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1 week ago | 
headlines.ng | Chinelo Obogo |Tony John
By Chinelo Obogo and Tony John, Port HarcourtThe Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference (AGC) Planning Committee has denied claims from the Rivers State Government that it paid for hosting rights of the 2025 conference. A statement by the 2025 NBA planning committee chairman, Emeka Obegolu, said the decision to host the conference in Port Harcourt was finalised in August…Headlines NewsletterSubscribe now for weekly top news headlines roundup, delivered directly to your inbox.
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1 week ago | 
thesun.ng | Chinelo Obogo |Tony John
By Chinelo Obogo and Tony John, Port HarcourtThe Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference (AGC) Planning Committee has denied claims from the Rivers State Government that it paid for hosting rights of the 2025 conference.
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2 weeks ago | 
thesun.ng | Tony John
By Tony John, Port HarcourtEdison Ehie, Chief of Staff to suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has filed a N2 billion defamation suit against former State Head of Service George Nwaeke. The suit stems from Nwaeke’s claim that Ehie orchestrated the fire that razed the Rivers State House of Assembly in October 2023. Ehie also named the television station that broadcast the interview as a defendant.
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2 weeks ago | 
headlines.ng | Tony John
By Tony John, Port HarcourtEdison Ehie, Chief of Staff to suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has filed a N2 billion defamation suit against former State Head of Service George Nwaeke. The suit stems from Nwaeke’s claim that Ehie orchestrated the fire that razed the Rivers State House of Assembly in October 2023. …Headlines NewsletterSubscribe now for weekly top news headlines roundup, delivered directly to your inbox.
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2 weeks ago | 
thesun.ng | Tony John
By Tony John, Port HarcourtThe office of the Sole Administrator of Rivers State has refuted a reported announcement claiming the recruitment of 10,000 graduates and non-graduates into the State Civil Service. A social media report earlier suggested that Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), the Sole Administrator, had approved hiring this number of unemployed individuals to bolster the workforce. It cited Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof.
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2 weeks ago | 
headlines.ng | Tony John
By Tony John, Port HarcourtThe office of the Sole Administrator of Rivers State has refuted a reported announcement claiming the recruitment of 10,000 graduates and non-graduates into the State Civil Service. A social media report earlier suggested that Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), the Sole Administrator, had approved hiring this number of unemployed individuals to bolster the…Headlines NewsletterSubscribe now for weekly top news headlines roundup, delivered directly to your inbox.
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2 weeks ago | 
thesun.ng | Tony John
By Tony John, Port HarcourtSecurity operatives have arrested a suspected cultist at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Iwofe, Rumuolumeni, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, amid a violent clash between rival cult groups. Campus security apprehended the suspect on Monday, April 7, following a supremacy and territorial control battle between suspected Vikings (Baggers) and Black Axe (Aye) cult groups.
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2 weeks ago | 
thesun.ng | Tony John
By Tony John, Port HarcourtGunmen believed to be cultists loyal to the late cult leader David Gift, popularly known as 2Baba, shot dead Godspower Uwhetu, a former youth leader, in Odhiaje community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Wednesday, April 9. TheSun.ng learned that around five suspected cultists, led by a man named Sam, stormed Uwhetu’s home at about 1 a.m. They dragged him outside, killed him in front of his house, and fled.
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1 month ago | 
headlines.ng | Chinelo Obogo |Tony John |Adesuwa Tsan
By Chinelo Obogo, Tony John, Port Harcourt and Adesuwa Tsan, AbujaThe Senate will today take a position on the state of emergency declared in Rivers State. This was disclosed by a senator who spoke to the Sun on condition of anonymity. Headlines NewsletterSubscribe now for weekly top news headlines roundup, delivered directly to your inbox.
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1 month ago | 
bigpenngr.com | Tony John
…To discuss presentation of budget, othersBy Tony JohnRivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has scheduled a meeting with the 27 members of the State House of Assembly. Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, announced this in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule, dated 7th March 2025. Danagogo said the letter followed a directive from Fubara to write to the House of Assembly after acknowledging the receipt of the Supreme Court judgement on 5th March.
