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PDP Govs Restate Support for Fubara

•Vow to Engage NWC to Revisit Party Congresses  •Insist Gov Fubara Must Take Leadership Position in Rivers  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has restated its solid stance in support of Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, on the political crisis in the party in the State. The …

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Court Stops APC From Conducting Congresses In Rivers

Emma Ovundah  A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an experte order restraining the National Leadership of the All Progressive Congress led by the chairman, Abdullahi Umar-Ganduje, the Secretary, Surajudeen Ajibola-Basiru from going ahead to conduct planned Ward, Local Government and State Congresses scheduled to hold …

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Rivers will be first to Implement New Minimum Wage ~ Fubara  

•Say RSG pays N2bn monthly to clear pension, gratuity backlog  Emma Ovundah Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has disclosed that the Rivers State Government is paying N2bn monthly to offset the backlog of pension and gratuity to retired civil servants.  Governor Fubara stated this while addressing workers in the …

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Correspondents’ Chapel Lauds Members on NUJ Awards

… EMR Hails BusinessDay Manager, Chukwu, on Lifetime Award …. Awards Well Deserved, Honour to Chapel ~ Okonkwo Members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State have felicitated with five of their colleagues who received various categories of awards from the Nigeria Union of …

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Nigerian Christian Graduates to Hold 49th Conference in Bayelsa

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF) is set to hold the 49th Conference and 27th Anniversary of her Missionary Arm, in Bayelsa, with the theme: “More Than Conquerors”, from Wednesday, August 28 to Sunday, September 1, 2024. Barr. Peter Great Temedie, President of the Nigeria Christian …

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Oporoma People Honour SILGA Chairman, Segibo

… as Council Boss Reiterate Commitment to Selfless Service By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The people of Oporoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, led by the Amananaowei of the ancient community, His Royal Highness (Amb) Ayibakuro Peter Ogidi-Oke, Opu-Oporomo Igbedi-Ogbologhe, Pere IV of Oporoma Kingdom have organised a grand reception …

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Niger Delta Ex-Agitators Warn Against ‘Attempts to Impeach Akpabio’

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Against the backdrop of recent calls for the impeachment of Nigeria’s Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, some ex-agitators in the Niger Delta, coming under the agies of the Niger Delta Ex-Agitators Forum, have warned against such plans, describing it as evidence of the injustice against …

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