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L-R: Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, former acting National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, MrAustin Opara and Sole Administrator of Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority, Ambassador Desmond Akawor during the Rivers PDP End of Year Party in Port Harcourt on Thursday. (Nigeria) The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, comprising the State, Local Government, Ward executives    and members   of the State Caucus,   has passed   a vote of confidence on Governor Nyesom Wike   for his superlative performance.

(Nigeria)   Katsina State High Court sitting in Funtua on Thursday sentenced Mu’ammar Tukur, son of former District Head of Bakori, to death by hanging for culpable homicide.

* Rotimi Akeredolu (Nigeria) Ondo State governor-elect, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, has inaugurated a 21-member Transition Committee ahead of his inauguration on February 24, 2017.

(Nigeria) Nigerian Army, yesterday, dismissed the new video by Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shakau, as a mere terrorists propaganda aimed at creating fear in the mind of people.

(Nigeria) The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs is pushing for Diaspora voting in the coming general election in 2019, Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator. Monsurat Sunmonu has said.

(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC,   in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of deploying his aides to unleash serial media attacks on Pastor Enoch Adeboye and blame them on APC to set Nigerians, particularly Christians of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, against the party and its leaders.

*Abubakar Shekau   (Nigeria) Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video on Thursday to dispute a claim that the jihadist group had been routed from its Sambisa Forest stronghold.

*Erdogan of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has slammed the country’s North Atlantic Treary Organisation, NATO, partners for abandoning Ankara in its fight against Islamic State in northern Syria.

Medview Airline on Thursday, says it has made good its promise by delivering left over baggage from London to the affected passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

*Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Nigeria) The Federal Government is being guided by a well-articulated strategy in its fight against corruption in the country, contrary to the misconception in certain circles that the government is fighting corruption without a strategy, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said.

Member of Rivers State House of Assembly, Kelechi Nwogu hosts international musician, Banky W in his Port Harcourt   residence. (Nigeria) In his commitment to   the   promotion   of   music, member of the Rivers State Houseo f Assembly, Mr Kelechi Nwogu   has hosted two international musicians at his Port Harcourt residence. The two musicians   are Banky W and Davido.

*Nnamdi Kanu (Nigeria) The leadership of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, worldwide has condemned what it called arbitrary arrest and detention of its members without trial by Federal Government of Nigeria and Department of State Services, DSS, noting it was a plot to secretly eliminate its leader, Mr Nnamdi Kanu and other members, who were arrested after visiting him (Kanu) in Kuje prison Abuja.

(Nigeria) The Nigeria Army said it had arrested about 1, 240 suspected Boko Haram terrorists during a mop-up operation by troops inside the Sambisa forest.

(Nigeria) The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to pay the backlog of stipends owed ex-militants.

*Governor Godwin Obaseki (Nigeria) Local Government Areas in Edo State, had received N1.777 billion as their allocations for November from the Joint Account Allocation Committee, JAAC.

*Governor Okezie Ikpeazu (Nigeria) Pensioners of Abia State University Teaching Hospital, on Wednesday urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to use part of the refund given to the state from Paris debt deductions to settle their three years pension arrears.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had recovered Abubakar Shekau’s Qur’an and flag in Camp Zero, the Boko Haram’s Headquarters in Sambisa forest.

*Governor Rauf Aregbesola (Nigeria) Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Wednesday granted amnesty to four death-row prison inmates in three South West prisons.

(Nigeria) A civil society group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has condemned the execution on December 23, 2016 of three death row inmates of Oko Prisons, Edo State following the death warrants signed by the Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike laying the 2017 State Budget Christened "the Golden Jubilee budget for accelerated development," before the Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday. (Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike on Wednesday   presented the state's   2017 budget of N470billion to the State House of Assembly.

*Governor Nyesom Wike (Nigeria) The refusal of Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, to cooperate with the Panel set up by Inspector-General of Police, IG, Mr Ibrahim Idris to investigate the violence that marred the December 10 legislative rerun elections in the state has been described as a bad omen by the state Progressives Congress, APC.

(Nigeria) A Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Wednesday ordered one 54-year old Gabriel Asateru to be remanded in prison over alleged raping of a five-year old girl.

*Senator Magnus Abe (Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State,   has raised alarm over alleged startling discoveries that the All Progressives Congress, APC,   Senator, representing Rivers South-East senatorial district, Senator Magnus Abe, is still concocting figures to correspond with results illegally declared in his favour on Saturday December 10, 2016, re-run elections, several weeks after the said election was supposedly concluded in the area.

(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has denied claims by Governor Ayodele Fayose that he has promoted 15,000 workers in the state civil service as part of the end of the year package for civil servants.

(Nigeria) A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has petitioned the acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, requesting him to “urgently begin a thorough, transparent and effective investigation into allegation that N500 million Safe School funds for Chibok girls, commissioned by former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to rebuild the Government Girls School in Chibok, is missing and cannot be accounted for.”

*Governor Nasir el-Rufai (Nigeria) The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, on Tuesday criticised Malam Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor for alleging an impending attack on Southern Kaduna by Niger Delta militants.

