The Port Harcourt Telegraph: Vol VII. No. 33 — Wike Anoints Chinda
In this pivotal edition, we break down the internal political shift within the Wike political family as Kingsley Chinda is positioned as the gubernatorial frontrunner. The move, aimed at avoiding "mistakes of the past," has reignited the intense zoning debate in Rivers State. Key Features: Political Strategy: An analysis of Wike’s "Dual-Party Strategy" and why Chinda’s transition to the APC remains tactical. -National Coverage: Photo news from the APC National Convention at Eagle Square, Abuja. -International Affairs: Commentary on the human cost of the escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict. -Sports: Comprehensive coverage of the Miami Open, the Super Eagles’ latest victory, and the EPL title race. The most trusted source for Rivers State political intelligence and global news.
In this pivotal edition, we break down the internal political shift within the Wike political family as Kingsley Chinda is positioned as the gubernatorial frontrunner. The move, aimed at avoiding "mistakes of the past," has reignited the intense zoning debate in Rivers State.
Key Features:
Political Strategy: An analysis of Wike’s "Dual-Party Strategy" and why Chinda’s transition to the APC remains tactical.
-National Coverage: Photo news from the APC National Convention at Eagle Square, Abuja.
-International Affairs: Commentary on the human cost of the escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict.
-Sports: Comprehensive coverage of the Miami Open, the Super Eagles’ latest victory, and the EPL title race.
The most trusted source for Rivers State political intelligence and global news.
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March -31 - April 5, 2026 Vol VII. No. 33
Developing Story
WIKE ANOINTS CHINDA
Rekindles Zoning Debate in Rivers
Continued on Page 8
Chinda Yet To Declare for APC as Wike Weighs Dual-Party Strategy ~ Pages 8 & 9
Page 2 Port Harcourt Teegraph
March 31-April 5, 2026
Rivers News
APC National Convention in Pictures
A cross section of Rivers Delegates at the convention.
March 31-April 5, 2026
Port Harcourt Teegraph Page 3
Editorial
CDS General Olufemi Oluyede, the Theology of Mercy,
and Nigeria’s Hard Reality: Can Terror Be Pardoned?
Page 4
Port Harcourt Teegraph
March 31-April 5, 2026
Rivers News
CAPTAIN ELECHI AMADI POLYTECHNIC INTRODUCES
COMPULSORY SKILL VOCATIONAL COURSES
AS IT MATRICULATES 1,790 STUDENTS
By Joshua Tubobanimi
WHEN RENEWED HOPE
WOMEN GATHERED IN
PRAYER FOR TINUBU
By Nemi Bridget Ibibia
By Elyger Agwu
Paul Bazia
Port Harcourt Teegraph Page 5
Rivers News
APC Governors Weigh Fubara’s
March 31-April 5, 2026
Second Term as Wike Factor Lingers
By Telegraph Political Desk
Governor Siminalayi Fubara: Can he be sure of a second tenure in office?
Page 6
Port Harcourt Teegraph
Column
The ‘ANIMAL FARM’ Nation
“In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot
continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover
it only by the protection of the law", - Baron de Montesquieu
The Calabash
With
Elyger Agwu
09061178044
E-mail: elye_p@yahoo.com
March 31-April 5, 2026
March 31-April 5, 2026
Port Harcourt Teegraph Page 7
National News
Anioma State Creation’ Historical
Necessity - Pan-Igbo Group
Sam Amadi says, ‘judiciary Sold To Criminal Politicians’
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ICPC Releases El-rufai To Bury His Late Mother
Page 8
Wike
Anoints
Chinda
Continued from Front Page
Port Harcourt Teegraph
March 31-April 5, 2026
Politics
Chinda Yet To Declare
Weighs Dual-
Delay signals deeper calculations amid cat and mouse game
Chinda
Continued on Page 9
March 31-April 5, 2026
Port Harcourt Teegraph Page 9
Politics
for APC as Wike
Party Strategy
Wike
Anoints
Chinda
Continued from Front Page 8
with Fubara and unfolding power play with Tinubu
Ehie Disowns
‘ADC Ticket’
Poster , Reaffirms
Loyalty
Continued from Back Page
Nyseom Wike
Page 10
Port Harcourt Teegraph
Foreign News
March 31-April 5, 2026
15 US Soldiers Injured, Planes Destroyed
As Iran Strikes Saudi Airbase
António
Guterres
Trump Declares Cuba Next For US Attack
Yemeni Houthis Joins Iran, Strike Israel
March 31-April 5, 2026
Port Harcourt Teegraph Page 11
Column
Echoes
I Sat There… And
Something in Me Shifted
Page 12
Port Harcourt Teegraph
Entertainment
March 31-April 5, 2026
Miss Nigeria Organizers Disown
Apologises To Omotola, Disown Presenter
Actor Papa Ajasco Is Now Bondu Alaska
Doris Ogala Accuses Tonto Dikeh Of Planning To Kill Her
March 31-April 5, 2026
Port Harcourt Teegraph Page 13
Column
Bombs in a Season of Reflection: The
US–Israel War On Iran And The
Cost To Humanity
Sporting Telegraph
Miami Statement: Sabalenka Beats
Gauff, Sends Message to No. 1 Race
Sabelanka on fire, maintains stranglehold on women tennis
Eagles Edge Iran, Set Up Decisive Clash in Turkey Invitational
By Our Sports Desk
March 31-April 5, 2026
Port Harcourt Teegraph Page 15
Sports
EPL Weekend Review:
Title Pressure Mounts
as Upsets Reshape Race
... Arsenal reserve place at the top
By Our Sports Desk
Saka
Eze
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March 31- April 5, 2026 Vol VII. No. 33
Ehie Disowns ‘ADC Ticket’ Poster,
Reafrms Loyalty to Fubara, APC
Edison Ehie
Continued on Page 9
Iyaye Douses Governorship Rumours,
Denies Wike Endorsement
Boma Iyaye
Nyseom Wike, Minister, Federal Capital Territory
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