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Group condermns political crisis in Rivers state ….. Urges political to wade into the crisis

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A group,Concerned People of Rivers State (CPRS)has expressed concern over the current political developments in Rivers state. The group in a statement titled “Executive “Rascality in Rivers State taken too far”which was.signed by its Coordinator,Jackson Elechi, condermned the political impasse in the state,therefore called for truce among the gladiators, and also asked political leaders to wade into the crisis. The statement read in full; The Concerned People of Rivers State (CPRS) woke up this morning, December 13, 2023 to a sad news of the demolition of the Rivers State House…

SERAP asks Senate President to reject Wike’s plan to spend N15bn on ‘a befitting residence’ for VP Shettima

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The Nigerian Senate President Godswill Akpabio has been urged not to approve an alleged plan by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to build a ‘befitting residence’ for the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima.     The request was made by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in the letter dated 2 December 2023 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare.   SERAP urged him to “assert Senate’s authority and constitutional oversight roles to reject the N2.8 billion on publicity for the FCTA and other proposed wasteful and unnecessary…

We will support FCT administration to improve infrastructural devt, achieve food security -Deputy Speaker,Kalu

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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has said that the Parliament will, through legislative interventions, support the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike to improve social infrastructures and achieve food security in the nation’s capital city.   Kalu made the pledge on Monday when a delegation from Kuje Interfaith Forum led by a co-convener and Senior Pastor, Kings Palace Church Int’l, Kuje-Abuja, Sam Ogbodo paid him a courtesy visit.   The delegation featured a select leaders of the Kuje Inter-faith Forum,…

Joint Task Force parade 39 suspects for various crimes in FCT

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The Joint Task Force of Operation Save FCT today paraded 39 suspects who involved in various criminal activities in Abuja and environs.   The suspects were paraded by the FCT Police Commissioner,CP Haruna G. Garba with other Heads of sister security agencies in the federal capital territory at a Press briefing held at Nigeria Police FCT Command, Abuja.   The Joint Task Force which comprised the Nigeria Police Force, Military, NSCDC and DTRS carried out coordinated raids of criminal hideouts, uncompleted buildings, shanties and clearance operations in the bushes and…

ABUJA CABBING SYSTEM TO END THE EPIDEMIC OF ONE-CHANCE ROBBERY By Law Mefor

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A young lawyer colleague of mine at The Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts (TAS) called me in despair a few days ago during the night. In a One-Chance robbery, his sister had been taken hostage. I called up two top contacts in the police to pass the concern. One answered. Luckily, the young lady who had been robbed survived the ordeal of being thrown from the criminals’ fast-moving car. She spent days in the intensive care unit, unable to speak from shock following the near-death encounter.   Some…

Still on the Wike-Fubara feud By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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If we go back to the history of Nigeria, the truth is: dear fatherland has learnt nothing. In the days of Obafemi Awolowo and Ladoke Akintola, this was how they started inventing stuff that had never been in existence; and that has continued to trouble the Nigerian state, even till this day. Therefore, what’s yet unclear to the likes of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and his protégé, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is that, since society is like a cyclical entity, the chicks…

The rumblings in Rivers, by Kazeem Akintunde

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The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, for now, cannot afford to sleep with his two eyes closed. Although President Bola Tinubu, Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and the court have given him a temporary reprieve, he cannot be complacent or he would kiss his job goodbye.   He has stepped on the tail of a cobra and it is either he fights and kill the snake or he will himself become food.     Fubara, an indigene of Opobo Town in Opobo Local Government…

PDP governors praise Tinubu for intervening in Rivers crisis, says he’s truly President for all Nigerians

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have welcomed President Bola Tinubu’s intervention on the crisis between Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike.   The governors, under the platform of the PDP Governors’ Forum, expressed concern over the crisis, adding that they have offered their platform for the resolution of the crisis.   Speaking after their meeting that lasted for more than two hours in the Oyo state governor’s lodge, the governors said that the recent judgement of the Supreme Court on the 2023 Presidential Election, which…

Unwrapping the Shigidi in FCT! By Olaleye Olawale

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The Yoruba say, “Whenever the Shigidi (a minor god in the form of an effigy) wants to wear humiliation like a badge of honour, it asks to be taken to the stream to bathe. Unfortunately, there’s no time to further break that down. Minding the space is more compelling. For those who knew or had a vague idea of the alleged humiliations Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State, suffered in the hands of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, before and after the polls, it was sure their honeymoon was designed to…