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The lawyer purportedly representing the Senator Magnus Abe's faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, S.C. Nwafor got the reprimand of his lifetime today from the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt. The Appeal Court referred to Nwafor as "a meddlesome interloper", " alien", "tombo fly", and "uninvited guest". Appeals panel presided over by Justice Carol Jumbo-Offor was hearing the appeals by the Rivers State Chairman of the APC, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree and Ibrahim Umar and others on issues surrounding the congresses that brought the current leadership of the APC in the state into office. Kristina Reports learnt that trouble started for the learned silk when the Appeal Court, in its bid to regularize representations for the parties to the substantive appeal before it from two warring factions of the APC in the state, he (Nwafor) claimed to be representing the APC in the state. This drew the ire of the Ojuk

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt today fined the two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for withdrawing their suits before it. The court awarded the cost of N30,000 to the Ojukaye Flag-Amachree group and N20,000 to Ibrahim Umar and others, a faction loyal to Magnus Abe, respectively. This was after it struck out the suits filed by both parties in Appeal No. CA/PH/246m/2018, an application for joinder by the Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the APC, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree and others, and preliminary objection to the motion for joinder by Abe's loyalists. The determination of the three appeals before the Court of Appeal today is symbolic as it would be a deciding factor as to wins the power tussle over control of the APC in Rivers State between Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, and Senator Magnus Abe. The appellants, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree and co., withdrew their application for joinder to make way for speedy hearing of the main appeal, whi

The embattled Leader of the Bonny Legislative Assembly, Miriam Hart says she remains the Leader of the Bonny Legislature and insists she was never impeached as widely reported in the media. In a response she sent via SMS to Kristina Reports’ enquiry about developments at the Legislative Assembly, Hart said “I remain the officially recognized and authentic elected Leader of the house and there is no rivalry to that effect”. She asserted that some “disgruntled members of the Bonny Legislative Assembly” attempted to impeach her by using “a fake mace they purchased from Aba”. But Princewill Christy-Wilcox, the purported newly elected Leader denied this claim, saying that "It's laughable that the impeached leader is talking about fake mace. I want to assure you that the impeachment process was followed accordingly". "It's so unfortunate that the impeached leader does not know the relevant laws guiding the Legislative Assembly. At this point we leave it to t

PRESS RELEASE The Executive Chairman of Bonny Local Government Area, Engr. David Rogers Irimagha, hereby dissolves the Bonny Employment Monitoring Committee with immediate effect. The general public and especially all companies operating in the Island (BONNY) should please note accordingly. Also the following committees are to be inaugurated on Wednesday 31st October 2018, 11:00am prompt. * Revenue Committee. * Marine Committee. * Sanitation Committee. * Employment Monitoring Committee. The following persons are members of the above named committees.  REVENUE COMMITTEE. *  Chairman -- ABALAFAGHA GREEN * Secretary -- ADATA BRISTOL * Operation -- AWONGO ABBEY MARINE COMMITTEE. * Chairman --  Capt. ADA BROWN ALLISON * Secretary -- SOPHIA DENNIS JUMBO * Operation -- TEMPLE JUMBO SANITATION COMMITTEE. * Chairman -- JOSSY N. BANIGO * Secretary -- TINA OWEI HAILSHAM EMPLOYMENT MONITORING COMMITTEE. * Chairman -- IBIFURO LONGJOHN * Operation -- TAMUNO DAN J

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it was set to display the Voters Register across all the polling units in the country for people to verify the names, age and gender of registered voters ahead of the 2019 general elections. INEC’s Chairman, Professor Mahmud Waziri on the commission’s official Twitter handle today. The statement reads “Still as part of the ongoing preparations for the 2019 General Elections, I wish to announce in advance that the register of voters for each polling unit will be displayed at the polling units nationwide for one week from 6th – 12th November 2018 for claims and objections”. “The Commission will also appreciate the assistance of citizens in identifying deceased persons on the register so that such names can be nulled from our record. It is also an opportunity to correct misspellings of personal details such as names, age and gender.” The INEC boss urged Nigerians to own the process of cleaning up the Voters Register, the

