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IBU LAID TO REST IN HOMETOWN, AMURRI, ENUGU STATEWE’RE WORKING TO HAVE NEW MINIMUM WAGE BEFORE THE END OF JULY – LABOURUS ELECTION: DEMS LOOK TO REPLACE BIDEN AS NOMINEE AHEAD OF AUGUST CONVENTION – CNNNIGERIA: A COUNTRY WHERE GOVERNORS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN PRESIDENTTINUBU ORDERS PURCHASE, DISTRIBUTION OF N155B FOODSTUFFS TO NIGERIANSENUGU RANGERS YET TO RECEIVE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE MONEY – OWUMIJUDICIARY HAS DESTROYED DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH EAST -CSOsKANO EMIRATE CRISIS: JOURNALISTS RESIGNS AFTER CRITICAL REMARKS AGAINST GOVERNOR, LAWMAKERSYAHAYA BELLO’S LAWYER DUMPS HIM, WITHDRAWS FROM N83B FRAUD ALLEGATION CASEEL RUFAI WHO DEFIED COURT ORDERS, DEMOLISHED HOUSES, PEOPLE’S SHOPS, NOW SEEKING JUSTICE – SHEHU SANIPETER OBI: A LONE VOICE IN AN UNSTABLE WORLD – OBI OF ONITSHAFG SPENT N1B ON TINUBU’S TRIP TO ETHIOPIA, N650M ON HONORARIUMUPROAR OVER PLAN TO COMMIT ENUGU ASSEMBLY MEMBER TO PRISON, COMMUNITY ACCUSES COURT OF BIASKANO EMIRATE TUSSLE: FLAG OF AUTHORITY HOISTED AT ADO BAYERO’S MINI-PALACEREPS IN ROWDY SESSION OVER 2023 APPROPRIATION ACT AS SENATE PASSES BILLCOUP ATTEMPT: BOLIVIAN POLICE ARREST LEADERFIVE KILLED AS GUNMEN, POLICE EXCHANGE FIRE IN EBONYIKENYA’S PRESIDENT DROPS TAX LAW AFTER DEADLY UNRESTSIT-AT-HOME: NNAMDI KANU LOSES GRIP AS SIMON EKPA DICTATES TUNEGOVERNORS PROMISE NIGERIANS BETTER WAGESWE’LL SEEK TINUBU’S INTERVENTION IN RIVERS CRISIS – ORJI UZOR KALUWE WON’T REMAIN SILENT IN FACE OF INJUSTICE – CARDINAL ONAIYEKUNFG FAULTS DANGOTE, MEETS LOCAL REFINERS OVER PRICINGHOW ASO ROCK SPENT N244M ON TYRES IN ONE DAYNIGERIAN GOVT SPENT N473M TO SPONSOR TINUBU’S WIFE TRIP TO UK, MOZAMBIQUE, ETHIOPIALABOUR LEADERS DISRUPT LP MEETING WITH PETER OBI IN ATTENDANCEFEC APPROVES VARIATION COSTS FOR THREE ROAD PROJECTSBREAKING: EL RUFAI DRAGS KADUNA ASSEMBLY TO COURT OVER N432B PROBEOPPOSITION PARTIES IN ENUGU SQUARE UP AS ENSIEC RELEASES TIME TABLE FOR LG ELECTIONPROTESTS BREAK OUT IN NSUKKA AFTER POLICE SHOOT, KILL FUN SEEKERHOW I MET CHIOMA – DAVIDOKANO GOVERNOR RESCUES BAYERO’S FAMILY FROM EVICTION IN LAGOSNYSC ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF BATCH B, STREAM 1 ORIENTATION CAMPSULTAN: YOU GOOFED – SOKOTO GOVT BERATES VP SHETTIMA, TELLS HIM TO VERIFY HIS FACTS BEFORE REACTING‘PLEASE, I NEED WATER’, LAST REQUEST OF CUSTOMS OFFICER WHO DIED IN NASSMINIMUM WAGE: NLC, TUC HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING TODAYCUBANA CHIEF PRIEST FORFEITS N10M TO FG OVER NAIRA ABUSECUSTOMS BOSS SLUMPS, DIES IN HOUSE OF REPSSOUTHERN GOVERNORS CALL FOR DEVOLUTION OF POWERSTHEY’RE PLANNING TO SEND ME TO PRISON FOR INSISTING ON MY MANDATE, ENUGU ASSEMBLY MEMBER CRIES OUTRIVERS PROTEST TURNS BLOODY AS EXPLOSION KILLS ONE IN PORT HARCOURTATIKU, EL RUFAI OTHERS OWN N1.49TRN INVESTMENT IN DUBAISTOP USING MY NAME TO FIGHT POLITICAL BATTLES – NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALAENUGU POLYTECHNIC IWOLLO, HOLDS EDUCATION SUMMIT SATURDAYIT’LL TAKE DECADES FOR THE NORTH TO COME OUT OF BANDITRY – SULTANREVOLUTION THAT WILL CONSUME TINUBU GOVT OVER HARDSHIP WILL START FROM NORTH – DELE FAROTIMI
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RIVERS PROTEST TURNS UGLY AS DOKUBO’S MEN ATTEMPT TO ATTACK DEMONSTRATORS

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RIVERS PROTEST TURNS UGLY AS DOKUBO’S MEN ATTEMPT TO ATTACK DEMONSTRATORS

The peaceful protest in Rivers State has taken a dangerous turn as a group of men believed to be operatives of Asari Dokubo’s private military company, commonly known as Amama Soldiers, attempted to attack the demonstrators.

However, their efforts were thwarted by the quick intervention of the police.

The crisis in Rivers State has continued to Monday (today) as former council chairmen of 21 out of 23 local governments have taken to the streets, rejecting the takeover of their offices.

The protests, which began early in the morning, have seen the former chairmen and their supporters waving placards with inscriptions such as “Police, continue occupying the councils” and “Sim Fubara can’t continue to act as he likes.”The crisis in Rivers State deepened last week when the Police Command prevented some chairmen from accessing their secretariats, following a directive to take control of all 23 local government council secretariats.

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    DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.

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