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*Representative of the Wife of the Rivers State Governor and Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs Onimim Jack   (m) Wife of the Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Governor, Mrs Emeka Woke (r) and Wife of the Rivers State Head of Service, Mrs Matylda Godwins during   the   Port Harcourt International Food Festival on Sunday. (Nigeria) Wife of the Rivers State Governor, Justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike has stated that the Rivers   State Government   is promoting   food security   by encouraging   young   people   to   embrace agriculture.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday, ordered Stanbic IBTC Plc to pay N5.5billion into an interest-yielding account in United Bank for Africa, UBA, Plc in the name of the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court.

*President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to “use your good offices and leadership to urgently take concrete measures to address and mitigate the negative effects of the economic recession and crisis on the poorest and most marginalized across the country.”

(Nigeria) Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has made history, as has he has taken the bull by the horn in an effort to check the menace of Fulani Herdsmen in the state, with the new law in the state, which states that any herdsman caught with arms or weapon in Ekiti would be charged with terrorism and be made to face the law.

(Nigeria) The Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiatives, PCNI, has within the context of the expanded recovery plan for the North East, the Buhari Plan extended support to a medical intervention in Bama camp.

(Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has stated   that   the   state government will sincerely   implement   the   resolutions   of the peace   meeting   brokered   by the Police and the Department of State Services, DSS, for the peaceful   conduct of rerun elections in the state.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, will on July 4, to rule on the bail applications of two former ministers under the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration and chieftains of People Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani-Kayode and Senator Nenadi Usman, who are being prosecuted   by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

(Nigeria) Oyo State Government is to constitute a joint 14-member negotiation committee with the labour union to address lingering issues responsible for the delay in the payment of outstanding salaries and pension, which led to the ongoing three-week-old industrial action.

(Nigeria) Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have alerted Biafrans to be on the look out for retired Nigeria’s immediate past Inspector General of Police, IG, Mr. Solomon Arase, who the group said will need to be taken to the International Criminal Court, ICC, in the Hague over his role in the massacre of armless South East and South South people during the May 30, Biafran Day Memorial Raly.

(Nigeria) Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that having an easy source of revenues denied Nigeria the opportunity to engage in the critical thinking and prioritization that usually drives development.

(Nigeria) Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the alleged denial of the involvement of Zenith Bank Plc in the funding of his election in 2014, saying the bank should come out with an official statement on the matter.

(Nigeria) Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has expressed the readiness of the Commission to offer the required training to enhance the operations of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, FRC.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State said it shot and killed 13 suspected to be cultists during a major operations in different communities of the state on Tuesday.

(Nigeria) More legislators have expressed their supports and endorsement for a bill seeking to reduce the age of candidacy required to run for elective positions in Nigeria.

(Nigeria) Minister of Transportation, Mr   Chibuike   Amaechi has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government will    address the challenges of mass transportation in the country.

(Nigeria) Mr Legborsi Pyagbara, the President of Movement for Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, has urged violent agitators in the Niger Delta and other parts of the country to embrace dialogue.

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC; Senator Domingo Obende, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum and Governor Adams Oshiomhole at a special thanksgiving to conclude a 7-day programme of Rock of Ages Christian Assembly International (RACAi) in Benin City, on Sunday.   (Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has explained why he stood with the Federal Government on the new price of petrol, saying the fundamentals and economic indices are different from what they were a few years ago and it is the difficult pain Nigerians must undergo before reaping the gains.

(Nigeria) By Simeon Nwakaudu     For eight years, the immediate  past  administration  in  Rivers State  shunned  the less privileged, small and medium scale businesses who sought  government’s  interventions  to  grow their businesses  and  improve  their  standard  of  living.

(Nigeria) The Chairman, Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Felix Obuah, says he was not in any way surprised over the attitude and statement by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the ongoing fact- finding mission by the House of Representatives Committee on Army on the unjustifiable killing of innocent persons in Ogoni communities on February 22 and 23, 2016.

(Nigeria) The Federal Government on Tuesday, lost its bid at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to conduct secret trial of former National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) in the charges of unlawful possession of firearm and money laundering brought against him in September 2015.