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Okrika Local Government Area, Tobin Soala Iniowu says his party’s candidate for the Okrika/Ogu-Bolo federal constituency in the forthcoming 2019 elections, Maureen Tamuno will give a voice to the people of the area when she gets to the green chamber of the National Assembly. He therefore urged all well-meaning sons and daughters of Okrika and Ogu-Bolo Local Government Areas to vote massively for her during the polls. He premised his assertion on the fact that the past 16 years had been a waste of representative value for the people of Okrika and Ogu-Bolo as their voice was never heard in the National Assembly. The APC stalwart lamented that the federal constituency was sidelined in the scheme of things because “for over 16 years, representation of Okrika/Ogu-Bolo Federal Constituency has been shady, invisible and perpetually silenced.” He wondered if the individuals who represented the federal constituency were “not seein

Hon. Princewill Christy-Wilcox, Leader, Bonny Local Government Legislative Council Soft-spoken, urbane, and  good-natured, Hon. Princewill Christy-Wilcox, the newly elected Leader of the Bonny Local Government Legislative Council, exuded  intelligence, maturity, firm grasp of issues, and determined focus to make a difference, when Kristina Reports editor-in-chief, Godswill Jumbo met him in Bonny, headquarters of Bonny LGA.  A graduate of Sociology from the University of Port Harcourt, Wilcox worked in various multinationals as Community Liaison Officer (CLO) before venturing into politics. He was elected Councillor representing Ward 9 in the Bonny Local Government Legislative Council and just last week emerged the new Leader of the 8th Assembly of the Council after his colleagues impeached the former leadership.  He spoke to Kristina Reports on the way forward for the Council, relationship with the executive arm, and his plans for the youths of Bonny LGA. Enjoy the excerpt

The Minster for Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has told his supporters and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State not to expect any change in the state unless his party is returned to power in 2019. Amaechi, a former Governor of Rivers State, said his supporters will not make benefits from the party unless the APC came out victorious in the 2019 general elections. He urged them to mobilise and register more voters for the APC to ensure victory for the party in the 2019 general elections. Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, said this on Saturday, during a ward-to-ward sensitisation visit tagged ‘Operation show your PVC’, to communities in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. The Minister said the only way to benefit from government was to elect good leaders. He said, “You people need to work hard because, if we don’t win you, will not get any benefit. The day we win, is the day we should expect change in Rivers State. “When we win,

•  To meet Oshiomhole, aggrieved govs in 48 hours •   Presidential panel on primaries frowns at handling •   Security reports indicate more governors set to follow Benue, Kwara, Sokoto example •   Plot against party Chairman thickens Ahead of Tuesday when top leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) meet to look at their final list of candidates for the 2019 elections with a view to using the last window for substitution, President Muhammadu Buhari has moved to avert possible defections from the party arising from the crisis generated by the primaries. Political parties fielding candidates for the forthcoming polls have up till Thursday to make substitution of candidates in the list submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The primaries of the ruling party at the federal level to select its candidates for the polls had been marred by controversy in many states across the country with the problem pronounced in Ogun, Adamawa, Bauchi, Jigawa, Imo,

By Okoloma Ikpangi Concerning the incident which took place 6pm yesterday, Wednesday, 24/10/2018 in Bonny Kingdom; a riot broke out, which was led by an angry mob as they expressed their distaste concerning the rate of unemployment in Bonny. What people should be aware of is that a lot of on-site employment processes take place within the premises of most companies in our community. This satisfies the interest of company staffs and also alters the employment quota system in our community which is 60% employment for indigenes and 40% employment for non-indigenes. This has been a major contributor in the increase of unemployment in our community. Another major contributor is lack of skills by most indigenes which makes them incompetent for the job they enroll for. Companies have policies which require them to employ those who are competent to handle a given task which is related to the type of service they want because of safety regulations and time management. Recentl

