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  ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT: Igbo Jews Hold Special Prayer For Israel At A Synagogue In Onitsha, Anambra State. Today,The Israeli Defense Force and Hamas soldiers exchange fire near the Israeli-Gaza border as the unrest continues. Israeli soldiers can be seen taking cover under armored vehicles as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. More photos below.

  What Amaechi said today in Port Harcourt 1) I built farm, I created electricity, I did agriculture, education 2) I treated you well and not like slaves 3) I did not put contract money in my pocket, 4) I have never taken alcohol 5) I dont talk carelessly, I dont invoke thunder 6) I never placed curfew, even with serious security challenges 7) I never slept at Bori camp No Police station was blocked 9) The reason why crime is high in Rivers State is because unemployment is very high 10) I employed over 13,000 teachers 11) We sponsored students abroad, I paid bursary 12) We created Songhai farms 13) I sponsored students abroad to study because I came from a poor family and education took me to where I am 14) They dont have respect for you 15) I built number 1 field and all that, I built basket ball, I built boxing arena in town, 16) I dont lie, I dont cheat, I dont steal What happened last time will not happen again, now our eyes are open News credit: Allwell Ene

  Southern Governors Meeting: Jonathan Stresses On Why Governors Should Be Meeting Regularly Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has said state governors are the ones “running” Nigeria. Jonathan stressed that the coming together of all the governors in a round table to discuss and proffer solutions to issues affecting Nigeria would help the President. “Governors themselves should continue to meet, I don’t really love a situation where the Northern governors will meet then the Southern governors will cry foul. “Then the Southern governors will meet then the Northern governors will cry foul,. That will not help our country. “The governors through the governors forum should meet, they are the people who run this country, the President is just one person in Abuja. “The states, especially in a country where the local governments are very weak, it’s the states that people fall back to. “So if the governors of the states meet and dialogue, interrogate things that are good for this country...

  Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says Southern governors irrevocable decision on open grazing and others issues must be respected. He said those opposed to resolutions taken by Southern governors in Asaba, Delta State, should realise that no section of the country is inferior to others. Governor Wike stated these during a grand reception held in his honour by Ogoni nationality in Bori, Khana Local Government Area on Saturday. The governor declared that he has taken further steps to fulfill the resolutions reached by Southern Governors in Asaba. "We have taken a position and no going back. Enough is enough. We are not second class citizens of this country. We also own this country." Not impressed with slow pace of the Ogoni environmental remediation, the governor charged the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), which is saddled with the responsibility of the cleanup of polluted sites in Ogoni, to relocate its operational office from Port Harcourt t...

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says it is disingenuous for the minister of transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, to attribute insecurity in the State to unemployment. "Is unemployment fuelling insecurity in Kaduna, Plateau , Borno, Yobe, Ondo, Ebony, Imo, Niger States governed by the All Progressives Congress (APC)?" He said if the minister, who is the immediate past governor of the state has any modicum of sincerity, he will attest to the fact that security is the sole responsibility of the federal government. "Is he (Amaechi) trying to indict his boss, President Muhammad Buhari, who is the Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and who is constitutionally saddle with the responsibility to provide security for Nigerians. "It is a well known fact that Amaechi is the one who appoints every Commissioner of Police that has been posted to Rivers State since 2015. So, if there is any security failure, he is to blame." Governor Wike des...

  The Governor of Imo State, Dist. Sen. Hope Uzodimma have congratulated the Obi of Onitsha, His Royal Majesty Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe(Agbogidi) on his 80th birthday celebration this weekend. Gov. Hope Uzodimma while felicitating with the royal octogenarian described him as a blessing not just to his home state Anambra but to Nigeria as a country and a royal father whose pedigree and antecedents keeps speaking volume of his personality as topnotch. He extolled the virtues of Igwe Achebe and as the Chairman of Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers have displayed uncommon wisdom and intelligence which has brought flair to the traditional institution of Anambra State and in Nigeria. The Governor in his words said, “Igwe Achebe has been an inspiration to many people through his sincere lifestyle, service to humanity, amongst other unrivaled qualities that stands him out as a respected monarch.” Gov. Hope Uzodimma used the occasion to pray to God for and wish the revered Igwe...