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The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has convened a security council meeting with heads of security agencies following recent political developments in the state The meeting was held behind closed doors at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. After the meeting, Governor Fubara told the press that discussions with the security heads centred on strategies to contain the invasion of local government secretariats. He cautioned the immediate past council chairmen against harbouring false hopes of returning to their positions. Governor Fubara, however, raised an alarm over an alleged plan by his opponents to arrest his supporters. He pledged…

There have been widespread protests across the 23 local government areas of the state following the expiration of the three-year tenure of the elected Chairmen of LGAs and ward councillors. There have been reports of shooting by alleged security personnel at the Port Harcourt City LGA Council Secretariat as well as in Obio/Akpor, Emohua, Eleme and Khana LGAs by unidentified persons. Vanguard reports that two persons were reportedly gunned down in Omuma LGA following shootings that erupted in the area. A source in the area said policemen attached to a politician in the area had first shot the vigilante members…

President Bola Tinubu this evening arrived Pretoria, capital of South Africa for the inauguration of President Cyril Cyril Ramaphosa for a second term in office. The ruling African National Congress lost its majority seats in Parliament in recent national election in South Africa forcing the anti-aparthied era party that has governed South Africa since 1994 to share power with Democratic Alliance and other opposition parties in a government of national unity arrangement. Other African leaders and global leaders are expected to attend the inauguration ceremony tomorrow. President Tinubu will return to Nigeria immediately after the ceremony

The National Agency for Food and Administration and Control has urged Nigerians to stop storing cooked food in the refrigerator for more than three days. The Director General NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye, while giving the warning, said cooked food stored in the refrigerator for days is susceptible to contamination by disease-causing pathogens, which are key agents of foodborne diseases that can lead to death. She made this known in a statement on Tuesday signed by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola. The NAFDAC boss said this in commemoration of the 2024 World Food Safety Day with the theme, ‘Food Safety:…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed heads of administration in the 23 local government areas to take over from the elected council chairmen whose three-year tenure elapsed on Monday. Governor Fubara gave the directive in a state broadcast on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. “As we move forward in making sure that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is upheld, and that law and order is maintained as we continue to strive to provide leadership and direction for our people, I hereby direct Heads of Local Government Administration to continue to provide leadership in…

The Federal Government has asked owners of private jets in the country to present their documents for verification It gave the order in a notice through the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The NCS said the exercise aims to identify improperly imported private aircraft without documentation, ensure proper imports, and for maximum revenue collection. “The Nigeria Customs Service announces a verification exercise for privately owned aircraft operating in Nigeria,” the statement read. “This exercise aims to identify improperly imported private aircraft without documentation, ensuring proper imports and maximum revenue collection.” The exercise will start on Wednesday (tomorrow) and is expected to last…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday paid a visit to the wife of the President, Remi Tinubu, in Lagos. A media aide to the President’s wife, Busola Kukoyi, said Obasanjo came felicitating with her principal on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. “Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the First Lady of the Federal of Nigeria Senator Oluremi Tinubu after receiving the Former President who came felicitating on the Sallah Celebration on Monday 17th June,” Kukoyi wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). In the buildup to the 2023 presidential election won by…

Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, has assured the people of the state that he and his men won’t allow the crisis enveloping the Local Government Areas (LGAs) to lead to a breakdown of law and order. CP Disu told journalists at the police headquarters in Port Harcourt on Monday that the police are aware of the situation at the different LGAs and expect the different political players to respect the appeal and cease hostilities pending the hearing and determination of their case. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatunji Disu, declared his readiness to protect the lives…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has faulted plans by the Federal Government to buy new jets for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Obi, in a Monday post on X (formerly Twitter), urged the current government to focus on alleviating the suffering of the people and not splurging scarce resources on the acquisition of new presidential jets. Last week, the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence asked the Federal Government to purchase new aircraft for Tinubu and Shettima. The committee’s recommendation followed its investigation into the status of the aircraft in the…

There is tension across some of the twenty-three local government areas in Rivers state as the tenure of the council chairmen expires today, June 17, by midnight. The tension was ignited by the decision of the LG chairmen in the state under the aegis of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria to remain in office citing the Local Government Amendment Law No 2 of the 2024 by the Martin Amaewhule-led 27 House of Assembly members extending their tenure by six months. The State ALGON Chairman, Allwell Ihunda, who is also the Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, insisted that…