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PASAN Suspends Strike, As NLC, TUC Wade In

The Rivers State chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has suspended its planned industrial action. This followed the intervention of the state councils of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). Leaders of the NLC and TUC had on Monday, November 6, 2017 …

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NAFDAC, Rivers Market Women Partner To Check Fake Drugs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Rivers State Traders and Market Women Association have resolved to partner towards checking the incidence of fake and counterfeit products in stores and market across Rivers State. This understanding was reached during a courtesy visit by the …

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APC LG Chairmen Pledge Loyalty To Amaechi, Ikanya

  By JOEL ANEKWE, Port Harcourt   As the crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State chapter continues to widen, the Forum of LGA Party Chairmen have pledged their loyalty to the leader of the party in the state and Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, and …

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2015 LG Election: Rivers PDP, APC Take War To LGAs

… Community Leaders Seek CJN, NJC Intervention By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its rival All Progressives Congress (APC), both engaged on a struggle for the political soul of the state, have taken their war to the local government level. …

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PANDEF To Meet On Niger Delta, Youth Devt

  By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt   The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) says it would hold a conference in Port Harcourt on issues relating to the development of the Niger Delta region, its youths and maritime university, amongst others. A former Minister of Aviation and Labour, who is also one …

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Rivers Assembly Workers Issue 14-Day Ultimatum

The workers of the Rivers State House of Assembly, under the auspices of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), have issued a 14 -day ultimatum to the management of the Assembly to pay up their 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 outfit/ committee allowances and other outstanding welfare issues due them. Chapter …

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Daewoo, N’ Delta Youths Agree On Workers’ Pay, Welfare

Following contentions over Daewoo workers’ pay-off, and a subsequent meeting on October 6, 2017 in Port Harcourt by representatives of Daewoo Nigeria Limited and Indorama, Daewoo workers’ chairman, Amadi Chu, and leadership of the Niger Delta Youth Movement (NDYM), Rivers chapter, have agreed that “the purported agreement to a pay-off, …

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