Nyesom Wike, the Glossary
Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (born 13 December 1967) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who has served as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory since 2023.[1]
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43 relations: Abuja, Adamawa State, All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar, Bachelor of Laws, Bola Tinubu, Borno State, Dakuku Peterside, Eberechi Wike, Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria), Goodluck Jonathan, Governor of Rivers State, Ibrahim Shekarau, Ikwerre people, Independent National Electoral Commission, Ipalibo Banigo, Labour Party (Nigeria), List of governors of Rivers State, List of ministers of the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure, Master of Arts, Minister of State, Mohammed Musa Bello, Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Obio-Akpor, Obio-Akpor Local Government Council, Order of the Niger, Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, Rivers State University, Rotimi Akeredolu, Rotimi Amaechi, Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i, Siminalayi Fubara, Tonye Princewill, Viola Onwuliri, Yobe State, Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, 2015 Rivers State gubernatorial election, 2019 Rivers State gubernatorial election.
- Commanders of the Order of the Federal Republic
- Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
- Governors of Rivers State
- Ikwerre people
- Lawyers from Port Harcourt
- Nigerian government officials
- People from Obio-Akpor
- Rivers State University alumni
- Wike family
Abuja
Abuja is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria.
Adamawa State
Adamawa Stateis a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west, and Taraba to the southwest while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon.
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All Progressives Congress
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar (born 25 November 1946) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. He ran for the office of governor of Adamawa State in 1990 and 1996 unsuccessfully, but won in 1998. Before he was sworn in, he was selected as running mate to former military leader, Olusegun Obasanjo, during the 1999 presidential election and was re-elected in 2003.
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Bachelor of Laws
A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.
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Bola Tinubu
Chief Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician who is the 16th and current president of Nigeria.
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Borno State
Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
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Dakuku Peterside
Dakuku Adol Peterside is a Nigerian politician. Nyesom Wike and Dakuku Peterside are Rivers State University alumni.
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Eberechi Wike
Eberechi Suzzette Wike (née Obuzor; born 24 May 1972) is a Justice of the Rivers State High Court. Nyesom Wike and Eberechi Wike are lawyers from Port Harcourt, Nigerian Christians, Rivers State University alumni and Wike family.
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Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is a federal territory in central Nigeria.
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Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria)
The Federal Ministry of Education is a part of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria.
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Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. Nyesom Wike and Goodluck Jonathan are Nigerian Christians.
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Governor of Rivers State
The Governor of Rivers State is the Chief executive of the Rivers State government and is one of the governors of the thirty-six states of Nigeria. Nyesom Wike and governor of Rivers State are governors of Rivers State.
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Ibrahim Shekarau
Ibrahim Shekarau (born 5 November 1955) is a former Nigerian minister of education and two-term Governor of Kano State in Nigeria.
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Ikwerre people
The Ikwerre (natively known as Iwhuruọhna) is an Igboid ethnic group in Rivers State, Nigeria.
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Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the electoral body which oversees elections in Nigeria.
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Ipalibo Banigo
Ipalibo Gogo Banigo (née Harry; born 20 December 1952) in Obuama, Degema, Rivers State. Nyesom Wike and Ipalibo Banigo are Nigerian Christians and Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians.
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Labour Party (Nigeria)
The Labour Party (LP) is a social democratic political party in Nigeria.
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List of governors of Rivers State
The following is a list of the governors of Rivers State. Nyesom Wike and list of governors of Rivers State are governors of Rivers State.
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List of ministers of the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)
This is a list of ministers of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.
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Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure
Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure is the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.
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Master of Arts
A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.
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Minister of State
Minister of state is a designation for a government minister, with varying meanings in different jurisdictions.
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Mohammed Musa Bello
Mohammed Musa Bello (born 8 January 1959) is a Nigerian banker and politician who served as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, from 2015 to 2023.
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Moshood Abiola National Stadium
Moshood Abiola National Stadium (formerly known as National Stadium, Abuja) is a multipurpose national sports stadium located in Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.
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Obio-Akpor
Obio-Akpor is a Local Government Area in the metropolis of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria.
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Obio-Akpor Local Government Council
The Obio-Akpor City Council is located in Rivers State, Nigeria.
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Order of the Niger
Nigeria became an independent country on 1 October 1960, and in 1963 became the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress.
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Port Harcourt
Port Harcourt (Pidgin: Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa) is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria.
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Rivers State
Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region).
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Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party
The Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, also referred to as Rivers PDP, is the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Nigeria.
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Rivers State University
Rivers State University (RIVSU or RSU), formerly known as Rivers State University of Science and Technology (UST or RSUST), is a government-owned university located in Diobu (Mile III) area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Southern Nigeria.
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Rotimi Akeredolu
Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (21 July 1956 – 27 December 2023) was a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 2017 until his death in 2023. His adopted prefix was "Arakunrin", while his nickname was "Aketi". He was a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who became president of the Nigerian Bar Association in 2008. Nyesom Wike and Rotimi Akeredolu are 20th-century Nigerian lawyers.
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Rotimi Amaechi
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (born 27 May 1965) is a Nigerian politician, who served as the federal minister of transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Nyesom Wike and Rotimi Amaechi are governors of Rivers State, Ikwerre people and Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians.
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Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i
Ruqayyahtu Ahmed Rufa'i (born c. 1958) was appointed as Nigerian Minister of Education on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.
