Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu at the fifth mid-year coordination meeting of the AU at the UN offices in Gigiri, Nairobi, on 16 July 2023....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara plays second fiddle to his predecessor Nyesom Wike after President Bola Tinubu intervenes in their political dispute.
The power struggle between Nigeria’s former Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike and his successor Sim Fubara has been settled to the former’s benefit, following an intervention by President Bola Tinubu that effectively cements Wike’s status as the godfather of local politics in Nigeria’s second-richest state.
But its sitting chief executive gets the short end of the stick.
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