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The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt today fined the two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for withdrawing their appeals before it. The court awarded the cost of N30,000 to the Ojukaye Flag-Amachree group and N20,000 to the faction loyal to Magnus Abe, Ibrahim Umar and others, respectively. This was after it struck out the appeals filed by both parties in the suit: CA/PH/246m/2018, an application for joinder by the Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the APC, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree and others. The determination of the three appeals before the Court of Appeal today is symbolic as it be a deciding factor as to wins the power tussle over control of the APC in Rivers State between Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, and Senator Magnius Abe. The appellants withdrew their application for joinder to make way for speedy hearing of the main appeal, which is Appeal No: CA/PH/198/2018. The respondents, Ibrahim Umar and others, also withdrew their preliminary objecti

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress( APC) , Mrs Ibifuro Tatua on Friday spoke on the entrepreneurial acumen of the party's gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State, Mr Tonye Cole,  saying he is the perfect antidote to Governor Nyesom Wike. She also gave insight into the blue print of the Rivers State APC gubernatorial flag bearer. Tatua, Convener, Tonye Cole Volunteer Group,  who spoke on Friday at a gathering of Rivers people in Abuja described Wike as a failure. "Kidnapping and killings have made Rivers State one of the most murderous states in Nigeria " She said Cole would attract foreign direct investment into the state, tackle security challenges, spread the dividends of democracy to all nooks and crannies of Rivers State and generate employment  for the people. "Rivers State will experience an era of economic development and good governance " she said. Tatua, member of the Board of the National Commission for Nomadic Education, said Cole wou

Where does your loyalty lie? Written by Anifowoshe Titilope loy·al·ty ˈloiəltē/ noun 1 the quality of being loyal to someone or something."her loyalty to her husband of 34 years" ◦ a strong feeling of support or allegiance. The past days have seen me witness the practicality of politics. I saw beyond politics at the center. I saw the way the lives, living, survival and wellbeing of hundreds of people is chucked on the heavy arms of a politician. I saw firsthand the millions of philanthropy of Distinguished Sen Gbemi Saraki that’s not read on newspapers or social media. The primaries of the two major political party has come and gone. Albeit marred with irregularities, the most active participants of these process are youths. The paid and unpaid social political merchants who sold aspirants with unsavory and optimum heartiness and vigor on the media space. Some of these merchants engaged in their business for profit, some marketed their merchandise for love and since