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Ahead of Saturday's National Convention of the All Progressive Congress APC, the Rivers State chapter of the party is embroiled in a scandal as the Sen.

Punch Newspapers Sections Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt THE Rivers State Government said on Sunday that the appointment of a former commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Dr. John Bazia, did not add value to Governor Nyesom Wike’s cabinet. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, stated this in a statement replying comments credited to Bazia against Wike published in Sunday Punch. Bazia had in the interview accused the governor of monopolising cont...

Wike too empty to be compared to Amaechi — Rivers ex-commissioner, Bazia Published 27 December 2020 John Bazia was a lawmaker for eight years in the Rivers State House of Assembly, and he served as the Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs in Governor Nyesom Wike’s first tenure. He shares with DENNIS NAKU his reasons for dumping the People’s Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress, just as he compares Wike’s administration with that of ex-governor Rotimi Amaech...

Translate Home » Politics » EURO DEBT CONTROVERSY: Wike paid €40,000 loan taken by Bazia, says lender, Lesi Maol EURO DEBT CONTROVERSY: Wike paid €40,000 loan taken by Bazia, says lender, Lesi Maol On Kindly Share This Story: By Davies Ihiamachor LESI MAOL is a Port Harcourt-based businessman in the oil and gas sector. In this interview, Maol speaks on the claims on the money he allegedly lent to a former ally of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, John Bazia, to pa...

By Egufe Yafugborhi Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and one of his former commissioners (Chieftaincy and Community Affairs), Dr. John Bazia, were taking no prisoners in interviews with Vanguard, when the governor called him a thief, and he promptly responded that the governor was the biggest thief. Bazia defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, which Governor Wike attributed to his refusal to reappoint him (Bazia) into his cabinet, wondering ...

Vanguard News Translate Home » More... » Interview » If Wike says I am a thief, he’s the bigger thief — Bazia If Wike says I am a thief, he’s the bigger thief — Bazia On Kindly Share This Story: By Egufe Yafugborhi Prince Dr. John Bazia, two terms member, Rivers State House of Assembly, and two-time commissioner under Governor Nyesom Wike, in this interview over the governor’s scathing reference to him as “a thief” among other allegations, says “If the Go...

Fulani herdsmen have attacked and killed not less than four people and left seven battling with various degrees of injuries at Tse-Angbande in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. Governor Samuel Ortom, who visited the scene of the attack yesterday morning said the armed herdsmen in their usual guerrilla pattern struck by 11pm when the people were asleep, killing Timothy Emberga Akwa, Innocent Akwa, Terhemba Emberga Akwa and an in-law identified as Orban. The Governor, while condemning...

The party stated this, yesterday, at a news conference addressed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan. The publicity secretary urged the First Citizen as the commander-in-chief, “who promised to lead from the front, to account for the abducted students, as the large-scale abduction happened a few hours after the President and his security machinery took over the state.” He said: “Our party holds as perplexing that at a time the people of Katsina should have heaved a sigh...

Ex-commissioners attack Wike over defection comment Dennis Naku Two former commissioners in Rivers State, Ibinabo Michael-West and Dr John Bazia, have hit back at Governor Nyesom Wike, for describing them as ‘political neophytes’ and people of ‘slippery characters’. Michael-West served as Commissioner for Transport during Wike’s first tenure, while Bazia was Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs. Wike had during a television programme on Friday described the two ex-commis...