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Over 10 illegal refineries, 500,000 litres crude oil reservoir uncovered in Rivers

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Over ten illegal refineries have been uncovered at Odagwa community in Etche local government area of Rivers State. The illegal refineries were discovered by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant-General’s Special Intelligence Squad. According to the security agency, the illegal refineries had an estimated 500,000 litres of Crude oil warehoused in about 50 illegally constructed Reservoirs. The NSCDC Rivers State Command Spokesperson, Superintendent Olufemi Ayodele, made the disclosure while parading some of the suspects arrested during the raid of the oil bunkering site in Odagwa Etche in…

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Rivers: “LG Chairmen’s tenure extension, legislative rascality, coup against democracy” — Ugochinyere

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The amendment of Sections of the Law No. 5 of 2018 extending the tenure of elected Local Government chairmen in Rivers State by the Martin Amaehwule-led House of Assembly has been condemned by the spokesperson of Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere. Ugochinyere, who represents Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, described the purported override of Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s veto by the State House of Assembly just a few days after it purportedly amended…

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Rivers: Fubara-Wike political feud still persists despite Tinubu’s intervention

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There appears to be no end in sight in the political fight between Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his erstwhile political godfather, the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. According to reports, despite the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the political crisis in the State between Governor Fubara and Wike, it seems the fight between the duo is far from being over, according to political observers. The present relationship between Fubara and Wike could be described as that of a cat and dog,…

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Rivers Insecurity: Police launch manhunt for kidnappers of travellers on Airport Road

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The Rivers State Police Command says it has deployed its operatives to arrest gunmen who kidnapped three persons along the Port Harcourt International Airport road on Tuesday evening. Some reports had earlier indicated that eight people were abducted by the dare-devil gunmen However, while confirming the abduction, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO of Rivers Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko said three person were abducted. He said: “I just spoke with the Division Police Officer, DPO, and he said three (3) while the Commissioner of Police has tasked Tactical team commanders…

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Rivers Political  Crisis: “Supreme Court ruling could overturn truce” – APC Chieftain

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A chieftain of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has declared that Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara‘s acceptance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s peace proclamation was ‘not holistic’, describing it as “just a ploy to buy time pending when the Supreme Court decides on the gubernatorial election of the State in January 2024”. Recall that Governor Fubara, in his 2023 Christmas Day broadcast, accepted the resolutions presented by President Tinubu during a recent peace parley in Abuja, promising to implement them fully. However, Eze, in a statement released yestetday…

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Rivers: “Don’t allow Wike, Presidency to use Judiciary to truncate Fubara’s administration” – Nigerians, Senior lawyers urged

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As parties to the Rivers State crisis re-strategise, a Port Harcourt-based political analyst, Caroline Osadebe, has called on well-meaning Nigerians, especially legal luminaries, not to allow the Judiciary to truncate the Governor Siminalayi Fubara administration.  In a statement made available to newsmen yesterday, she warned that the political landscape in Rivers State had become turbulent, regretting that the Judiciary might be used to cut short the Fubara administration if it failed to maintain its independence. Osadebe stated that the current situation in the state could pose perhaps the most significant…

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Rivers: Clark faults Tinubu’s ‘imposed settlement’, threatens lawsuit

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Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has faulted the meeting by President Bola Tinubu on the feud between Nyesom Wike and Siminalayi Fubara. Recall that over the past few weeks, Fubara, governor of Rivers, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have been at loggerheads over the political control of the State. On Monday, the duo agreed to end the feud at a meeting with Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja. In the 8-point resolution, signed by Fubara, Wike, and other Rivers…

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Rivers: Tinubu directs all impeachment proceedings against Gov. Fubara to be dropped

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President Tinubu has directed all impeachment proceedings initiated against Governor Fubara by the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule to be dropped with immediate effect. This follows the meeting with the governor and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), yesterday, at the Presidential Villa. Former Rivers  State governor, Peter Odili, was reportedly among the attendees at the closed-door meeting. The President has also directed the governor to recognise Martin Amaewhule as Speaker of the State Hose of Assembly…

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Alleged DPO Killing: “Probe Wike, others over diversion of $300m, N9bn” – Timi Frank urges Police, DSS

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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, to urgently investigate the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister Nyesom Wike, over alleged complicity in the murder of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ahoada Division in Rivers State, Bako Angbashim. Recall that Angbashim, a Superintendent of Police, had led his men to raid criminal hideouts in the Odemude community in Ahoada-West local…

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Rivers Crisis: ‘Why Tinubu must call Wike to order’ – Election Observer

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to intervene in the ongoing rift between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike.  Speaking to newsmen at the weekend, an experienced election observer, Moshood Isah, said the Rivers state crisis shows that politics has replaced good governance.  He urged to perform his due diligence by cautioning the parties involved to restore the State’s normalcy  Recall that both men have been at loggerheads over controlling the political landscape in the oil-rich state. President Bola Tinubu has been…

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