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IYC Power Tussle: Lokpobiri Floors Theophilus

IYC Power Tussle: Lokpobiri Floors Theophilus

News Feature
A Port Harcourt High court has struck out Suit No. PHC/2318/CS/2023 between Dr. Tari Alaye Theophilus & 10 Ors. vs. Sir Jonathan Lokpobiri & 10 Ors. Dr. Tari Alaye Theophilus amongst other reliefs sought the court to declare him and and 10 others as the legitimate Executive Council of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) whilst restraining the Jonathan Lokpobiri led Excos. Ebilade Obiri, Esq. who is Counsel for Jonathan Lokpobiri & 10 Ors., the Defendants in the said suit filed a preliminary objection challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain same citing the fact that the cause of action arose from Bayelsa State, a place outside the territorial jurisdiction of the High Court of Rivers State. Ebilade Obiri further argued that the Claimants Statement of Claim did no...
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PIB: 2.5% For Host Communities Not Acceptable – Gov. Diri

PIB: 2.5% For Host Communities Not Acceptable – Gov. Diri

News Feature, Press Release
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the 2.5 per cent revenue proposed for host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was grossly inadequate and unacceptable to the people of the Niger Delta. Senator Diri stated this on Tuesday during a town hall meeting on the bill with members of the National Assembly and stakeholders in Yenagoa. The governor, who proposed that 10 per cent be provided for host communities, contended that if National Assembly members see first hand the level of environmental degradation and its attendant effects on the people, they would not hesitate to increase it from 10 per cent. Governor Diri, in a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, stressed that the PIB was critical in addressing issues such as unemploym...
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