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  RESIGN HONORABLY,  PDP TELLS EMEKA WOKE. The Peoples Democratic Party Rivers State has lashed out at the former Chief of Staff to the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Emeka Woke, advising him to honourably resign his appointment as a Commissioner in the administration he referred to as clueless. Emaka Woke had over the weekend at a Forum in Emohua criticized the Simplified Movement for organizing a Thanksgiving rally for the Supreme Court Victory of Governor Siminialayi Fubara saying that it is a manifestation of a Clueless administration. Reacting to the statement, PDP Spokesperson in Rivers State, Sydney Tambari Gbara said through his utterances, Emeka Woke has shown that he is no longer comfortable in the cabinet of the present administration, yet has refused to resign his appointment. "Engr. Emeka Woke is one of the commissioners who voluntarily resigned as a result of the imbroglio between the Former Governor and FCT Minister and Governor Fubara. Howe...

  NLNG 2024 SCHOLARSHIP OFFER FOR BASIC SIX PUPILS  There is now a call on all qualified pupils to apply for the 2024 edition of the scholarship, sponsored by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG). In a publication, NLNG invites applications from interested and qualified Basic Six public primary school pupils, for its 2024 post primary scholarship award that has opened.  The scheme seeks to support high-performing Basic Six pupils through secondary school  education. To be eligible, such applicant must be in Basic Six and schooling in a public primary school in Rivers State. Such applicant must also not be a beneficiary of any other scholarship award, bursary, or grant from any other organisation. The prospective applicant must also not be more than 12 years of age, must not be a spouse, child, ward, or direct relation of staff of Nigeria LNG Limited. Deadline for entry of application is on Monday, 22nd April 2024. The criteria for the award entails ...

  THOSE WITH INTEGRITY ARE WITH US -GOV FUBARA   Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has unapologetically declared that the real people with integrity and character, are solidly standing with his Administration. Conversely, the Governor stressed that some other persons who claim and arrogate integrity and character to themselves, actually do not have any iota of such qualities. The Governor emphasised that, in life, it is more profitable for an individual to acknowledge what is right, and refuse to yield to negative persuasions in order to remain true to it, stressing that the former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, is such a personality. Governor Fubara made the assertion while addressing the people at the country home of Dr. Odili in Ndoni Town, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area shortly after inaugurating the Comprehensive Primary Health Centre in the community. The health centre was built by the PAMO Educational Foundation, founded by ...

  IRAN LAUNCHES DOZENS, MISSILES AT ISRAEL. Israel saw over 200 drones and missiles fired across a number of towns within its country on Saturday evening. The raids were launched by Iranian authority and they were considered as a retaliatory attack. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari who claimed so, also said that the vast majority of those drones and missiles were intercepted. He however, stated that an unknown number of those missiles fell in Israeli territory, wounding at least one child. Hagari also said that Israel had closed its airspace at midnight and fully activated its air defense systems ahead of the aerial assault.  "It took several hours for the drones to reach Israeli airspace because alerts began to sound across Israel close to 2 a.m. local time Sunday in southern Israel, by the Dead Sea, in Jerusalem, and the Shomron area. "The IDF Aerial Defense Array is on high alert, along with IAF fighter jets and Israeli Navy vessels that a...

  SUIT TO STOP SECONDUS, OMEHIA FROM PDP NEC, BoT MEETINGS ADJOINED   On Friday, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja fixed April 16 for the hearing of a suit seeking to stop former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, from participating in the party’s meetings. The meetings are the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Board of Trustees meetings. Another suit was also seeking to stop the sacked Rivers governor, Celestine Omehia, from attending the PDP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. Titus Jones, a member of the PDP at Ward 5, Ikuru Town, Andoni Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, had filed a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/440/2024. In the suit, Secondus; PDP; acting PDP Chairman, Umar Damagun; PDP Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu; PDP NEC; PDP National Working Committee (NWC); PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are 1st to 8th defendants respectively. Jones, through his counsel, J...

  DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT QUALITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS USELESS - GOV FUBARA Confirms Alikor As Substantive CMD Of RSUTH Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that every effort at achieving development in any society will come to waste if the health of the people is not adequately factored into it. This, he said, is the reason why his Administration has started intensifying efforts at reviving the near comatose health sector that operated without an effective secondary healthcare facilities in the State. Governor Fubara stated this when he received a delegation of the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) led by its National President, Dr Uche Ojinmah, at Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday. The Governor also confirmed the appointment of Prof. Chizindu Dike Alikor as the substantive Chief Medical Director of Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH). Governor Fubara explained that provision of quality healthcare service and deve...

  FAKE ALCOHOL PRODUCTION FACILITY BURSTED AS POLICE ARREST TWO PERSONS A couple, identified as Mr Austine and Mrs Magret Idemudia are now in police custody. They were arrested for their illegal activity of production of fake alcoholic drinks in Onikan Lagos. Their business had operated in a building on Muibi Olawunmi, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. Zone 2 Police Command uncovered the building where the identified and arrested couple produced adulterated wine and other alcoholic drinks. Under interrogation, the couple confessed that they engaged in the manufacturing of such drinks that have been in circulation. Their catchment business areas was in the southwest region of the country and they had been doing so for the past six years. By a tip-off, the police used the information  and raided the business premises. This was sequel to the instruction given by the Assistant Commissioner of Police Zone 2, AIG Olatoye Durosinmi. The officer in charge...