Tag: Rivers state

“I brought you back to life politically”, Wike to Odili

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Wike to Odili

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Sunday, came down hard on ex-Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili, describing him as a ‘rent seeker’ and an ingrate for siding with incumbent Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Wike was reacting to Odili’s recent remark that Fubara stopped him (Wike) from turning Rivers into his private estate. According to a statement on Sunday by his media aide, Leke Olayinka, Wike spoke at a Special Thanksgiving Service organised by factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, at the Church…

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“Fubara stopped Wike from turning Rivers into his fiefdom” – Ex-gov. Odili

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A former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, has hailed the incumbent Governor Siminalayi Fubara for showing bravery and resilience in his management of the State affairs despite the war waged against him by political opponents. Odili said Fubara’s doggedness and gallantry stopped the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, from making the state his private estate. According to the ex-governor, Fubara summoned an unusual strength to upend the quest by Wike to capture Rivers State through vicious, but needless, political war. Odili, who spoke at a…

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Rivers: NDLEA intercepts N4.4bn in codeine shipment from India

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NDLEA intercepts

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA)  has recovered 636,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N4.4 billion in street value, at Port-Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers State. According to a statement issued by agency spokesman Femi Babafemi yesterday in Abuja, the drugs were intercepted in shipments from India on December 9, 11 and 13. He said the seizures were made during a joint examination of four containers by NDLEA officers, men of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies at the port. This, Babafemi said, was made possible following…

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Rivers: Ganduje declares Wikes ally, Tony Okocha as APC leader

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Ganduje declares

The National Chairman of the All-Progressives Congress, (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has affirmed that Chief Tony Okocha is the leader of the party in Rivers State. According to Ganduje, the party’s Executive Committee headed by Okocha, an ally of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister Nyesom Wike, who is still a PDP member, is the Rivers State APC leadership structure recognised by the national secretariat of the party. Ganduje made this declaration yesterday in Port Harcourt, the State capital, during the inauguration of the newly-elected State Executive Committee of the party.…

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A’Court vacates order stopping allocations to Rivers State

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A' Court vacates order

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, vacated the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), from releasing monthly statutory allocations to Rivers State. A 3-member panel of Justices of the appellate court, in a split decision of two-to-one, held that the Federal High Court in Abuja lacked the requisite jurisdiction to entertain the lawsuit that led to the restraining order. It held that the fact that federal agencies were joined as parties in the matter was not sufficient to confer the court with unfettered jurisdiction…

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Rivers LG election: Wike reportedly dissolves Appeal Court panel over ruling

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Wike dissolves A'Court panel

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nyesom Wike, has reportedly ordered the secret dissolution of the Special Court of Appeal in the FCT that gave a favourable ruling on the Rivers State Local Government elections. The panel was quietly disbanded after it upheld the Rivers State local government elections conducted by the administration of the State governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The move, reportedly carried out discreetly, stems from Wikes ongoing political feud with Fubara. The dissolved panel, led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, had ruled that the Federal High Court…

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No trace of missing persons, aircraft 48hrs after Rivers helicopter crash

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Rivers helicopter crash

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, (NSIB), has said there is no trace of three missing persons, as well as the debris of the helicopter that crashed in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. NSIB revealed this in an issued statement, signed by its Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Bimbo Oladeji, yesterday, 48 hours after the incident. Oladeji confirmed that as at 07:30 am, local time, rescue teams resumed search operations in line with global best practices, but left the scene the same day without finding anything. According to the…

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“We hired helicopter that crashed” NNPCL

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NNPCL on helicopter crash

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, (NNPCL), has said that it hired the helicopter that crashed into the river in Rivers State yesterday. Its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, who confirmed the development in an issued statement yesterday, said in the statement: On the 24th of October 2024, about 11:22am, we lost contact with the Helicopter Register Number: 5NBQG, engaged by NNPC Limited, that took off from Port Harcourt NAF Base en route the FPSO NUIMS ANTAN. The helicopter was operated by East Winds Aviation. As earlier…

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Opposition Coalition raises alarm over alleged moves to seize Rivers LG allocations

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Opposition Coalition on Rivers LG

The Opposition Coalition in Nigeria has raised concerns over an alleged attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a group aligned with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to halt statutory allocations to local government councils in Rivers State. According to the Coalition, this move could lead to severe unrest and destabilize governance in the state. In a statement issued yesterday, the Coalition’s spokesperson, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, claimed they have credible evidence that the APC and the pro-Wike group have initiated a legal process at…

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Rivers: Gov. Fubara, accuses lawyers, judges of serving paymasters in justice delivery

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Gov Fubara accuses

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has accused lawyers and judges of distorting the law to appease paymasters. Speaking at the 2024/2025 Legal Year opening and re-dedication service in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, Fubara stressed that judges must defend truth, not special interests. Some of you claim expertise, yet distort the law to appease paymasters, Fubara said. State governance issues fall within the state high courts jurisdiction, regardless of INEC or police involvement. Doing right earns divine judgment. It doesnt matter whether you joined INEC or the police. It is a…

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