Tag: Rivers State Government

Gov Fubara Approves N100K Christmas Bonus For Civil Servants, Others In Rivers

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    Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS, has approved the sum of One hundred thousand naira(N100, 000) as christmas bonus for Civil Servants Pensioners and other Public Servants across the state.   The bonus announced in a statement by George Nwaeke Head of Civil Service, Rivers State on Christmas eve.   According to the stateme, “I wish to inform the general public that the Rivers State Governor, His Excellency Sir Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS in the spirit of the yuletide has approved the sum of N100,000 for civil servants, public…

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Rivers State: Ijaw Threatens Anarchy Over SIM Impeachment Plot

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….Says An injustice To One Ijaw Man Is An injustice To Forty million Ijaw People Across The World   The Ijaw National Congress ( INC), has threatened a reign of anarchy should lawmakers in Rivers State allowed themselves to be used to impeach the State Governor, His Excellency Similaye Fubara. The INC noted with dismay that the development in Rivers State was worrisome and capable of generating an unwarranted state of insecurity and instability that can throw the entire Niger Delta and the Nigerian economy into serious crisis and warned…

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Gov Fubara Of Rivers Under Fire Over Surveillance Contract

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  An oil and gas monitoring group, the Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change (NDIMRC) has rained heavy knocks on the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara for saying it was wrong to award such the pipelines Surveillance contract to ‘one man’. The Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had on Saturday, August 26th, 2023, fumed over the crude oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services led by former militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemepulo (aka Tompolo) by the Federal Government. The governor said in Port Harcourt that…

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Gov Wike Vs FG: Rivers VAT Not For Abuja People, Wike Warns Oil Companies

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  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, insisted on going on with his move to stop the Federal Government from collecting Value Added Tax from the oil-rich South-South state. Wike, who said he does not care if heaven falls, insisted that Rivers money is not meant for “Abuja people” but for the development of his state. The governor spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, while addressing Shell Petroleum Development Company and other representatives of oil companies and business owners in the state. The PUNCH…

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Gov Wike Tackles FG Over Deduction Of State Fund For Judiciary

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  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says Federal Government decision to dissipate State funds on behalf of State judiciaries, under the purported Executive Order 10, is illegal and ill-advised. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, if the decision is implemented more problems will be created and this will hamper the independence of the judiciary. Governor Wike stated this during a special court session organised to mark the opening of 2020/2021 legal year of the Rivers state judiciary in Port Harcourt on Friday. He argued that…

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Breaking: INEC Cancels Supplementary Elections in Bauchi, To Complete Process In Rivers

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ON March 16, 2019 2:03 AM / INThe Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cancelled the earlier announced supplementary elections in Bauchi state, saying, however, that it has approved the resumption, conclusion and announcement of the result of the Tafawa Balewa Local Government in relation to the Governorship election. INEC boss, Prof Mahmood Yakubu Governor Bello Sympathizes With Family Of Peter Lot This was as the commission chastised the Nigerian Army for the alleged role played by some of its soldiers in the disruption of the electoral processes in Rivera…

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Nigeria Women condemn Army’s involvement in An Alleged Election Rigging in Rivers State

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By Blessing Amudo, NIGERIA women under the platform of League of Women Voters of Nigeria (NILOVN) has condemned the alleged involvement of the Nigerian Military in the Electoral rigging process in Rivers State and other states across the country. In a statement released and signed by the founder and National President of the group, Dame (Dr.) Esther Uduehi condemned the actions of the the Nigeria Army attached to monitor the Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections in Rivers State.  It was gathered that the women in Rivers State nearly mobbed…

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