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I WILL NOT TAKE AWAY HOPE FROM YOU, FUBARA ASSURES Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara has noted the importance of hope in the life of every human and assured that his administration will continue to embark on activities that will sustain the hope of improved standard of living for them.  Governor Fubara gave the assurance at the launching of Emblem Appeal Fund to kickstart 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration that took place at the Banquet Hall of Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. At the event, governor Fubara was decorated with the emblem crest by the State Chairman of the Nigerian Legion with other personnel taking turns to be decorated. Governor Fubara noted that without hope, people will find it difficult to lead life optimistically. He pointed out that it is for such reason that Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu has chosen the "Renewed Hope Agenda" mantra geared towards restoring lost hope in Nigerians by improving the nation's economy.

  BREAKING: Appeal Court affirms Fubara as Rivers Gov, dismisses Tonye-Cole petition An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State has affirmed the election of Siminalayi Fubara as the governor of Rivers State. The court dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In the courtroom on Tuesday, the APC candidate requested that the court order INEC to declare him the winner of the March governorship election in Rivers. Cole’s case contesting Fubara’s election as governor was initially dismissed by the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in October. Dissatisfied with the tribunal’s judgment, the APC candidate approached the appellate court. However, the court on Tuesday upheld the Tribunal ruling, which affirmed Fubara’s victory in October.

 President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday, November 29, present the 2024 budget to the National Assembly.   The Federal Executive Council earlier today November 27 approved the 2024 budget of N27.5 trillion. This followed the review of the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework earlier passed by the National Assembly which benchmarked the exchange rate at N700 to $1 and crude oil price at $73.96 cent per barrel. Briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, said it revised the MTEF and the Fiscal Policy to use an exchange rate of N750 to $1 and also a benchmark crude oil reference price of $77.96 per barrel. According to Bagudu, the FEC also approved an Appropriation Bill for 2024 with an aggregate expenditure of N27.5 trillion, an increase of over N1.5 trillion from the previously estimated. He also noted that using the old reference prices, the forecast

 CONTEMPT FORM 48 ISSUED AGAINST AMAWHULE, MAOL OVER RIVERS CRISIS  The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has issued contempt of court Form 48  against the embattled speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, and his deputy, Rt. Hon. Dumle Maol. It was issued in pursuant to an application made by the Rt. Hon. Ehie Ogerenye Edison and the Rivers State House of Assembly over disobedience of the order of the Court made on the 7th day of November 2023. In the suit number FHC/PH/CS/240/2023, filed by the Rivers State House of Assembly as the first plaintiff and Rt. Hon. (Barr) Ehie Ogerenye Edison as the second plaintiff, the court had ordered the parties to stop taking any further steps concerning the subject matter of the suit before the court. In flagrance to the order, the Assembly faction led by Amaewhule sat on Monday, at the Assembly complex under alleged police coverage and deliberated on several issues. Consequently, the court entered Form 48 ti

RIVERS STATE PDP CHAIRMAN AKAWOR GETS APPOINTED AS RMAFC COMMISSIONER  Ambassador Desmond Akawor, the Rivers State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will now serve as a federal commissioner of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu appointed Ambassador Akawor to represent Rivers State in the commission. In a statement signed and made public by the special adviser on media and publicity to president Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale, the appointment of Ambassador Akawor will remain pending until Senate has confirmed it. “President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ambassador Desmond Akawor to serve as a Federal Commissioner of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), pending the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate. “The new RMAFC Federal Commissioner, who represents Rivers State, is being appointed following the tragic demise of the immediate past RMAFC Federal Commissioner from River

EVERYBODY HAS HIS DAY TO GIVE ACCOUNT OF DEEDS - GOV. FUBARA SPITS FIRE.  The commissioner of police, Olatunji Disu, newly posted to Rivers State has been enjoined to discharge his duties professionally. Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara gave the charge when he received the new commissioner of police on courtesy visit to Government House in Port Harcourt. CP Olatunji Disu is the 45th commissioner of police posted to Rivers State and he takes over from CP Polycarp Nwonyi Emeka. Governor Fubara remarked that currently there is an insecurity situation as being propelled because of the mismanagement of a particular situation that causes a guagmire. But expressed the believe that with the coming of the CP, it is expected that he would deplore his experiences and understanding of the terrain to address the security challenges because he had served in the State before. Governor Fubara reiterated his commitment to peace and development of the State, which is only possible in an a

 NEW SPEAKER RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, RT. HON. BARR. EDISON OGERENYE EHIE ESCAPES ASSASSINATION.  Unconfirmed police report has it that at about 11pm on Sunday 19th November, 2023, a group of Armed thugs attacked the private residence of the new Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly,  Rt. Hon. Barr. Edison Ogerenye Ehie. Obviously, the level of attack shows that the intension of the fully armed thugs was to assassinate Mr. Speaker and his family. Recall that the attack and the explosion that rocked, setting ablaze the hallowed chambers of the Rivers State House of Assembly also happened on a Sunday night, at about 9.45pm on 29th October 2023. Night time attacks seemed to be the pattern and time used by these detractors to cause a breakdown of law and order with impunity in Rivers State.

