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Senator Andrew Uchendu: TRIUMPH OF PEOPLE'S POWER AND RESILIENCE : Today as Senator Chief Andrew Uchendu mounts  the podium and takes oath of office as Distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , it marked the collapse of the manipulation of our electoral system by  a self styled evil STRONGMAN & his whistle blower . The swearing in of Senator Uchendu also marks real victory of the people's power and conquest of resilience and determination over violence. I salute Senator Uchendu for  his moment of glory and our leader Rt Hon CRA for offering leadership that strengthens our resolve,courage and gives hope to ordinary people.  Those who celebrated the short lived victory of  electoral manipulation will definitely fear God Almighty and also know that there is a limit to which they can manipulate our weak institutional systems . Chief Senator Andrew Uchendu represents the TRUE spirit of the Riversman and Rivers state. This marks a new beginni...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS EBIYE NYIMENKA MIKE EJIRE A MOTHER TO ALL. Today, the 28th of September, might not ring any bell to some who don't know her, but to so many though, it's a time to wish a very good madam, mother, wife, Aunt and sister a disciplined guardian, a happy fruitful birthday, the day she was brought forth to Mother Earth. A woman who puts bitterness behind her at every stage it comes and focus on the good side of life, mingles with all, the poor, the rich  and the average, everyone has a good way of identifying with her without feeling left out. A very creative mind, God-fearing, humble in nature and friendly to a fault, A role model, virtuous woman and a strong wife who encourages her husband the dynamic leader and Prince of Eleme Kingdom: Hon. Prince Awalanta Mike Ejire. She respects the view and contribution of others and occasionally she visits her friends within and outside the state and rendering them  advice and generous contributions when necessary. ...

PRESS RELEASE 27-09-2017 CHIEF BARR. DUMO LULU-BRIGGS CONGRATULATES CHIEF SENATOR ANDREW UCHENDU AS HE IS  FORMALLY SWORN IN TODAY AS A DISTINGUISHED SENATOR OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA Chief Barr. Dumo Lulu-Briggs has congratulated the distinguished Senator Andrew Igbonule Uchendu on his swearing in as the Senator representing the good people of Rivers East Senatorial District. The APC chieftain while congratulating the people's Senator, also prayed for God to strengthen him and imbue him with the wisdom to legislate for the good of all. The following are his words in a statement delivered in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory: "I am truly delighted to join in this worthy celebration today. For the APC family in Rivers State, June 28, 2017 is a day to always remember. On that faithful day, it was ruled by the Rivers National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal, that Chief Senator Andrew Igbonule Uchendu is the authentic legislator to represent the people ...

EXCERPT FROM CHIEF DUMO LULU BRIGGS' ADDRESS AT A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WITH RIVERS STATE APC WOMEN LEADERS, ON THE NEED FOR MEMBERS TO REMAIN LOYAL, SUPPORTIVE AND FAITHFUL TO THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS AND HER LEADERSHIP IN THE STATE. The APC women leaders of the 23 local government Areas of Rivers State, women members of the state party executive and other prominent women stakeholders of the party led by the state women leader, Evangelist Caroline Nagbo and her deputy, Princess Urie, had an interface with Chief Barr. Dumo Lulu Briggs on Thursday the 21st of September 2017. The women leaders stated that respect is a virtue that the women of APC hold sacred; hence, it was in place to interface with a personality like Dumo Lulu Briggs to promote sense of unity and belonging, and to share ideas on the need for strengthening the party through membership support and loyalty to the leadership. After minutes of introduction and invoking God’s presence, the session began with a...

GOODLUCK'S BAD LUCK HIT RIVERS IJAW By Charles Dagogo-Jack Some children are bound to destroy what their fathers have built. But let’s take it as only a matter of bad luck that the Rivers Ijaw quest for equity and by extension the Ijaw project was dealt a devastating blow by an Ijaw son. What is the Ijaw project? The Ijaw, concentrated in Bayelsa and Rivers States, but also spread across other states of Nigeria are to be found in Akwa Ibom, Delta, Edo and Ondo States. Mainly, it is the Ijaw that occupy the Niger Delta. The Ijaw constitute the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria, to be counted immediately after the Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Ibo. But this kind of thought usually escapes Nigerians. Aware of the problems associated with their terrain, the Ijaw were already making issue of their need for independence and self-actualization. When the British called the Lancaster House Conferences to discuss Nigeria’s independence, the Rivers Chiefs and Peoples Conference, sen...