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Siminalayi Fubara
Sir Amaopusenibo Siminalayi "Sim" Joseph Black- (born 28 January 1975), is the Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria. Nyesom Wike and Siminalayi Fubara are governors of Rivers State, Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians and Rivers State University alumni.
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Tonye Princewill
Prince Tonye Princewill (Tonye Princewill) (born 4 January 1969) is a Nigerian investor, politician, film producer and philanthropist who was the 2015 Labour Party and 2007 Action Congress nominee for Governor of Rivers State. Nyesom Wike and Tonye Princewill are Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians.
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Viola Onwuliri
Viola Adaku Onwuliri (born 18 June 1956) is a university professor of Biochemistry and politician who served as Nigeria's Foreign Minister.
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Yobe State
Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria.
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Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa
Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, OFR (born March 1950) is a Nigerian judge and former President of the Nigerian courts of appeal.
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2015 Rivers State gubernatorial election
The election for Governor of Rivers State took place on 11 April 2015.
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2019 Rivers State gubernatorial election
The Rivers State gubernatorial election took place on 9 March 2019, concurrently with various other Nigerian state level elections.
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See also
Commanders of the Order of the Federal Republic
- Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar
- Afe Babalola
- Alfred Achebe
- Anthony Enahoro
- Clement Isong
- Dahiru Musdapher
- Daniel Aladesanmi II
- George Oguntade
- Ghali Umar Na'Abba
- Godwin Emefiele
- Ibrahim Jalo
- Jaja Wachuku
- Jerome Udoji
- Joseph Nanven Garba
- Mary Odili
- Melford Okilo
- Moshood Abiola
- Nyesom Wike
- Oba Otudeko
- Owoye Andrew Azazi
- Sa'adu Abubakar
- Shettima Ali Monguno
- Umaru Sanda Ndayako
- Usman Sarki
- Wole Soyinka
- Yahaya Abubakar
Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
- Nyesom Wike
- Wikeism
Governors of Rivers State
- Celestine Omehia
- Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
- Governor of Rivers State
- List of governors of Rivers State
- Melford Okilo
- Nyesom Wike
- Office of the Governor of Rivers State
- Peter Odili
- Rotimi Amaechi
- Rufus Ada George
- Siminalayi Fubara
Ikwerre people
- Andrew Uchendu
- Austin Opara
- Celestine Omehia
- Duncan Mighty
- Elechi Amadi
- Frank Eke
- Frank Owhor
- Ikwerre people
- Mercy Chinwo
- Monalisa Chinda
- Nyesom Wike
- Otonti Amadi Nduka
- Rebisi
- Rotimi Amaechi
- Simeon Chituru Achinewhu
- Tonto Dikeh
- Worgu Boms
Lawyers from Port Harcourt
Nigerian government officials
- Abdullahi Dikko
- Abubakar M. Gana
- Adamu Adamu
- Ahmed Joda
- Aliyu Mohammed (official)
- Anthony Anwuka
- Bello Suleiman
- Ben Murray-Bruce
- Bernard Shaw Nwadialo
- Chief of Staff to the President (Nigeria)
- Chief of Staff to the Speaker, House of Representatives
- Deputy Governor of Jigawa State
- Folayegbe Akintunde-Ighodalo
- Garba Shehu
- Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria
- Grandy King George
- Hamman Bello
- Ibrahim Alhaji Liman
- Jacob Gyang Buba
- Muhammad Banaru Abubakar
- Muhammad Garba
- Muhammed Babandede
- Mukadam Asiwaju Asiru Idris
- Nyesom Wike
- Okechukwu Enelamah
- Othman Ladan Baki
- Ousseini Hadizatou Yacouba
- Shuaibu Adamu Ahmed
- Special Adviser to the President (Nigeria)
- Suleiman Kassim
- Tola Odeyemi
- Uche Azikiwe
- Usani Uguru Usani
- Usman Musa Shugaba
- Yusuf Magaji Bichi
- Zacchaeus Adangor
People from Obio-Akpor
- Daisy W. Okocha
- Frank Eke
- Frank Owhor
- Martins Amaewhule
- Michael O. Chinda
- Nyesom Wike
- Obi Wali
- Okey Wali
Rivers State University alumni
- Asari Dokubo
- Austin Opara
- Azibaola Robert
- Betty Apiafi
- Biobarakuma Degi
- Boma Iyaye
- Boma Ozobia
- Dakuku Peterside
- David Ibiyeomie
- David Ombugadu
- Eberechi Wike
- Ehie Ogerenye Edison
- Emma Okas Wike
- Felicity Okpete Ovai
- George Thompson Sekibo
- Goodluck Nanah Opiah
- Heineken Lokpobiri
- Henry Odein Ajumogobia
- Henry Seriake Dickson
- Isaac E. Orama
- Joy Nunieh
- Judith Amaechi
- Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo
- Lee Maeba
- Manuela George-Izunwa
- Mao Ohuabunwa
- Marshall Stanley Uwom
- Mary Uranta
- Monday Onyezonwu
- Nichole Banna
- Nyesom Wike
- Osinakachukwu Ideozu
- Otelemaba Amachree
- Prince Ogbogbula
- Siminalayi Fubara
- Tammy Danagogo
- Tarila Thompson
- Tele Ikuru
- Tonto Dikeh
- Ukel Oyaghiri
- Usani Uguru Usani
- Worgu Boms
Wike family
- Eberechi Wike
- Emma Okas Wike
- Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
- Nyesom Wike
- Tasie Wike
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyesom_Wike
Also known as Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, Ezenwo Wike, Governor Wike, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.