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Port Harcourt – The Rivers State Commissioner of Information and Communications, Pastor Paulnus Nsirim has said that the state has become a major player in national politics because of the vision and ingenuity of His Excellency, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike towards rapid infrastructural development of the State. The Information and Communications Commissioner emphasised that State has recorded giant strides under the leadership of Governor Wike and charged the media in the State to shift its...

By Adedayo Akinwale The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has described as ‘sanity restored’, the Court of Appeal’s judgement, Tuesday that sacked Igo Aguma as the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in the state. The party also expressed lack of confidence in the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to conduct free, fair and credible local government elections in the state. The Caretaker Chairman of the party, Isaac Abott-Ogbobula, stated yesterday, w...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Federal Government has published the passport numbers of 100 travelers, who failed to undergo the mandatory COVID-19 test after returning to Nigeria. Their details were published by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Saturday. It said the restrictions started from January 1, 2021 and would last till June 30, 2021. 2. The Chief of Protocol to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State,...

Rivers TUC mourns death of deputy national president, Onuegbu Rivers TUC mourns death of deputy national president, Onuegbu Share The sudden death of Chika Onuegbu, Deputy National President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and former Chairman, Rivers State Chapter of TUC has thrown the labour movement, friends and associates as well as residents of Port-Harcourt, capital of oil-rich state into deep mourning. The National Industrial Relations Officer of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Deputy National President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Chika Onuegbu, is dead. DAILY POST learnt that the former Chairman, Rivers State Chapter of TUC and National Industrial Relations Officer of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), died after a brief illness. Sources said he complained of headache early Saturday and was rushed to the hospital where he gave up the ghost. The outspoken labour leader, it was furt...

Punch Newspapers Sections John Alechenu, Abuja The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress has charged party members in River State to find a way to work together in the interest of the party. This was contained in a letter titled, “Purported suspension and expulsion of members of the party in Rivers State,” signed by the Head, Legal Services of the APC, Dare Oketade, and addressed to the state APC caretaker committee chairman, Isaac Ogobula. The letter was sighted on Thursday...

Vanguard News APC upturns suspension of Amaechi, Giadom others On By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has dismissed the purported suspension of Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, Sen. Andrew Uchendu, and Victor Giadom by a fraction led by Hon. Igo Aguma. Dare Oketade, Head Legal Services at the APC National Secretariat stated the party’s position in a letter dated December 23 and addressed to Hon. Aguma. The letter reads; “The...

ON THE GO ‘Their sacrifice enabled our unity’ — Buhari pays tribute to civil war ‘martyrs’ President Muhammadu Buhari has paid tribute to the “patriotic martyrs” of the civil war “whose glorious sacrifices enabled the unity of Nigeria as a great nation”.Advertisement Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman,... Oil prices rebound on fears Suez Canal blockage may last weeks Oil prices surged more than four percent on Friday, over mounting fears that it will take we...

Share The All Progressives Congress Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee has voided the suspension of Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, former deputy national Secretary of the party, Victor Giadom and Senator Andrew Uchendu by a faction of the Rivers State chapter of the party led by Honourable Igo Aguma. Amaechi and the two other chieftains were suspended barely twenty-four hours after the Isaac Abbot-Ogbobula-led APC in the state loyal to Amaechi suspended the trio ...

By Omeiza Ajayi  The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has dismissed the purported suspension of Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, Sen. Andrew Uchendu, and Victor Giadom by a fraction led by Hon. Igo Aguma. Dare Oketade, Head Legal Services at the APC National Secretariat stated the party’s position in a letter dated December 23 and addressed to Hon. Aguma. The letter reads; “The attention of the Party has been drawn, through the social and print media ...