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The Rivers State Government has insisted that the Appeal Court judgment on Thursday in Abuja did not reinstate the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the State House of Assembly by any stretch of imagination. In a statement signed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Israel Dagogo Iboroma, SAN, in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the Government clarified that Amaewhule and 26 others had defected on December 11, 2023, adding that their seats became automatically vacant from the day they announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the whole world. Dagogo…

On October 7, 2024, the presidency came up with a press release captioned “President Tinubu decries violence in Rivers, directs police to provide security to local government offices”. It was signed by the Special Adviser, Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. It was a reaction to the activities of arsonists in the aftermath of the last local government council elections in Rivers State. The opening paragraph states that:”President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law”. The direct mentioning of Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s name,…

Eleme the burning down of the main secretariat buildings of the local government the 10th Legislative Assembly of the local government held it’s first sitting on Monday. The session was presided over the Leader, Hon. Benjamin Sanwi, and was witnessed by the Chairman of the local government, Chief Brain Gokpa, and other guests. Sanwi described the burning down of the secretariat as an embarrassment and directed the security agencies to go after the arsonists. He also said the assembly was giving the chairman the mandate to source funds to rehabilitate the burnt secretariat. After announcing a reshuffle of the principal…

In view of the recent political developments in Rivers State, the newly deployed Commissioner of Police, CP Bala Mustapha hereby convey the directives of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, for the immediate withdrawal of all police personnel previously deployed to seal and safeguard the Local Government Secretariats in the state. This decision is in line with the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to ensure neutrality and the smooth functioning of democratic institutions. Consequently, the IGP has ordered the unsealing of the Local Government Secretariats, which were earlier secured by police personnel. The police will…

•As APP Wins 314 Out Of 319 Councillorship Seats In 23 LGAs Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd), has said that the outcome of the 5th October, 2024 Local Government elections has made a profound statement that the ballot paper in the hands of the people is stronger than arms and ammunition. This is even as he declared the candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) party, Uzodinma Nwafor, as winner of the chairmanship seat of Etche Local Government Council. Justice Enebeli made the assertion in Port Harcourt while declaring the winners of the chairmanship…

•Says Etche Chairmanship, All Councillorship Results To Be Declared Later Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, has declared results of 22 chairmanship candidates of the Action Peoples Party (APP) as winners in the 5th October, 2024 Local Government Elections. The candidates so declared, he said, after collation of their results, had scored the majority of valid votes cast in the election in two-third of their respective wards in the 22 Local Government Areas. However, Justice Enebeli explained that the result of the chairmanship position for Etche Local Government Area was stood down by the commission,…

As part of activities marking its 20th anniversary celebration, the staff and management of National Network newspapers have visited the Home for the Elderly and Port Harcourt Children Home in Port Harcourt, bringing joy and cheer to the residents. The team, led by the Publisher of the newspaper, Rev Canon Jerry Needam, presented gifts and interacted with the elderly and children, sharing words of encouragement and hope. At the Home for the Elderly along Harbor Road in Port Harcourt, the team was warmly received by the Rev Sister in charge, Rev Sr Jane Raphael Agubosi, who expressed gratitude for the…

I had said to myself and to people close to me that I would never write again on the untenably rising prices of petrol in Nigeria because when I wrote column after column to presage the unfolding petrol-price-inspired cost-of-living tragedy, scores of people across the Nigerian political divide impassionedly disagreed with me because the presidential candidates to whom they abdicated their brains in 2023 also demonized “petrol subsidies” and promised to remove them. But the extortionate prices Nigerians are still paying for petrol in spite of the well-justified hopes that the coming on stream of the Dangote Refinery would bring…

The Founder and President General of Akwa Ibom Oil Producing Community Development Network (AKIPCON), Apostle Ufot Phenson has raised an alarm on ecosystem destruction by the extractive industry in Akwa Ibom and the likelihood of fish scarcity. Apostle Phenson said that the incessant oil spills with attendant contamination of water bodies and gas flares that scare wild life and rain down as acids continue to rob the locals of livelihoods and force many of them to abandon fishing and farming. Ufot warned that the unchecked pollutions including the recent one in Ibeno Local government area would worsen the food crisis…

Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima on Saturday rallied support for governorship Candidate of All Progressives Congress Senator Monday Okpebholo in September 21st elections in the State. Senator Kashim assured that with the support of traditional institution in the State led by Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin and collective will of the people, victory assure. The Vice President made the remarks when he led the APC National Campaign Council to the Oba on Saturday in Benin City where he solicited for Royal blessings of the Oba. He thanked Oba Ewuare’s II “skillful balancing of…