Mr. Chukwudi Ogbonna, the Accord Party (AP) candidate for Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni state constituency for Rivers state assembly, has been abducted by gunmen. The abduction was confirmed on Tuesday by Ifeaka Nwakiri, a relative of the politician. It is understood that Ogbonna was kidnapped on Monday at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. Nwakiri said the abduction […]
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Following the Crude Oil explosion that killed at least 12 persons in the Rumuekpe Community the Chairman of the Emohua local government area, Dr Chidi Lloyd has accused International Oil Companies (IOCs) and Security Agencies of aiding oil theft in the area. Lloyd described the collaboration between the officials of IOCs and security operatives as […]
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“With 22 months to the end of its lifespan, the Wike administration has revived its plan to eject civil servants from government buildings and quarters in the Government Reserved Areas (GRAs) to pave way to sharing those buildings amongst the administration’s top politicians”, said Senibo Chris Finebone, the Convener, Peoples Rights Protection Initiative. Mr. Finebone who […]
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The Rivers State Police Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a suspect who was about to strangle a woman at a hotel in the Mile 4 axis of Port Harcourt. While addressing a group of protesters on Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, said the victim woke up around 2 am […]
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PAMO University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), Port Harcourt, Rivers State, invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacant Non-academic position below in the University: List of Vacancies Confidential Secretary I & II Programmer/System Analyst Senior Assistant Registrar Chief Engineer Laboratory Technologist I & II Senior Lecturer Laboratory Assistant Professor Lecturer I Lecturer II […]
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Some residents of Rumuodara in Port Harcourt have decried the low distribution of power by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC). Some of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Port Harcourt said that they do not receive power from the PHEDC in their area. Mr Clement […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that negotiation should be carried out for $15 billion loan for the completion of work on the Port Harcourt – Maiduguri rail project. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Ameachi, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the […]
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A Dana Aircraft with registration numbers 9J0363, flying from Abuja to Port-Harcourt reportedly overshot runway at the Port-Harcourt International Airport on Tuesday night. An aircraft is said to have overshot the runway when it moves past a specified point unintentionally, and this can be as a result of too much speed or that the plane […]
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The fourth batch of 461 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya landed in a Max Air Cargo Plane at the Port Harcourt Internaional Airport, Omagwa tarmac at exactly 12:24 am on Friday, after a four-hour flight from Tripoli, Libyan capital. The returnees who had various gory experiences in the hands of heartless Libyans narrated how some […]
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Residents of Mgbosimiri and AGIP axis in Port Harcourt the Rivers State capital were jolted from their sleep in the early hours of today following the invasion of their community by gunmen. The gunmen during the invasion killed 10 people, including a couple. The incident, which happened at about 4:00 a.m, caused panic in the […]
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