*Robert Smith An African American billionaire, Robert Smith is sponsoring the education of 24 Chibok schoolgirls in American University, Yola in Adamawa State.

*Sunday Oliseh Former Super Eagles Coach, Sunday Oliseh has been appointed as the new head coach of Dutch second division side, Fortuna Sittard.

Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike   (m), Mrs Charity Ezebalike   (l) Widow of the Late Chief Ezebalike and Mrs Sarah Ezebalike   (Widow of Ezebalike) during his condolence visit to the family of Late Chief Ezebalike on Tuesday at Ahoada East Local Government Area. (Nigeria) Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has described the Late Chief J.O.S Ezebalike as a strong pillar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, whose wise counsel would   be   missed by the party.

Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike   (r) receiving a document from the Chairman of the Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council, King Dandeson Jaja, Amayanabo of Opobo during a Goodwill Christmas Visit on the governor by traditional rulers on Tuesday in Government House, Port Harcourt.  (Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has said that the violence   that marred the rerun elections in the state was orchestrated by security agencies with a motive to making the state ungovernable for politically   motivated reasons.

*James Ibori (Nigeria) Former Governor of Delta, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that people going to London to see his predecessor, Chief James Ibori, and posting pictures and comments about him, are creating more problems for him.

(Nigeria) The Cross River State Government has described as falsehood, reports in some national dailies about an armed robbery attack on the Calabar Christmas Village.

*Senator Magnus Abe (Nigeria) Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has again raised alarm concerning the activities and unguarded statements of the All Progressives Congress, APC,   Senator, representing Rivers South East senatorial district, Senator Magnus Abe, saying his actions pose a security risk to the state.

Incoming United States President Donald Trump has criticised the United Nations, describing the global body as a mere talk club.

(Nigeria) Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,   NCAA, has issued a N6million fine to Arik Air Limited for contravening the provisions of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs).

Wife of the Rivers State Governor , Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike   (2nd Right) , Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Adama Iyayi-Laminkanra and Deputy Governor Ipalibo Harry Banigo at the Children Christmas Party hosted by Justice Nyesom-Wike at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Monday.   (Nigeria) The children came from the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State to share love and friendship with the Wife of the Rivers State Governor, Justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike at Christmas. The event held on Boxing Day.

*Mr. Yakubu Dogara (Nigeria) Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Monday, described the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, as a young and innovative political leader that continues to serve as a bridge between the various sections of the country.

*Governor Fayose of Ekiti State (Nigeria) Ekiti State Government on Monday announced the approval for   payment   N140m severance package due to former dead and living elected-public-office holders at the local government level.

(Nigeria) An attempt by two suicide bombers to wreck havoc a day after Christmas Day has been thwarted as one of the suspects was killed while the other arrested by security personnel.

*Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (Nigeria) The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday said Sambisa forest would serve as training ground for personnel of the Nigerian Army as from 2017.

*Governor Ayodele Fayose (Nigeria) Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that what Nigerians are now desirous of hearing from the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government is the defeat of hunger and untold hardship ravaging the country and not recycled stories of defeat of Boko Haram insurgents, which is as usual, aimed at diverting the attention of Nigerians from the fact that there is ravaging hunger at this time of the year.

L-R: Second   Vice President of Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation Worldwide, Dr Hillary Wordu,   First Vice President, Chief Engr. L.A. Amadi , Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Outgoing President General,   Prof. Augustine W. Onyeozu   and Ochi Oha, G.A.O Omodu at the   211th Convention of Ogbakor (Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has called on the leaders of the   Ikwerre ethnic nationality   to work with other ethnic groups   to ensure   the faster development of the state.

(Nigeria) The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has urged the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the lingering crises in the health sector to avert an impending strike by doctors.

(Nigeria) The Federal Government says MTN had paid N80 billion of the N330 billion fine imposed on it for failing to deactivate more than five million unregistered SIM cards.

(Nigeria) A Lebanese, Wessam Mansour, was on Thursday arraigned in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly obtaining goods worth N9.5 million under false pretence.

*Governor Darius Ishaku (Nigeria) Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State on Thursday in Jalingo presented a budget estimate of N110.2 billion to the state House of Assembly for the 2017 fiscal year.

(Nigeria) The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated the recently constituted joint investigative panel on the December 10 legislative re-run elections in Rivers State.

(Nigeria) The Rivers State Government has described the statement by the Department of State Services, DSS, that Governor Nyesom Wike of state was sponsoring some youths to cause mayhem in Abuja as false, baseless and alarming.

*Governor Nyesom   Wike (Nigeria) The Department of State Services, DSS, has accused the Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike of recruiting youths in Abuja to cause mayhem in the city that will led to a break down of law and order.   

*Late Chief Bola Ige (Nigeria) Following the recent reported directive of President Muhammadu Buhari and the calls by the well meaning Nigerians that the brutal killing of former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, SAN, be revisited, a civil society group, Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State, CSCEOS, has also called for the re-opening of the murder of late Misty Odunayo Olagbaju by the current authority of the police.