  Bayelsa Poll: I Would Have Relocated My Mother To Abuja If Diri Had Lost – Jonathan Jonathan, who is a former governor of the oil-rich state, spoke on Friday when he visited Diri in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, almost one week after the governor stormed to victory in a keenly contested poll. While congratulating Diri for winning the exercise, the former president said if Douye had lost, the gains made in curbing insecurity would have been lost. “We don’t want to go into unnecessary crisis in the state. Results have been declared and we believe the election was conducted. We believe the governor won the election and we plead that people should accept it and work with the governor. Let all of us support him so that the state will move ahead,” he said during the gathering. “There should be nothing that will push the state backward. We should think about the development of the state starting from the issue of peace and security in the state which within this last period, three

 Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has ordered the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, to be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre. The Nigerian government brought Emefiele before the FCT High Court on a six-count charge bordering on alleged N1.6 billion procurement fraud.corrupt advantage contrary to Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 by awarding a contract for the supply of one Toyota Landcruiser V8 Investment Ltd., in 2019 at the cost of N73 million. The fourth count was about a Toyota Landcruiser V8 valued N73,800,000 awarded illegally to April 1616 Investment Ltd. The Nigerian government further accused the former CBN governor of also awarding a contract to Yaro for the supply of two Toyota Hilux Shell Specification Vehicles at the cost of N44,200,000 in 2020. The trial judge, Justice Hamza Muazu adjourned the case to November 22 to rule on Emefiele's bail

 EXCLUSIVE: How NDDC Board Members Disobeyed Tinubu By Secretly Resuming Duties In Desperation Despite Order To Put Inauguration On Hold. The members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board recently appointed by President Bola Tinubu resumed duties without inauguration in disobedience to the President’s orders. News Men on Saturday exclusively reported that the board members resumed duties in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, without any official inauguration, and had already started holding meetings. Okolobi Gist Specials gathered that the board members led by Samuel Ogbuku (Managing Director/CEO –Bayelsa State), Boma Iyaye (Executive Director; Finance and Admin. –Rivers), Victor Antai (Executive Director, Projects – Akwa-Ibom), and Ifedayo Abegunde (Executive Director; Corporate Services – Ondo) held a meeting last Tuesday with the NDDC workers and had fixed another one for this week despite not being officially inaugurated yet by the government. Sources told Okolobi G

  Transmission Company of Nigeria have shut down Nigeria's National grid in line with NLC Nationwide strike  Electricity workers have shut down the national grid following the declaration of an indefinite strike by organised labour unions – the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria. The spokesperson for Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Ndidi Mbah, in an interview with Daily Post on Tuesday said electricity workers, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), followed directives of the Nigeria Labour Congress had withdrawn their services around 11:20am on Tuesday, which would result in nationwide blackout. “Electricity workers are NLC members; they’ve followed the directive by organised labour to withdraw their services from Tuesday”, she stated. Some parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and its environs are already experiencing a blackout. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress announced a nationwide in

President Tinubu appoints members of NDDC board to be inaugurated on Thursday 16th November 2023 The members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board recently appointed by President Bola Tinubu will be inaugurated on Thursday, November 16, 2023 after they had resumed sitting. Okolobi Gist Specials reported exclusively on Saturday, November 11, that the NDDC Board members secretly resumed duties in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, without any official inauguration, and already started holding meetings. According to the report the board members led by Samuel Ogbuku (Managing Director/CEO –Bayelsa State),  Boma Iyaye (Executive Director; Finance and Admin. –Rivers),  Victor Antai (Executive Director, Projects – Akwa-Ibom), and Ifedayo Abegunde (Executive Director; Corporate Services – Ondo) held a meeting last Tuesday with the NDDC workers and fixed another one for next Tuesday despite not being officially inaugurated yet by the government.They further shared new vehicles amon

