Nyesom Wike and the politics of nihilism, By Austin Tam-George

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Nyesom Wike and the politics of nihilism, By Austin Tam-George

By constantly imagining himself as governor of Rivers State and seeking so desperately to control the affairs of the State, Nyesom Wike may be exhibiting the worst strain of all hallucinations - the hallucination of power… Wike and his proxies have been waging a futile battle in the courts, in the streets, and in the […]

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