He told a news conference in Port Harcourt on Sunday that there was no disagreement in the APC in the state.

“There is absolutely no disagreement in the APC. APC in Rivers state is united under the leadership of Mr Chibuike Amaechi.

“All of us in the party subscribe to his leadership and we have all agreed to subject ourselves to his leadership,” he said.

Peterside, the party`s governorship candidate in the 2015 election in Rivers, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) used propaganda to create an impression that there was disagreement in the APC.

“What is going on is that the PDP has been churning out cheap, stale propaganda to paint a picture that there is division in the APC.

“It is easy to sell the story that Magnus Abe, the Senator representing my Senatorial district has formed his own camp of the APC. I am in regular touch with Abe and I can say there is no such thing.

“APC is one, united big family driven by the passion to offer Rivers people good governance,” he said.

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But like similar actions in the past, this latest industrial dispute involving the resident doctors is targeted at better remunerations and residency training.

Expectedly those at the receiving end of the impasse between the aggrieved doctors and the State Government are the patients.

Under normal working conditions, BMSH receives almost 200 patients daily.

But currently, many patients are now forced to seek medical care at private hospitals at higher financial cost.

Meanwhile, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Doctor Paul Kua is appealing to the striking doctors not to drag the industrial action any further to give room for negotiations.

The leadership of the BMSH branch of Association of Resident Doctors was unavailable for comment.

But if all works according to plan, members of the body are expected back at work on Friday this week.

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SaharaReporters claimed that the voice on the tape was that of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in which he said he would kill officials of the electoral commission who fail to honour their words to rig in his favour.

A statement in Abuja yesterday by the Force Spokesman, Don Awunah, stated that the investigative team is mandated to conduct forensic analysis on the audio report. It is also to look into the statement of the INEC chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmud that “there were 70 incidents that tended to derail the  December 10, 2016 re-run elections in Rivers State.”

The police have also urged the government of Rivers State and INEC to avail the team available facts.

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This was after the report of the Committee on NDDC was considered and passed for third reading.

The breakdown shows a Personnel Expenditure of 17.5 billion naira and Overhead Expenditure of 9.98 billion naira.

The Internal Capital Expenditure and Development Projects stand at 1.3 billion naira and 212.27 billion naira respectively..

The Projects Development Expenditure is shared among the NDDC Head Office, Regional Projects and nine states including Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Delta, Ondo, Imo, Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom.

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Fosla Academy Secondary School, Abuja, Government (Senior) Secondary School Darazo, Bauchi State, Excel Education Centre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Asegun Comprehensive High School, Ibadan, Oyo State, are now set for the semifinals of the 2016 ‘All Nigeria Secondary Schools Football Championship’, also known as NNPC/Shell Cup, which will be holding this weekend in Lagos.

Draws for the semi-finals will be taking place between 2.00pm and 4.00pm respectively this weekend says organizers of the competition.

Igo Weli, Shell’s External Relations Manager said the sponsors had enjoyed contributing to the society through the development of youths. He said plans were in place to make the final stage of the competition memorable for all, both participants and lovers of football.

Weli said “We are always proud of this competition because the results are there for us. Nigeria has benefited so much because many of our products are now super stars”.

The final is slated to hold June 16.

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The state Resident Electoral Commissioner Aniedi Ikoiwak revealed this in an exclusive interview in Port Harcourt.

It is more than one month after the rerun election were cancelled in several areas, due to alleged electoral irregularities.

According to the INEC commissioner, several factors have continued to prevent the leadership of the electoral umpire in Abuja from rescheduling another rerun in Rivers State.

He noted that elections are capital-intensive national ventures and it is only when the required logistics are sorted out that the electorate in Rivers State would know when to return to the polls for the third time in barely one year.

Ikoiwak also said a new date for the Rivers rerun would depend on the timetable for other elections in the country this year.

Meanwhile, INEC said it is working in concert with the police to bring to book all of its personnel and ad-hoc staff who were allegedly involved in electoral fraud during last month?s rerun polls.

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Then the affected elections, according to the commission, are to hold between February 13 and March 19, 2016.

The states where the rerun polls will hold include Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna, Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Abia, Imo, Anambra, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers.

According to the statement, “stakeholders in the electoral process and public interests in the subject, INEC at its meeting held on Monday, February 1, 2016 considered and approved dates for the conduct of elections as ordered by the Court of Appeal.”

The commission however, said there would be no fresh primaries in constituencies where the court disqualified a candid‎ate based on improper conduct of the party primary.

The commission added that while elections in 69 constituencies of the affected states would be with the same political parties and their respective candidates who participated in the annulled elections, some political parties in 11 constituencies, cut across seven states, would not be participating in the rerun polls.

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Obuah described the defection of some All Progressives Congress members into the PDP after Governor Nyesom Wike’s victory at the Supreme Court as unprecedented.

In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam, the PDP chairman said the party was large enough to accommodate those who left the PDP at the eleventh hour due to the fear that the judgment of the Supreme Court would not favour Governor Wike.

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