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  CHIEF JUDGE TRANSFERS CASES ON DEFECTION OF AMAEWHULE, OTHERS Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho has responded to the petition before him to transfer some cases already being heard. The cases included those challenging the defection of Rt. Hon Amaewhule and 24 others of the Rivers State House of Assembly from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. There had been a petition by a defendant in the matter, Rt Hon. Martins Amaewhule, who had demanded that the cases against him be transferred to another court. In response, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Tsoho has transfered the cases from Justice Steven Dalyop Pam of the Federal High Court 4, sitting in Port Harcourt who was the trial judge of the cases, to Court Two that is headed by Justice E. O. Obele The cases were instituted by the BOOT Party and others as plaintiffs in suit number FHC/PHC/269/2024 and another by civil society organisat...

  WE'RE NOT FIGHTING ANYBODY, GOV FUBARA TELLS SENATE C'TTEE •Accuses Pro-Wike Protesters Of Attempts To Bomb Hotel In PH •Shames Detractors Calling For State Of Emergency  Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has clarified that he is not fighting anybody but rather defending the State against predators, and protecting supporters of the interest of Rivers State against those who feel that they own the life of others. He also has asserted that the failed attempt to detonate an explosive device at the Hotel Presidential, a five star hotel in Port Harcourt, was a deliberate ploy to strengthen the call for a state of emergency by haters who want to undermine the State to achieve their evil plans.  Governor Fubara made the assertion when he received on courtesy visit, a delegation of the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, led by its Chairman, Senator Orji Uzo Kalu, to Government House in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The Gover...

  PRIME SUSPECT IN RIVERS EXPLOSIVE DETONATION FOUND, IN INTENSIVE CARE .As Police Tighten Security At Facility The prime suspect in the failed detonation of alleged explosive device outside the perimeter fence of Hotel Presidential along Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway during a protest on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has been nabbed, revived and is now receiving intensive care at the State University Teaching Hospital. The suspect is alleged to be part of a group of protesters loyal to FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and supporters of former elected local government chairmen, whose tenure elapsed at midnight on June 17, 2024, and have been agitating for tenure elongation, a demand alien to the Constitution. Already, tight security has been mounted by officers and men of the Rivers State Police Command in and around the facility as part of police mandate to secure law-abiding citizens, and particularly patients and staff of the facility. Addressing n...

UNIPORT lecturers protest, say 324 professors owed 30-month allowances  The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Port Harcourt branch, has decried the Federal Government’s failure to review the condition of works for its members. This is as the branch said 325 of its senior lecturers promoted to the professorial level had yet to receive their promotion arrears for 30 to 40 months. The Chairman of ASUU, UNIPORT, Uzoma Chima, disclosed this at a news briefing on Tuesday before the protest on the school campus in Port Harcourt. Chima called on well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to do what is necessary and avoid another crisis in the universities.  The UNIPORT ASUU branch chairman said the call became necessary to avert another strike by the union. Chima read the text of the briefing jointly signed with the union’s Secretary, Salem Ejeba, after a meeting with students, parents, and some opinion leader...

  MAYOR OF PORT HARCOURT, HONOURABLE ICHEMATI PAYS VISIT TO RUMUWOJI MARKET, FROWNS AT THE CONVERSION OF TOILETS TO SHOPS, ORDERS CLOSURE FOR IMMEDIATE RETURN TO ORIGINAL PURPOSE. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area (Mayor of Port Harcourt), Honourable Ezebunwo Ichemati, yesterday, began the inspection of the facilities under the management of the council, and his first port of call was the popular Rumuwoji (Mile I) Market. Led on a tour of the Market by the National President of the Reformed Traders Association, Ambassador Eddy Bright, and the Chairman of the Rumuwoji Traders Association, Chief Godspower Omunakwe, the Mayor frowned at the conversion of 12 out of the 16 toilets in the market to shops by the past council administrations.  His displeasure was heightened on seeing that these traders sell food stuffs with the water closet (WC) and urinals still inside the toilet with stench of faeces and urine coming out of the...

 COURT ACQUITS FARAH DAGOGO OF CRIMINAL CHARGES  A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged Farah Dagogo, a former governorship aspirant, acquitting him of the criminal charges preferred against him. Farah Dagogo was a member of the House of Representatives, who represented Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency in the Ninth Assembly when the immediate past administration of the state government, led by Nyesom Wike, preferred criminal charges against him. It was on April 28, 2022 that Farah Dagogo was arrested in Port Harcourt for appearing for screening as a PDP governorship aspirant.  For his insistence to participate in that process, as alleged, he had been declared wanted by the Rivers State government under Nyesom Wike. Specifically, Farah Dagogo was accused of sponsoring thugs and cultists to disrupt the PDP screening exercise for National Assembly and State Assembly aspirants. The allegation, however, was vehemently denied by Fara...