CHIEF BARR. DUMO LULU-BRIGGS PAYS LAST RESPECT TO LATE CHIEF ANSON A-U BIBU NKE-EE, THE FATHER OF HON. FRIDAY NUBARI NKEE (FENCO) OF THE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. It was a day of solidarity and deep expression of love as Chief Barr. Dumo Lulu-Briggs travelled all the way to the peace loving and agrarian town of Okwale in Khana LGA of Rivers State in the company of his associates to fraternize with the bereaved Nke-ee family.  Speaking with pressmen at the occasion, Chief Lulu-Briggs described the funeral event as one that arouses mixed feelings of sadness and joy.  He said: “As a man who clocked 96 years of age in a world of so much uncertainty, I have no doubt in me that Chief Anson Nke-ee lived a good life. However, his departure to eternity has created a vacuum that will always be felt by his entire family; so, he will always be missed, and it is on this note that we decided to come and comfort our brother, Hon. Friday Nubari Nke-ee and his family.” ...

CHIEF BARR. DUMO LULU-BRIGGS PAYS LAST RESPECT TO LATE CHIEF ANSON A-U BIBU NKE-EE, THE FATHER OF HON. FRIDAY NUBARI NKEE (FENCO) OF THE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. It was a day of solidarity and deep expression of love as Chief Barr. Dumo Lulu-Briggs travelled all the way to the peace loving and agrarian town of Okwale in Khana LGA of Rivers State in the company of his associates to fraternize with the bereaved Nke-ee family. Speaking with pressmen at the occasion, Chief Lulu-Briggs described the funeral event as one that arouses mixed feelings of sadness and joy. He said: “As a man who clocked 96 years of age in a world of so much uncertainty, I have no doubt in me that Chief Anson Nke-ee lived a good life. However, his departure to eternity has created a vacuum that will always be felt by his entire family; so, he will always be missed, and it is on this note that we decided to come and comfort our brother, Hon. Friday Nubari Nke-ee and his family.”

GOVERNOR WIKE'S STATE BROADCAST; EVASIVE, DECEITFUL AND FRAUGHT WITH FALSEHOOD. - INCRA We have read with bewildering tangle, the slushy broadcast by Governor Wike of Rivers State, which inundated the social media yesterday, September 15, 2017, and we are constrained to query if such sleaze emanated from the office of the Executive Governor of Rivers State. It is base that the Governor could settle for a verdant aide with officious zeal who supposes his green conceptions would suffice, to prepare his speech for a State broadcast when he can afford to hire the services of the best speech writers anywhere in the world. The said broadcast is sufficient in  falsehood and fraught with incoherence and contradictions consistent with the manner of the Governor.  We therefore, consider the broadcast as one of his usual inveighings. Consequently, we are compelled to state as follows: 1. That the Governor has remained worrissomely evasive on the issue of the continued desecrat...

Gov. Wike’s violent character trait and public conduct in Rivers State. In the aftermath of the sacking by the Appeal Court of the ‘whistle blowing’ ex-Senator, George Sekibo, the media was awash with a statement credited to Governor Nyesom Wike in which he threatened to die rather than see APC win in Rivers State in 2019 saying: “I am ready to place my life on the line, nobody will take Rivers State in 2019, they will not succeed”. Days earlier, news made the headlines of yet another public misdemeanor by Governor Wike who had threatened to slap the Chairman of Capital Oil Limited, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah during the Anambra State governorship primaries of the PDP. The Rivers State governor was quoted as saying: “If you don’t leave now, I will beat you up outside in the presence of these things you brought as thugs. I will do it myself. Forget my office now. My security details will not be involved”. As the ugly scenario of the Anambra PDP primaries was unfolding on Saturday, August 1...

ABIA SITUATION: CRISS REPORT YESTERDAY  By Sam Harts First, I write as Sam Hart, from Umuahia, Abia State and not as an Official of Government. That out of the way, as is my custom, I will go straight to the point. The last couple of days have witnessed actual and rumours of unsavoury goings on in Abia State ostensibly leading to clashes between the Nigerian Army and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). So what exactly happened? I will explain. First, a background for those not abreast of events leading to the current kerfuffle. A certain young man named Nnamdi Kanu hails from Isiama Afaraukwu Community in Ibeku, Umuahia North LGA. His father is infact, the King of the Community. Nnamdi Kanu was the Director of Radio Biafra and Founder of Indigenous People of Biafra, a group agitating for the actualisation of a sovereign Biafran Country carved out of present-day Nigeria.

RE- "SARS OPERATIVES RESPONSIBLE FOR SERIES OF KIDNAPPING AND ARMED ROBBERY IN RIVERS STATE SAYS GOVERNOR WIKE" The attention of INCRA has been drawn  to the above titled release signed by the aide to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu wherein several allegations were levelled against the Nigeria Police and the SARS Command in particular. In the said release, Governor Wike accused the SARS operatives of kidnapping an unnamed man and taken him to an ATM machine where he was forced to withdraw 500,000 naira in order to secure his release. As a responsible organization, INCRA would want Governor Wike to provide the followings; i) Name of the man allegedly abducted, Point of abduction and point of payment of the 500,000 ransom ii) Aside the ATM machines in Government House,INCRA would love the Governor to state  which other ATM machine pays up to 500,000 in the entire State in one day iii) As a Governor who has access to Secur...

