By Suoyo Ekubo The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has advised the new board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC to do things differently. The Governor maintained that NDDC should be strictly commit to the holistic development of Niger Delta States. Governor Wike gave the charge when the new chairman of NDDC board, […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo There was pandemonium in Bogobiri as no fewer than five persons were confirmed dead and many injured during an incident that happened at the bikers and exotic cars’ carnival in Calabar. The incident was said to have occurred on Tuesday after an unregistered vehicle that took part in the event lost control […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arrested and detained Oladapo Oyebanji, known by his stage name, D’banj, over N-Power fund diversion. The musician was arrested and detained Tuesday after ICPC operatives closed in on him, to surrender himself at the Agency’s headquarters in Abuja. It was gathered […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo Indigenes of the Anyama-Ogbia community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have decried the gradual destruction and submerging of over 500 houses, schools, police post, and a magistrate court by coastal erosion in the community. Anyama-Ogbia which is an ancient community was the Administrative and District headquarters of 18 communities […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo The tyres of a Lagos- bound aircraft operated by Dana Airlines Limited caught fire at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Monday. The incident reportedly occurred as a result of the fire that broke out underneath the aircraft. However, it was gathered that about 50 passengers of the aircraft were rescued unhurt, […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has approved the immediate release of monthly pensions for additional 1,191 retirees from the Rivers State Civil Service. Governor Wike disclosed this during the celebration of the 2022 Workers Day Celebration at Isaac Boro Park, Port Harcourt, on Monday. The Governor who was represented by his […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo Two teenage brothers have been re-arrested by the police for allegedly defiling 2-year-old twins, a boy and girl in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The mother of the victims, Achinihu Clement, who disclosed this on Tuesday said she discovered the alleged defilement of her two-year-old twins, when she wanted to dress […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo At least one person has been confirmed killed and military personnel injured following an attack on a military checkpoint by suspected militants in Ogboinbiri community at a wellhead operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Seibou oil field in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State. Reportedly, a shootout […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo A 21-year-old driver, Kenneth Divine, has been sentenced to one-month imprisonment by Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Monday for stealing 14 cartons of ”Indomie” noodles worth N48,300. Divine was charged alongside Joel Olawale, 34, with two counts of conspiracy and theft. Advertisement Delivering ruling, Magistrate A .O. Adeyemi, sentenced the convict […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo Many people have reportedly been killed after fire engulfed an illegal refinery site in the Abaezi forest, in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Witnesses said the incident happened around 11pm on Friday but residents of the area woke up to see the huge flames on Saturday morning. While It remains […]
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