Tag: Rivers
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PDP Crisis: Party stalwarts in Oyo, Rivers, Benue, Abia, Enugu begin pro-Atiku structures
Contrary to the decision of pro-Wike governors not to identify with the presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, many stalwarts in their states are mobilizing for their presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The party faithful, whose positions are not going down well with their governors, have started setting up pro-Atiku structures…
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VAT row: Senate minority caucus opposes FIRS, backs Lagos, Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The minority caucus in the Senate has thrown its weight behind moves by Lagos and Rivers states to commence the collection of their Value Added Tax. This is as the dispute between the Federal Inland Revenue Service and some states over the…
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Soldiers killed 20 in Rivers community – Landlord alleges
A landlord in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State, who identified himself only as Emmanuel, has claimed that over 20 persons were killed by soldiers deployed to restore normalcy in the area after suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra attacked three police stations. Emmanuel alleged that the soldiers in commando style…