65 No 21 Tinubu dismantles the opposition in Edo)...

He appointed Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (AC Vol 66 No 16 Tinubu's biggest challenge - ructions in the ruling party)...

At the centre of the imbroglio is Nyesom Wike a leading member and erstwhile financier of the party who serves in Tinubu's cabinet as minister of the federal capital territory...

In other cases Tinubu recruits an outgoing governor such as Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to stay in the opposition People's Democratic Party to instigate division and confusion...

Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and all elected officials in the state imposing a state of emergency after a power struggle erupted between them and former governor Nyesome Wike now a federal minister in Abuja (AC Vol 66 No 7 Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State)...

A member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Fintiri broke with its former leader Atiku Abubakar and has forged ties with his rival Nyesom Wike the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory who maintains his PDP membership but is fully aligned with the APC and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...

RIVERS STATE (south-south) Elected on a PDP ticket and questioning federal government actions Governor Siminalayi Fubara was suspended by the High Court in a bitterly disputed decision orchestrated by his predecessor Nyesom Wike...

In the latest twist in the power struggle to control Rivers State the two leading protagonists – Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike – both appear to have lost...

Atiku a member of the main opposition PDP is expected to leave the party soon due to a prolonged crisis partly fuelled by former governor Nyesom Wike...

Tinubu has strategically built his own coalition first by appointing aggrieved PDP chieftain and influential former governor Nyesom Wike to his cabinet (AC Vol 65 No 22 No policy shifts as Tinubu reshuffles)...

Nyesom Wike the ex-governor of Rivers State who is central to Tinubu's re-election strategy was retained as Minister for the Federal Capital Territory...