Video taking off 79x its usual first day

Fubara calls Wike his leader, and Arise's panel questions the cost

Ojy Okpe's roundup puts Rivers State's political reconciliation under scrutiny, alongside demands for transparency over Tinubu's foreign borrowing plans.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 173,302 views a day, 80 times a normal first day on this channel (2,180).

Fubara: Wike is Our Leader+Atiku Rejects Tinubu's $20.5bn Loan Bid+INEC ‘Displays’ AI Voters|OjyOkpe

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5:12Fubara recognizes Wike as their supporters' common leader, saying they are now in one house.
9:53Wike declares Rivers State's support for President Tinubu at the coalition rally.
14:58Abati argues that political godfathers weaken democracy by treating public power as a source of patronage.
20:00Atiku urges lawmakers to reject Tinubu's foreign borrowing request, questioning the transparency of its proposed uses.
30:09Okpe reports complaints about suspected AI-generated voter images and an inaccessible voter-card pickup page; INEC says it is investigating.

"We are now in one house," Siminalayi Fubara tells supporters at a Port Harcourt rally. For the panel on Arise News, the question is whose house it has become.

The Rivers State governor publicly recognizes Nyesom Wike as the common leader of their supporters, following their political rupture. Wike, his predecessor as governor and now minister of the Federal Capital Territory, uses the Rainbow Coalition gathering to declare support for President Bola Tinubu's reelection. Fubara also backs Kingsley Chinda as the coalition's governorship candidate.

Ojy Okpe brings the rally footage into the studio, where Rufai Oseni describes the arrangement as a demonstration of political power rather than simply a reconciliation. "Because in the end, it's all a power play," he says.

Reuben Abati widens the argument to political godfathers: patrons whose influence, he argues, weakens democratic accountability. The discussion turns on the difference between making peace and accepting another politician's authority.

The roundup drew about 132,000 views in its first 14 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular video.

Beyond Rivers, the program examines Atiku Abubakar's call for lawmakers to reject Tinubu's $20.5 billion foreign loan request. His objection centers on missing details about projects, costs and contractors. The studio discussion presses the question of debt transparency, while a separate Morning Show upload about the borrowing request also drew an unusually large audience.

Later, Okpe turns to complaints about suspected AI-generated faces in the voters' register and problems accessing INEC's voter-card pickup page. The commission says it is investigating the image complaints, an unresolved issue the panel treats as a test of electoral accountability.

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The facts

Channel: Arise News
Subscribers: 1,260,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 5,798,719
Channel views, pace per day: 423,104 (on a normal day: 661,590)
Video published: October 28, 2026
Video views so far: 132,188 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 173,302

The numbers

The roundup had already passed Arise News's usual first-day audience well before a full day had elapsed. Separate uploads on borrowing and workers' transport relief also drew unusually strong starts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,180

this video

173,302

subscribers

1,260,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

806,775,353

views per day

423,104