NLNG Plant, Bonny at night Youths of Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State have declared that their agitation at the palace of the Amanyanabo of Bonny Kingdom was for job placements and not a resort to violence. The youths who spoke to Kristina Reports in Bonny expressed dismay that some disgruntled elements in the community labeled them cultists for protesting the dearth of jobs and the flooding of the community with non-indigenes who now allegedly occupy the job openings in the shutdown operations at the NLNG plant in Bonny. One of them, the youth leader of Abbey-Hart House, Idawari Abbey said “the tag is wrong and misleading,” stressing that “the youths were on a legitimate quest to demand that they benefit from job openings in their land and as such do not qualify to be called cultists”. Some suspected cultists had on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 allegedly hijacked a peaceful protest by some aggrieved job seekers who were at the Perekule Palace to register their

The Chairman of the Bonny Integrated Recruitment Centre (BIRC), Aladiokuma Hart says the saga of employment racketeering was over at the centre since his assumption of office. He stated this yesterday, Wednesday, October 24, 2018, during a joint meeting of the Bonny Chiefs’ Council (BCC), Pivot-GIS, Daewoo, security agencies, and the monitoring team. Hart, while making his presentation, lamented the rate at which malicious propaganda was orchestrated and targeted towards smearing his reputation and that of his administration. “Employment racketeering is history since the inception of this administration. Since we took over office, we have never collected money from anyone in exchange for an employment opportunity and we will not start now. This administration has maintained the house sharing system as shown by our records and we shall continue in that light”, he added. “It is glaring that this administration has witnessed very low rate of employment which is

THE All Progressives Congress, Bonny chapter said it intervened on behalf of the people of Bonny Kingdom to checkmate the unfortunate developments at the Bonny Integrated Recruitment Centre (BIRC). It accused the BIRC under its current leadership of being involved in ‘dirty deals’ and shortchanging the people of Bonny Kingdom, which it has a responsibility to protect. Speaking through its Publicity Secretary, Adolf Ransom People, the APC, Bonny chapter debukned the allegation by the BIRC Chairman, Aladiokuma Hart that the petition by the party orchestrated the unfortunate event of yesterday. “As a political party, we have the right to intervene on behalf of the people if we feel that things are not properly done. That was what we did.” “There are a lot of dirty deals taking place at BIRC which we deliberately refused to mention in the petition.” “I think what caused yesterday's crisis had been lingering for some time now.” It regretted that the employment bur

L-R BIRC Chairman, Aladiokuma Hart, Amanyanabo of Bonny Kingdom, His Majesty, King Edward William Dappa Pepple III, CON, Perekule XI, and Leader, Bonny Youths Federation, Simeon Wilcox.  The Chairman of the Bonny Integrated Recruitment Centre (BIRC), Aladiokuma Hart has blamed the fracas that happened around the Perekule Palace axis of Bonny Island yesterday on a petition by the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bonny chapter which he alleged misinformed and incited the youths of the community.  In an exclusive chat with Kristina Reports, Hart said he was safe and going about his duties after the incident, regretting that the petition, which he described as ‘frivolous’ was behind the anger among the people that almost resulted in wanton loss of lives and destruction of properties.  He, however, clarified that there was no racketeering going on in the employment bureau under his watch, stressing that it was only 1,400 persons that were employed in the PIVOT GIS shutdown operatio

There was pandemonium around the township area of Bonny, headquarters of Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State as cultists who attacked the Chairman of the Bonny Integrated Recruitment Centre (BIRC), Aladiokuma Hart engaged the police and military in a fiasco. The hoodlums said to belong to one of the cult groups operating in the area were said to have trailed Hart to the Perekule Palace where he was attending a meeting with the Bonny Council of Chiefs and other stakeholders in the community. Eyewitnesses told Kristina Reports that upon learning that he was at the palace, the cultists mobilised close to 200 of their boys to the area and demanded to see him. Upon sighting him they descended on him and manhandling him. It took the intervention of the palace guards who dragged him into the palace premises to save him from their wrath. But for the intervention of the police, who whisked him away into the inner recesses of the palace and later out of the area, the BIRC bos