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Voting has officially commenced in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State for the Local Government Council Elections. The electoral process began at 8:30 am at Unit 3, 025, Ward 4, NlMgbueto Community, as electoral officers arrived to facilitate the voting. As of the latest updates, the voting process has been peaceful, with no police or security operatives in sight, creating an environment of calm during the elections. Omenihu Jackson, the Councillorship Candidate for the Action Peoples Party (APP), expressed satisfaction with the electoral process after casting his vote. He stated, “The election has been peaceful. People are conducting…
There is currently tension in Rivers State as individuals suspected of arson reportedly detonated explosives at the state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday morning. State reporters has revealed that the APC is the principal opposition political party in Rivers State. The state is preparing to hold its local government elections today, Saturday, October 5. However, just a few hours before the exercise, the secretariat of the APC located in Port Harcourt was reportedly attacked. According to Leadership, video clips obtained online indicate that the incident, believed to involve dynamite, caused damage to the main gate and…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to help with the arrest of two Nigerian fugitives wanted over healthcare fraud in the United States, Statereporters gathered. Babatunde Shodiya and Yinka Jamiu were on September 25 indicted by a grand jury at the U.S. District Court of Minnesota over a scheme that saw healthcare providers lose $13 million between October 2020 and 2024. “The U.S. officials have reached out to us and they said the suspects are hiding in the country. We have an obligation to honour the request of our U.S. counterparts…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, This follows a protest by members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly. In his 64th Independence Anniversary Speech on October 1, Tinubu had conferred the Commander of the Federal Republic( CFR) on the speaker and the deputy senate president. But this development led to a debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, calling on the President to confer a higher honour on the Speaker. In a…
The Federal Government has announced the exemption of 63 items from Value-Added Tax (VAT), as part of its latest fiscal reforms. This was revealed by the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, via a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. The exemptions are outlined in the official ‘Value Added Tax (Modification) Order, 2024,’ dated September 3, 2024. The announcement follows the recent introduction of fiscal concessions aimed at revitalising Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, as disclosed by the Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. The two key incentives…
The Nigerian government on Friday said it has commenced arrangement for evacuation of Nigerians living in Lebanon who are willing to return home following the escalating war with Israel in the country. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) which made this known in a statement said that following the government’s decision to evacuate its citizens in Lebanon, a multi-stakeholders meeting was convened where briefs were received on the condition of Nigerians in Lebanon and preparations by various agencies towards the success of the evacuation exercise. The statement said, “The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is coordinating the evacuation, which has…
Nigeria’s former ambassador to The Philippines, Yemi Farounbi, has said the Bola Tinubu that he knew when he was Governor of Lagos and as a believer in a restructured Nigeria, is no longer the man who is President. Dr. Yemi Farounbi said President Tinubu is ideologically somersaulting. He advised the President to look back at the letter he wrote to former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in 2012 and compare it with his current policies that are responsible for the economic hardship in the country. The former Nigeria’s ambassador to The Philippines stated this on Friday while speaking in an interview with…
The South-East zone national vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Odefa, has been suspended over alleged anti-party activities. State reporters understands that Odefa was suspended by the party’s Oguduokwor Ward chapter in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The suspension, which takes effect immediately, was disclosed on Friday in Abuja following a meeting of the Ward Executive Committee. During a press briefing in Abuja, Herbert Onyedikachi, the acting Chairman of the PDP Oguduokwor Ward, along with other committee members, provided details regarding the decision. He indicated that the suspension of Odefa was prompted by alleged…
Zenith Bank, one of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, has announced the full restoration of services across all its transaction channels, following a brief disruption earlier in the week due to system maintenance. In a notice issued on Friday, the bank assured its customers that they can now perform transactions seamlessly using all available platforms, including Zenith Bank Debit, Credit, and Prepaid cards, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Point of Sales (POS) terminals, the Zenith Bank Mobile App, and the Internet Banking Platform. The bank’s Agent Banking services have also been restored nationwide. State reporters revealed that Zenith Bank previously informed its…
The House of Representatives member for Ideato North and South, Imo Ugochinyere, has called on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors to fly to Rivers State to show solidarity with Governor Siminalaya Fubara. The PDP Chieftain lamented that no PDP governor has deemed it fit to show open support to Governor Fubara as the political crisis heightens for the slated October 5 local government election. Ugochinyere, in a statement, on Friday, stated that the Rivers State Governor has shown courage by standing against threats from police and other political interests in the state. “Serious opposition Governors would have flown to Rivers…