REVENUE PERFORMANCE: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMENDS NIMASA …Finance Minister, AGF Acknowledges Agency’s Increased Contribution to CRF. The Federal Government through the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation has commended the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for its revenue performance in the past one year. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun who disclosed this at a workshop in Abuja on compliance with the Fiscal Responsibility (FRA) Act, noted that poor revenue performance by Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) was hampering the 2017 budget implementation. She singled out NIMASA as one of the Agencies doing well in terms of revenue generation and remittances to the Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA). This is coming on the heels of the commendations by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who separately at various times commended the  Dr Dakuku Petersi...

NATIONAL YOUTHS GAME: NON- PARTICIPATION OF RIVERS YOUTHS; INEXCUSABLE. ▫INCRA chides Rivers State Government. A leading media group in Rivers State, the Inter-ethnic Network for Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, INCRA, expresses dismay over the non-participation of Rivers State in the on-going National Youth Games (NYG 2017) in Illorin, Kwara State. The 2017 NYG is the third edition of the sporting event which was first hosted in 2013 in Abuja, followed by the 2nd edition in 2016 hosted by the University of Illorin, Kwara State. The NYG has since its inception remained the biggest sporting event for Nigerian youths between the age brackets of 15-19 years. Not only is the tournament a veritable tool for advancing youth development in sports but it is also, an avenue for talent hunt which provides the youngsters an opportunity to carve a niche for themselves in sports. We recall vividly that during the Amaechi administration, Rivers State actively participated in the first edition of the...

POLICING: AN INTEGRAL ELEMENT OF A VIRILE MARITIME SECTOR-NIMASA DG …Assures Nigerian Police Force of Continuous Collaboration The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that effective policing is an essential component of the development and growth process of the Nigerian Maritime sector. The DG stated this while receiving a delegation of the Police Force, Maritime Command led by the Commissioner of the Command, CP David Folawiyo who paid him a courtesy visit at the Nigerian Maritime Resource Development Centre (NMRDC), Lagos. He noted that the Police Officers’ first order of business was to serve and protect; and that as an Agency of the government of Nigeria, whose mandates include ensuring safety of the Nigerian’s waterways, NIMASA places premium on security and all legal Agencies and instruments that facilitate and complement delivery of these mandates. According to the DG, “let me commend yo...

CHIEF BARR. DUMO LULU-BRIGGS FELICITATES WITH THE FAMILY OF HON. TAMBARI GIADOM AS THEIR SON NENIIBARINI GIADOM IS JOINED IN HOLY MATRIMONY WITH MISS FEEGALO KUDE, NOW MRS. NENIIBARINI GIADOM It was indeed a spirit filled ceremony as the crème de la crème of the society gathered in fellowship to honour, commune and celebrate with the Giadom's family at the instance of Hon. Victor Tambari Giadom; the National Deputy Secretary of APC; a respectable chieftain of the party. In his usual social style, and guided by the brotherly spirit of love and solidarity, Chief Lulu Briggs worshipped with the newest couple at the St. Mathew's Anglican Church, Mgbuoba, Port Harcourt, where he expressed his deep thought of goodwill and joy for the families over the successful ordination of the conjugal journey. He said: "Marriage is a divine institution; a gift from God to mankind. It is one social institution that has fostered love and unity amongst humans. Indeed, its relevance t...

INCRA LAUDS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE. A foremost media group in Rivers State, The Inter-ethnic Network for Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, INCRA, lauds the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim K. Idris, over the renewed vigour and passion manifested by men of the Nigerian Police Force towards combating crimes in recent times. In less than a week, the police force has successfully arrested a number of kidnap, murder and ritual suspects who were previously at large. The people of Rivers State and indeed Nigerians were greeted  with the good tidings of the recapture of a suspected ritualist  and murderer, Mr. Ifeanyi Dike, who escaped from police custody in Port Harcourt a couple of weeks ago. Mr. Ifeanyi, who reportedly  kidnapped and murdered an eight-year old girl, little Chikamso, was re-arrested in Plateau State yesterday. Also, the police has made other major arrests of murder suspects in different locations within the country in the last couple of days. ...

