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I’m ready to sacrifice my office for peace of Rivers — Fubara Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has emphasised that he is ready to sacrifice his office for the peace of the state. He stated this in an interview with AIT that no sacrifice is too great for him, as he is willing to relinquish his position if it would contribute to the tranquility of Rivers State. He said, “No sacrifice will be too big for me to pay for the success of this administration. “And the reason is very simple, it’s not political love, it’s not because I…

GOV OTTI LEADS RECONCILIATION AS EDO LABOUR PARTY GOVERNORSHIP ASPIRANTS RALLY BEHIND CANDIDATE, OLUMIDE AKPATA Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has expressed confidence in the capacity of Labour Party (LP) and its governorship candidate in Edo State, Barr. Olumide Akpata, to win the Edo gubernatorial election holding in September. Governor Otti spoke Thursday morning at the end of a marathon meeting he convened in Umuahia, capital of Abia, on Wednesday, and attended by members of the National Working Committee (NWC) and all the aspirants, to review the party's governorship primary election, held in Benin, last Friday, February 23,…

APC Makes U-turn, Declares Edo Governorship Primary Inconclusive Following the controversy that trailed last Saturday’s governorship primary election in Edo State, the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has declared the poll inconclusive. This was disclosed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, on Tuesday after the leadership of the party had an emergency meeting with the NWC at the party secretariat in Abuja. The poll, which was conducted on February 17 had produced three winners. The Chairman of Electoral Committee of the primary, Governor Hope Uzodimma, had announced Dennis Idahosa as winner, while returning officer, Stanley…

Gov Fubara appoints Some Heads Of Boards And Government Agencies after swearing in 9 commissioners Gov Fubara makes fresh appointments after swearing in 9 commissioners After swearing in nine (9) commissioners, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Friday made three fresh appointments to head some agencies of the State. Tammy Wenike Danagogo, Secretary to the State Government made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt. According to the statement, Goodlife Ben was appointed as Acting Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, (LGSC). While Tonte Davies was appointed Acting Administrator, New Cities Development Authority (NCDA), Mrs. Ine…

EDO 2024: If Labour Party accepted N15m as nomination fee for Imo election, why charge N30m for Edo election? Aspirant asks LP aspirants kick against N30m nomination fees Governorship Primary, Aspirants on Sunday rejected the N30 million charged as fees for  Expression of Interest and nomination forms. One of the aspirants, UK-based financial analyst, Dr Egbe Omorodion, told newsmen in Benin, that all governorship aspirants had rejected the bid and convened a meeting for Monday, to take a stand on the matter. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that LP had on Jan. 16, announced a N30 million fee for…