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members to join the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, starting from Monday midnight. ASUU stated this in a circular to its zonal coordinators and chairpersons, signed by Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President and obtained by Okolobi Gist Specials. The academic union said, “As an affiliate of NLC, all members of our union are hereby directed to join this action of NLC to protect the interest of Nigerian workers and the leadership of the union. “Zonal coordinators and branch chairpersons should immediately mobilise our members to participate in the action.”complicity in the brutalisation and humiliation of Comrade Ajaero and other workers. Okolobi Gist Specials had also reported how operatives of the Nigerian Police Force arrested Ajaero while organising a rally to protest against stalled wage payments for workers in the state. It was also reported that the

 WIKE REMAINS MY PRINCIPAL, SAYS FUBARA  Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory FCT Nyesom Wike both attended the rededication church service organised to mark the opening of 2023/2024 legal year in Rivers State. Speaking, governor Fubara said: "I feel very honoured, earnestly speaking, to be in your midst today (as the) to be the one, really as the  head of government (executive arm) to see you launch your 2023/2024 legal year. "It's really a privilege and I have to say that I feel very happy to be in your midst today and to say that I wish you a successful legal year. "It is important to see to a successful legal year... for the past one week or more, we have been hearing the negative stories, at least, for once, let us hear something that is different from the bad news. "And I have to say that I'm even overjoyed that my oga (Wike) is here with us. I want to welcome you for coming to cheer us in this event. "I just re

 RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT PRESS STATEMENT PEACE IS PRICELESS     My dear good people of Rivers State. I consider it necessary to issue this press statement on the developments of the past few days in our dear state.  Late on sunday night, 29th october 2023, I was inundated with reports that the hallowed chamber of the Rivers State House of Assembly has been gutted by fire. the blaze was successfully put out by the fire service, after which security agencies took control of the situation.  My visit to the Assembly complex on monday, 30th october 2023 was to assess the level of damage and undertake remedial measures to protect lives and property within the Assembly complex. I charged the security agencies to thoroughly investigate the incident and report to me.  Shortly after, I got reports that the state house of assembly had broken into two factions: one claiming to have impeached and suspended the house leader and 3 others preparatory to initiating an impeachment action against me,

We did not attack the Governor intentionally ~ Rivers State Police Command  Following the receipt of credible intelligence on the intention of some armed group of persons to cause mayhem in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, particularly at the State House of Assembly on Monday 30th October, and recalling the previous case of arson on the State House of Assembly a day prior which is currently being investigated, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations immediately deployed armed police operatives which he personally supervised in order to intercept the ‘hoodlums’ and ensure the protection of lives and properties within the State House of Assembly facility and its environ. At the entrance of the Complex, it was observed that youths numbering over a hundred had begun a protest to gain access to the Complex and conduct themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace. This led to the Police deploying non-lethal crowd control equipment including tear gas

 Nobody can take my political structure — Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nysome Wike, has said that no one can take over his political structure and that he can fight back against anyone fighting him unjustly. Wike stated this on Wednesday while welcoming governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in his office. The governors were on an intervention mission, following the political feud between Rivers State Governor, Simi Fubara, and the minister, who is the immediate past governor of the state. Wike vowed not to allow anyone to take his political structure, noting that he could never be intimidated by anyone. His words: “Let me thank my brothers and friends for this wonderful visit, just to appreciate Mr. President for giving me this position and we will continue to work for Mr. President to realise his renewed hope agenda. “I have made it clear to everybody that I am not here for any party. I am here for the interest of Ni

 Tinubu Seeks Senate’s Approval For fresh  $7.8Billion, €100Million Loans President Bola Tinubu has sought the approval of the Senate for $7.8 billion and another €100 million borrowing plan.  The president made the request through a letter to the Senate, read during the plenary by the Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, on Wednesday, The PUNCH reports.Tinubu on Tuesday presented N2.18 trillion supplementary budget to the National Assembly. In August, the National Assembly approved President Tinubu’s request for over $800 million loan to finance the National Social Safety Network Programme.  The National Assembly had approved the  2022 Supplementary Appropriations Act of N819 million “for the provision of Palliatives to Nigerians to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal”.“In view of the present economic realities facing the country, it has become imperative that the resolve to using the external borrowing to breach the financing gap which will be applied to key infrastructure

 Court Gives Embattled Central Bank Ex-Governor, Emefiele January 25 To Appear Over $53million Debt. always said, contempt proceedings follow a person whether the person Is still there or not." According to Justice Ekwo, “In this case, I have given this particular person so much liberty, so much leniency and the situation does not seem to change. “I will adjourn the matter because the other side says they want to react to the process so there is no much talk. “Order of court must be complied with and even if no one complies with the order of the court, the court must comply with its order. “I will give you sufficient time.” He thereafter adjourned the matter until January 25, 2024 for Emefiele to show cause why arrest warrant should not be issued against him.