President Bola Tinubu has intervened to mediate the escalating political conflict in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
According to sources, Tinubu has summoned Wike for a meeting outside Nigeria, likely in Dubai.
Governor Fubara is also reported to have traveled abroad, with plans to meet the President in France.
This development follows renewed impeachment proceedings against Governor Fubara and his deputy by members of the State Assembly loyal to Wike.
A presidential source stated that Tinubu views the minister’s actions as a direct challenge to his authority and a threat to national stability.
The source warned that pushing to remove the state’s first Ijaw governor could provoke unrest among Ijaw youth, potentially disrupting oil production and harming the economyβa risk the President is determined to prevent.
While a senior aide acknowledged unawareness of the specific meeting, it was confirmed that Tinubu is currently in France and will later travel to Abu Dhabi.
The aide noted that Wike would likely only make such a trip if summoned by the President, reiterating that Tinubu recognizes governors as the leaders of their party within their respective states.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Β Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
