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*Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State (Nigeria) Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared that his administration will intensify the development of Rivers State in 2020.

*Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (Nigeria) Former Lagos State governor and All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to thank God for his kindness and mercy in keeping and sustaining us.

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  has arrested one Mark Obisesan, an ex-convict, for possession of suspected fake traveller’s cheque worth $10,100.

*Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Wike (in Blue)  with Rivers Traditional Rulers during their Quarterly Meeting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.   (Nigeria) Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that he has no anti-Ijaw agenda, emphasising that he was only committed to defending the assets of the state.

*Governor    Nyesom    Wike of Rivers State (Nigeria) Governor   Nyesom   Wike of Rivers State on Monday swore-in   13 New Commissioners. The Rivers State Governor also swore-in 15 Special Advisers to   the Governor in a ceremony at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House Port Harcourt.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State (2nd L), Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly,  Ikuinyi Ibani (l), Commissioner of Finance,  Isaac Kamalu (2nd R) and Attorney General of Rivers State,  Prof Zaccheus Adango during the signing of the 2020 Budget by the Rivers State Governor on Monday at the Government House Port Harcourt. (Nigeria) Rivers State Governor,  Mr Nyesom Wike has signed the 2020 Budget of the state. Wike signed the 2020 Appropriation Bill passed by the State House of Assembly into law at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House Port Harcourt on Monday.

*Atiku Abubakar (Nigeria) Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has condemned what he called a climate of political repression across the country by the federal and state governments and other powerful individuals who use security agencies to arbitrarily detain their critics without formal arraignments before the courts.

*Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila  (Nigeria) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila has urged Nigerians, especially Christian faithful, to offer special prayers for the continuous unity and peaceful coexistence among the citizens.

*Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State (Nigeria) Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has rejected the offer of the Peoples Democratic Party,  PDP, leadership to intervene in the conflict with outgoing Bayelsa State Governor,  Seriake Dickson over the Soku Oil Wells/fields returned to Rivers State by the Federal High Court.

*President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has welcomed the announcement by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari ordering the release of #RevolutionNow protest convener, Sowore and the immediate-past National Security Adviser, Col. Dasuki, from custody.

*Hoodlums attack anti-government protesters at NHRC headquarters in Abuja on Monday (Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,  SERAP,  has petitioned, Mr Clement Voule, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association urging him to “publicly express concerns about the growing human rights violations and abuses in Nigeria and call on the authorities to end violent attacks on peaceful protesters and to take urgent measures to respect and protect the rights of all Nigerians to protest anywhere in the country.”

(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned  the violent attack on Nigerians by hoodlums, allegedly sponsored by the All Progressives Congress, APC, led administration, while peacefully protesting the widespread abuse of human rights in the country under the APC repressive rule in Abuja.

*Prof. Charles Dokubo Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Femi Abikoye has reviewed the performance of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, with a verdict that it has recorded unprecedented achievements under Prof. Charles Dokubo as Coordinator.

*Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State  (Nigeria) Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has insisted that the Soku Oil Wells belong to Rivers State as the Federal High Court affirmed and based on  the admission by the National Boundary Commission that it erroneously  shifted the boundary between Rivers and Bayelsa States  from River Santa Barbara to River Saint Batholomew in the 11th Edition of the Administrative Map of Nigeria.

(Nigeria) Provost, College of Education, Mosogar, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, Prof. Emmanuel Ojeme,  has called on the state and federal governments to upgrade Colleges of Education to university standard across the country.

*Convicted former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu (Nigeria) Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, dismissed an application for a post-conviction bail filed by a convicted former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu.

*Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture (Nigeria) The Federal Government has rejected the US designation of Nigeria as a country that engages in or tolerates severe violations of religious freedom, saying the iniquitous tag stems from an orchestrated narrative that has long been discredited.

*Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State (Nigeria) Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has accused his Rivers State counterpart, Governor Nyesom Wike, of  inciting  ethnic disharmony in Ijaw land in pursuit a wicked clandestine ethnic supremacist agenda in the politics of Rivers State.

R-L: Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State,  PDP National Chairman,  Prince Uche Secondus and Senate Minority Leader,  Senator Enyinaya Abaribe during the Thanksgiving Service of Senator Representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District,  Senator Barinada Mpigi, at Saint Cyprian's Anglican Church, Koroma Town, Tai Local Government Area, Rivers State on Sunday. (Nigeria) Givers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has described himself as the luckiest politician that was assisted by God to overcome the onslaught of Federal Might during the 2019 elections.

 Auctioning of 244 vehicles forfeited to the Federal Government by illegal oil dealers  (Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC, on Thursday,  commenced processes involved in the auctioning of 244 vehicles forfeited to the Federal Government by illegal oil dealers.  

(Nigeria) Power Station Components worth $34milion belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC abandoned at the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Rivers State since 2017 was Thursday, discovered by the Interim Management Committee, IMC.

*Rivers State Task Force on Recovery of Government Properties during an operation on Thursday (Nigeria) The Rivers State Task Force on Recovery of Government Properties has directed all illegal occupants of Government Properties across the 23 local government areas of the state to vacate such properties.

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan with the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company, Chang Hak Kim, during the courtesy visit of Hyundai Engineering President/CEO to the Senate President at the National Assembly, Abuja, on Wednesday. (Nigeria) President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said the Senate has mandated its relevant Committee to ensure an improvement in the implementation of the budgetary allocation to the nation's primary healthcare system.

*Nigerian Senate (Nigeria) The Senate on Wednesday passed six bills seeking to establish and give legal backing to Federal Universities and Polytechnics across several States of the Federation.

*Kenneth Gbagi (Nigeria) The Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, has denied media reports that it has adopted Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, as sole candidate in the 2023 governorship race.

(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has hailed the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the election of Oyo state Governor Seyi Makinde and Mr Udom Emmanuel  of Akwa Ibom State, as inevitable triumph of the will of the people over undemocratic individuals seeking to forcefully take control of their states.

*Adams Oshiomhole (Nigeria) A member of All Progressives Congress, APC, National Executive Committee, NWC and member of the House of Representatives,  Komsol Longgap, has said that those calling for the removal of the National Chairman of the APC, Mr Adams Oshiomhole are enemies of President Muhammuadu Buhari.

(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday,  arraigned one Gbenga Kolade before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a five-count charge bordering on forgery, use of false document and stealing to the tune of N1.54million.