  HND holders from polytechnics must undergo one-year mandatory training - Federal Government The federal government on Thursday explained the rationale behind the one year mandatory training requirements for holders of the Higher National Diploma (HND), before their conversion from Executive to Officer cadre, in the federal civil service. Folashade Yemi-Esan, the head of Service of the Federation, revealed the reason while speaking at an interactive session, with a civil servant in Abuja, on Thursday. Yemi- Esan who was conducting her third interactive session with civil servants since she assumed office, was responding to question from Adebayo Hassan, a Grade Level 14 officer, who requested to know why the dichotomy between B.Sc and HND, in public service; and what government is doing to bridged the gap. According to the HoSF “ the curriculum for HND and B.Sc are not the same, hence, HND graduates will have to undergo mandatory one year training before conversion from...

  GOV.   FUBARA APPOINTS EZE WODO TO REPLACE OHNA AWUSE  Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has appointed His Royal Majesty, Eze Chike Worlu Wodo as the new Chairman of Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers. Eze Wodo is the Eze Oha Apara, Paramount Ruler of Apara Kingdom in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area. His appointment followed the obvious inactivity and the absence of effective leadership of the Council suffered under His Royal Majesty, Ohna Sergeant Awuse. Governor Fubara made the appointment at a special meeting with members of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers at the Banquet Hall of Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday. The Governor said: "Since I assumed the position of the Governor of your dear State, apart from the session that I attended in your council, I have not had any meeting of this kind with the Royal Fathers. "And I thought it wise that at this very time, especially because of all the wonderful things...

  YOU CAN'T ARREST OUR PEOPLE ANYMORE, I'LL LEAD THE COURSE AGAINST IT, GOV FUBARA DECLARES Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara briefed newsmen shortly after a Security Council Meeting at Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Governor Fubara explained: "We've just finished a security council meeting and the meeting is because of the situation that we are experiencing in the state. "You are all aware that the tenure of the Council Chairmen ended yesterday, 17th June, 2024 and today, we have ordered the Head of Local Government Administration to be in charge while we wait for further directives. "It's really unfortunate that we started hearing some disturbing news from some Local Government Areas (LGAs) of invasion of council secretariat and it is really, really unfortunate.  "So, we have called the security council meeting so that the needful will be done. "We are also aware that our enemy is also planning a lot of things...

RSG APPROVES N74.9BN FOR THE REBUILDING OF HOUSE OF  ASSEMBLY AUDITORIUM, AND OTHER PROJECTS.

  RISING 12 YEARS OLD CHESS GAME STAR, DEBORAH SET TO MEET WORLD RECORD HOLDER, ONAKOYA

Breaking: Tribunal fines DSTV, GOTV N150m, orders one-month free subscriptions

  Governors Reject N100,000 Minimum Wage Proposal, Opt For N70,000   Governors from across the 36 states in Nigeria have said that a minimum wage higher than N70,000 is not affordable or sustainable for the states. The governors made the remarks when they met under the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), to discuss the economic situation and the ongoing debate around the minimum wage. They considered options ranging from N60,000, which was offered to Labour by the Federal Government before the strike, to N70,000, which is currently being paid by the Edo State Government. Despite their efforts, they were unable to reach a consensus on a uniform amount and have instead set up a committee headed by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma to review the options and make recommendations. According to sources at the meeting, the governors are in agreement that a minimum wage of N100,000 is not feasible, and some states are still struggling to pay the current minimum wage o...

Wike has stopped singing and dancing, he's one of my best appointments - President Tinubu  

THE POLITICAL MESS IN RIVERS STATE IS NOT ABOUT IJAWS VS IKWERRES, IT IS ABOUT ONE MAN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC & POWER TO CONTROL RIVERS STATE & A FEW OTHERS WHO ARE DELUDED BY MONEY.

DETRACTORS SABOTAGING GOVERNANCE, GOV FUBARA TELLS EDITORS 

  INDUSTRIAL STRIKE: FG OFFERS N60, 000 AS IT SIGNS PACT WITH ORGANISED LABOUR ON NATIONAL WAGE 

Falana (SAN) tells NASS to pass the new minimum wage act in 48 hours  as they did with National anthem reversal.

  You Risk Six Months Jail Term If You Embark On Strike - FG Warns Workers  

  G-60 LAWMAKERS URGE RIVERS PEOPLE TO SUSTAIN SUPPORT FOR FUBARA  

  SUPPORT US IN DEVELOPING KALABARI LAND, GOV FUBARA URGES SHAKEHOLDERS 

  KING ATEKE TOM PROMOTES PEACE, WE'LL SUPPORT HIM MORE - GOV FUBARA  

WITHOUT YOU, WE WON'T HAVE ACHIEVED SUCCESS, GOV FUBARA TELLS RIVERS PEOPLE 

  WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUT RIVERS PEOPLE'S INTEREST FIRST - GOV FUBARA