port harcourt
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has fixed 22nd of February for hearing for a request for documents on the cost of construction of three flyovers in Port Harcourt and Obio Akpor Local Government. Presiding Judge, Justice JAMES OMOTOSHO adjourned the matter brought by members of Rivers Anti-Corruption Network who dragged the Rivers […]
Police operatives of the Elekahia Division in Port Harcourt have arrested an officer and his suspected accomplice who were robbing people of their valuables. The Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, NNAMDI OMONI, said the suspects were identified as Sergeant IBRAHIM ODEGE attached to the Operations Department of the Rivers Police Command and one […]
Residents have expressed mixed reactions over the warning of Governor NYESOM WIKE to re-impose a fresh lockdown from January as the number of coronavirus cases surges in Rivers State. Recall that Governor WIKE said this during the Thanksgiving Church Service in celebration of the 90th birthday of PRISCILLA NWANEDIYE MARK, at Saint Martin’s Anglican Church, […]
The Association of Boat Drivers plying the Bonny-Port Harcourt waterways has raised alarm over the continued detention of one of their colleagues, ADVENTIOUS RUFUS, who was attacked by sea pirate. One of the drivers simply known as JONATEX told correspondent AYO ODUNGWERU in a telephone interview that his colleague was detained after filing a statement […]
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that 26 personnel tested positive for COVID-19 following the death of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division Port Harcourt, Major GeneralJOHNSON IREFIN. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General SAGIR MUSA, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. General MUSA disclosed that a total of […]
The Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice ADAMA IYAYE LAMIKANRA has released over one hundred inmates from correctional centers in Port Harcourt, Degema and Ahoada prisons as part of efforts to decongest the facilities. During the jail delivery, fifty-seven inmates were released from Port Harcourt Correctional Center on 30th November and 3rd of December, while forty-two […]
Your Everything-On-Play Station, Wave 91.7fm Port Harcourt has commenced the 14th edition of Walk for Safety, Walk for Security tagged, the Reach Out Edition. The Wave FM crew was at the Okrika Down axis of Orupolo in Borokiri, Old Port Harcourt Township, where food items were handed over to three families This edition of WALK […]
The People’s Democratic Party has called for a thorough investigation into Saturday’s explosion at the Christian Universal Church, Port Harcourt. The party made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN, in Abuja. It condemned the “dastardly attack” on the church, founded by Rev. NLEMANYA WIKE, the father of Gov. NYESOM […]
Diobu Vigilante Unit has handed over some 16 suspected members of ‘Uglies’ and ‘Castro’ houses of Deygbam cult groups to the Eagle Crack Unit of Police in Mile 1 Port Harcourt. Our news desk gathered that the suspected cultists were arrested in Diobu, on Wednesday night at Timber Waterside/Saint Thomas axis of Ikoku. Some suspects […]
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has apologized to South-South leaders for his absence at the South-South security meeting last Tuesday. President BUHARI, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, IBRAHIM GAMBARI, tendered the apologies while speaking at Rivers State Government House Banquet Hall in Port Harcourt. GAMBARI also told the delegation that the meeting was to […]
