{"id":287484,"date":"2026-02-08T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287484\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:46:09","slug":"wike-unveils-new-radio-station-in-rivers-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287484\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike unveils new radio station in Rivers State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has commissioned a new radio station, Majority FM 89.5, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State\n<\/p>\n<p>The radio station is located within the office of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, amid growing political mobilisation ahead of Tinubu\u2019s 2027 re-election bid, particularly in the South-South region.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\"   decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2058488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WI-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wike unveils new radio station in Rivers. Credit: X | OlayinkaLere\" width=\"1157\" height=\"654\"\/>Wike unveils new radio station in Rivers. Credit: X | OlayinkaLere\n<\/p>\n<p>A video shared on Saturday by Wike\u2019s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, via his X handle, showed the minister inspecting the newly launched facility. In the footage, Wike is seen moving through the studio and interacting with staff.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\"   decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2058489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Radio-3.jpg\" alt=\"Wike unveils new radio station in Rivers. Credit: X | OlayinkaLere\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\"\/>Wike unveils new radio station in Rivers. Credit: X | OlayinkaLere\n<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the video, Olayinka wrote, \u201cRivers State Renewed Hope Ambassadors don get Radio Station on top Tinubu\u2019s matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is Majority FM 89.5 located right inside the Renewed Hope Ambassadors\u2019 office in Port Harcourt that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike just commissioned.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\"   decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2058490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Radio-2.jpg\" alt=\"Wike unveils new radio station in Rivers. Credit: X | OlayinkaLere\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\"\/>Wike unveils new radio station in Rivers. Credit: X | OlayinkaLere\n<\/p>\n<p>During the commissioning, Wike said the station would serve as a platform to disseminate political messages across the state.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will take messages from all over the 6,866 units of River State. We are ready for this job. We are ready for 2027,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\"   decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2058491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Radio-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wike unveils new radio station in Rivers. Credit: X | OlayinkaLere\" width=\"723\" height=\"408\"\/>Wike unveils new radio station in Rivers. Credit: X | OlayinkaLere<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud835\udc15\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc03\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc0e: \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc14\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc30 \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c\n<\/p>\n<p>Credit: X | OlayinkaLere<br \/>\u2014<br \/>Follow us for more breaking news and videos <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6DaZcWYzo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/T6DaZcWYzo<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MobilePunch\/status\/2020451613035336137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has commissioned a new radio station, Majority FM 89.5,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-287484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}