Rivers: What I told Tinubu about Wike, Fubara tussle – Edwin Clark
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Elder statesman Edwin Clark said he has advised President Bola Tinubu to give Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State a free hand to run his state’s affairs.
The Ijaw national leader said this while weighing in on the crisis between Fubara and Tinubu’s appointee, Nyesom Wike, which has engulfed the oil-rich state in the past few months.
The crisis has polarised the Rivers State House of Assembly, while many members of Wike’s camp previously appointed by Fubara have quit.
“I have advised Mr President (Tinubu) again that he should leave Fubara alone to run his government, Wike should concentrate on his job in Abuja.
“Once that is done, there will be peace and stability in the state. But if they do anything contrary and there is no peace, it will affect the economy of the country,” Clark told The Punch.
The 97-year-old said elder statesmen like himself have been unable to mediate between Wike and Fubara because of the former’s insistence on controlling the political structure of the state.
“How do you bring them together? One man says I have divorced. But you are my house help. There is no way. You are my son. There is no way any outsider can accept him.
“This is because Wike does not see anything wrong with him. He believes that he is still controlling the structures in Rivers State whereas those structures have been there from governor to governor.
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Two Ladies Escape Ritual, Organ Harvest In Enugu Hotel
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Two commercial sex workers have escaped ritual murder at a popular hotel along Ebeano Tunnel, Ogui Road, in Enugu, the Enugu State capital after hookup with some men.
The ladies were reported to have gone into the hotel(names withheld) on Thursday night, July 4, 2024 with two men suspected to be organ harvesters.
This was contained in a viral video sighted by our correspondent, who learnt the ladies had their mouths and hands tied,l as well as legs bound by the men, who allegedly kept them inside the hotel room toilet.
It was gathered the suspects were discussing and bargaining with their supposed clients over the phone on which parts of the body would be needed and for how much.
It was further learnt the suspects left for final physical negotiation after misunderstanding with their buyer/client over the phone.
The ladies were however said to have been rescued around 3pm on Friday by the hotel staff, who also found bowels, two sharp knives, a cutlass and a cooler with which to package the parts they wanted in the hotel room.
But reacting to the incident on Monday, the Enugu Police Command described the narrative as misleading.
According to the spokesman of the command, Daniel Ndukwe, “preliminary investigation revealed a case of demanding money with menaces and fraud, and not murder or human organs or parts harvesting as being peddled
Rivers: Fubara Given Seven-day ultimatum to re-present 2024 budget
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The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has given Governor Siminalayi Fubara a seven-day ultimatum to re-present the 2024 budget to the House.
The directive came after the first sitting of the pro-Wike Assembly on Monday after some months.
Meanwhile, the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House of Assembly is also holding a similar sitting.
Recall that Fubara had earlier presented the budget to the Pro-Fubara House when his current Chief of Staff Edison Ehie was the Speaker.
Ehie and the other lawmakers loyal to Governor Fubara assented to the budget estimates, and the governor signed the bill into law.
ASUU Strike: We Will Decide After Two Weeks—Osodeke
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The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke has stated that the union will decide their next action in two weeks if the federal government fails to implement agreements reached.
Amid the planned protests by the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Osodeke while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday disclosed that the union will see any progress made by the government at the aforementioned time.
“At the meeting called by the Minister of Education, we agreed that after two weeks, we would meet to see the progress the government has made.
“We will also see what we will do next if the government fails to implement the agreements reached. The meeting in the next two weeks is to see what they have done, which will inform our decision,” he stated.
Osodeke also said that the federal government was yet to implement the 2009 re-negotiated agreements, adding that it is one of the union’s demands.
“Since 2013, only one has been paid. We need revitalisation funds to upgrade our universities to standard so that we can be having students and lecturers from outside the country,” Osodeke added