Tag: Port Harcourt
2 die as telecomm mast collapses in Port Harcourt
Two persons, a 16-year old girl and and 45-year old local football coach are said to have died in the…
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DSS rescues 4 kidnap victims in Port Harcourt
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has rescued four oil company kidnap victims from their abductors in Port…
ntel debuts at Polo tourney in Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt Polo Club kicked off its golden jubilee celebrations on 8 January and it will run through January…
ntel unveils 2 for 3 promo, eyes Port Harcourt launch
NatCom Development and Investment Company “NatCom” (trading as ntel) has unveiled a two for three data promo for customers who…
Agriculture the way to Nigerian economic prosperity- Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday described Agriculture as a sure way to the nation’s…
APC supporters protest in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and some civil society groups on Tuesday protested in Port…
FIRS seals companies in Kano, Port Harcourt over tax liabilities
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Thursday, sealed the offices of two tax-defaulting companies in Kano over tax liabilities.…
Renowned author, Elechi Amadi, is dead.
Renowned author, Elechi Amadi, is dead. The celebrated literary icon passed on, Wednesday, at the Good Heart hospital in Port…
Internet fraudster jailed 10 years
Justice H.A. Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday convicted Frank Emem and sentenced him…
Fuel queues resurface in Port Harcourt, sells for N160 per litre
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The strike declared by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) over sack of its…
Army to raid cultists’ hideouts in Rivers – Spokesman
The 2 Brigade of Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, said on Tuesday it would soon raid hideouts of cultists who recently…
Army arrests 7 fake soldiers, naval men
The Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt has arrested seven men for allegedly parading themselves as army and navy personnel in…
PDP suspends convention over court cases
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced the suspension of its National…
Rivers police ready for PDP convention
The Rivers Police Command says it is ready for Saturday`s National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled to…
FG to concession Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kano airports
The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says the Federal Government will concession the Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and…
Port Harcourt refinery begins production again – NNPC
Nigeria has restarted the Port Harcourt refinery, which has a capacity of 210,000 barrels a day, a spokesman for state…
Occupy Nigeria to protest against Buhari in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Occupy Nigeria Group has announced that there will be a peaceful and peoples organized protest in the…
Warri, Port Harcourt, Kaduna refineries to begin production – NNPC
Bello Rabiu-Babura, Upstream Chief Operating Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) will…
Angry Nigerian pilots, engineers ground Bristow Helicopters operations
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Passengers of Bristow Helicopters in Port Harcourt, Rivers state were left stranded as the National Association of…
Rivers Police in gun duel with armed robbers in GRA Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt olice Rivers Police have engaged suspected armed robbers who were attempting to rob a new generation bank…
Wike to security agencies: Arrest Pro-Biafra protesters
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reiterated that his administration’s ban on public procession of any…
Motorists decry resurgence of fuel scarcity in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Indications are emerging that residents of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital may soon experience another round…
Gunmen attack ATM in Port Harcourt, kill one
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt One person was shot dead and unconfirmed number of bank customers injured as gunmen, suspected to be…
Pastor, 50, rapes member, 18 in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The pastor of Agape Baptist Church, Pastor Oprite Amakiri, 50, has been arrested and detained at the…
Police arrest 4 suspects, recover 5 AK-47 rifles
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Detectives from the Rivers State Police Command Tuesday at about 5 am stormed the criminal hideout in…
Crowd cheer Dakuku Peterside in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thousands of Rivers people stormed the Port Harcourt International Airport to welcome Dr Dakuku Adol Peterside from…
Gun shots as MOPOL, Naval personnel clash in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt There was tension and panic among motorists and pedestrians as result of the shootings between Mobile Policemen…
Doctors, CLO protest in Port Harcourt over kidnappings
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in conjunction with the Civil Liberties Organization…
We didn’t arraign Biafra protesters half-naked – Police
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has denied the arraigning 10 pro-Biafra protesters half naked in court as illustrated…
Pipeline Sabotage: NNPC shuts Port Harcourt, Kaduna refineries
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Wednesday announced the operational shutdown of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries owing…