DUMO LULU-BRIGGS CONGRATULATES THE RIVERS AND PLATEAU STATES POLICE COMMANDS FOR THEIR GALLANTRY AND DISPLAY OF EFFICIENCY IN REARRESTING THE FUGITIVE. MAXWELL IFEANYI DIKE, A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Chief (Barr.) Dumo Lulu-Briggs, has congratulated the Nigerian Police for the timely re-arrest of the alleged ritualist, Ifeanyi Dike, who confessed to the kidnap and gruesome killing of 8 years old Chikamso, for ritualistic purposes, in Port Harcourt. Chief Lulu-Briggs in a statement released by his Media Team on Thursday September 8, in Port Harcourt, expressed his delight over the re-capture of the alleged ritualist cum killer, stressing that it was indeed a clear indication that the Nigerian Police was living up to its duties. He said: "Indeed, it was disheartening to learn of the killer's escape, but this timely re-capture as reported, surely strengthens my confidence in the Nigerian police. "It is my hope, and that of N...

'Literacy In A Digital World" - Chief (Barr) Dumo Lulu-Briggs Writes To Mark World Literacy Day September 8 was declared International Literacy Day by UNESCO on November 17, 1965. Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. Celebrations take place in several countries. Today being the world’s Literacy day titled ‘Literacy in a Digital World’, brings to fore the resonance and the significance of the above statement. In line with this post-modern progressive thinking, this statement was recently corroborated by Chief (Barr) Dumo Lulu Briggs at an ICT program organized by his Youth Foundation, the Dumo Lulu-Briggs Youth Foundation, (DYF23), organized for Rivers Youths, in collaboration with Google. The fact that DLB, as he is popularly addressed by his teeming admirers and indeed the mass of Rivers Youths, articulated and co-sponsored this very auspicious and innovative programme with Google, is a clear pointer to the coll...

PRESS BRIEFING BY CP CHRIS O. EZIKE, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, IMO STATE COMMAND ON THURSDAY 7TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2017 AT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, OWERRI-IMO STATE.  Gentlemen of the Press,       I address you this afternoon with a lot of mixed feelings. I am delighted that the Police Command under my watch has made major break throughs in criminal investigation leading to the arrest of dare-devil suspected criminals, recovery of exhibits and dismantling of the various criminal gangs/cells. However, I am pained by the fact that some of the activities of these enemies of society have brought sadness, anxiety and general apprehension to Nigerians especially with the abduction and murder of Rev. Fr. Cyriacus Onunkwo of Umuotuasi Village, Osina in Ideato North LGA of Imo State on 1st September, 2017 at Banana Junction Orlu, Imo State. 2. Consequently this press briefing will address three major break throughs by detectives/Operatives of Imo State Command which investigation h...

RESUME STIFFER ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR & SAVE NIGERIAN ECONOMY,  GROUP TELLS PRESIDENT BUHARI.* The Anti-Corruption Ambassadors of Nigeria welcome President Buhari back to Abuja after the Salah Celebration, urges him to resume this time, with stiffer Anti-Corruption War as his administrations' political will to fight corruption is yielding tangible fruits in saving the Nation's Economy. The group further congratulate the president and Nigerian on the report that the country is finally out of Recession.                  These have been our prayer and we will do all we can within the ambit of the law as a group to see that the Anti-Corruption war is strengthened.

We Must Be Ready To make Sacrifices, Peterside Tells Muslim Faithful The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside says all Nigerians must be ready to make sacrifices as a way of promoting love and togetherness towards nation building. Speaking on the significance of Sallah when Muslim faithful visited him in Port Harcourt, as part of events to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir, Dr Peterside stated that the auspicious occasion is one that emphasises sacrifice as demonstrated by Prophet Ibrahim’s obedience to Allah’s command. According to him, “There is no tribalism, there is no ethnicity when serving Allah. Eid-el-Kabir represents the season of love and sacrifice. There is no politics, no enemy; we must not allow the significance of this occasion to be lost on us.” He called on them to pray to Allah to intervene in security challenges facing the state, adding that such situations existed in the Quran, but through praye...

TECHNOLOGY IS THE WAY TO GO; ICT IS THE OIL OF THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY -CHIEF BARR. DUMO LULU BRIGGS- AT THE PORT HARCOURT DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY DUMO LULU BRIGGS YOUTH FOUNDATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH GOOGLE Hurrying from the land of Queen Elizabeth (the United Kingdom) to honor the young Riverians who converged at the Arena in Port Harcourt on the last day of the digital skills acquisition program, his bird touched down at a Lagos Airport, then at the Port Harcourt International Airport, and quickly after the night’s rest, he broke into a sprint at the given chance to coalesce with the young people at the Digital Training ground. He didn’t prepare any speech; there was no need and time for that. He is already well educated and equipped on the matter; Industrial advancement is his trade and passion, plus, he has the oratorical advantage, and so he took the rostrum right away and said thus: “My name is Dumo Lulu Briggs. I feel excited today, and my excit...