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Why We called for Lokpobiri’s Redeployment ~ IYC

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has clarified that its call for the redeployment of the Minister of Petroleum, Oil, Dr. Heineken Lokpobiri, was not “borne out of parochial sentiment, but out of genuine desire to address issues bedeviling the petroleum sector.” The IYC, in a …

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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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