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Nov 3, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Elizabeth Agboegbulem |Ajuwa Victor |Justin Uwadia
Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the requisite bye-election to fill the 27 vacant seats of defected members in the state House of Assembly. The speaker said the renewed call became pertinent since the legal impediment stopping INEC hitherto from conducting the bye-election has been removed. Rt. Hon.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Eubaldus Enahoro |Elizabeth Agboegbulem
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) began an indefinite strike on October 28, protesting non-payment of salaries for over four months. This strike has disrupted school activities, forcing students to stay at home. The salary dispute between the Federal Government and university non-teaching unions has intensified with the unions insisting on not returning to work until their demands are met.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Eubaldus Enahoro |Elizabeth Agboegbulem |Ajuwa Victor
To reduce corruption, stakeholders have agreed to collaborate with Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) to strengthen anti-corruption reforms in Nigeria with the implementation of the Civil Society Advocacy to Support Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law (CASARN) project. The stakeholders made their commitments to support the implementation of the CASARN project during an inception meeting of the (CASARN) project in Benin City. The ANEEJ Executive Director, Rev.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Philip Jeremiah Eke |Ajuwa Victor |Elizabeth Agboegbulem
The pre-conference of the First Pan-Ijaw Economic Summit organized by the Steve Azaiki Foundation in collaboration with the Ijaw National Congress commenced October 17, 2024, with a call for economic revival and environmental regeneration in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The two-day event, themed “Environmental Regeneration and Economic Sustainability,” addressed the socio-economic challenges faced by the Ijaw people and served as a precursor to the main summit scheduled for December in Port Harcourt.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Philip Jeremiah Eke |Ajuwa Victor |Elizabeth Agboegbulem
Bayelsa State government says about 466,732 people have benefited directly from the community intervention programme, Bayelsa-CARES, since its inception in January 2022.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Ajuwa Victor |Elizabeth Agboegbulem |Philip Jeremiah Eke
Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of Benin, has extended ties to ‘Benin descendants’ who migrated from Benin Kingdom centuries ago but living in modern day — Delta State, Nigeria. The treasured memory was captured in Oba Palace last Thursday when Prince Ephraim Odiakosa Nwabuekei, a scion of Oba Esigie (1504-1550), paid a courtesy visit to Oba Palace in Benin City.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Elizabeth Agboegbulem |Philip Jeremiah Eke |Ajuwa Victor
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that his administration has never and is not also nursing any grudge against the Nigeria Police Force despite the disconcerting ploys some of its officers had engaged in to derail governance in the state. Governor Fubara made the declaration when he played host to the new Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Bala, deployed two weeks ago to Rivers State Command at Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Elizabeth Agboegbulem |Patrick Abang |Pius Mordi |Nigerian Byzantine politics
Port Harcourt – The Rivers State government has insisted that the Appeal Court judgement of last Thursday in Abuja did not reinstate the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly by any stretch of imagination.
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May 19, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Philip Jeremiah Eke |Ajuwa Victor |Elizabeth Agboegbulem |Nigerian Byzantine politics
… calls for synergy, expeditious take-offBayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has commended the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for siting the Oil and Gas Equipment and Machinery Development Institute (OGEMDI) in the state to promote research and technological advancement of the oil and gas industry.
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May 9, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Elizabeth Agboegbulem |Okwudili Ojukwu-Enendu |Nigerian Byzantine politics
… says Abdulsalami an exemplary statesman Edo State Deputy Governor, Engr. Godwins Marvellous Omobayo has described the leadership qualities of former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd), as inspiring and worthy of emulation by Nigerian leaders, to deliver the dividends of democracy. The Deputy Governor made the disclosure when he received the former Nigerian Head of State on behalf of Governor Godwin Obaseki at the Benin Airport.
