Tag: Port Harcourt
We’ll meet December deadline to defeat Boko Haram— CDS
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Despite pockets of suicide bombings by Boko Haram insurgents, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin,…
Five dead in Port Harcourt gas explosion
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt At least five persons have been reported dead following a gas explosion at a gas shop at…
NLC, NUEE picket Port Harcourt Electricity DISCO office in Bayelsa
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Friday picketed the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution…
Wike sacks VC weeks after abduction, release
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Professor Rosamund Osahagulu, the Vice Chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University, Port Harcourt who was kidnapped on June…
Policemen beef up security around NLNG Port Harcourt office
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Amidst threats by a coalition of youths from the host communities of the the multi-billion dollars, Nigerian…
Nigeria vs Congo: LOC assures fans of security in PH
The Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for the 2016 Olympic Qualifying match, Hon. Boma Iyaye has assured fans of…
Wike monitors Zero Pothole project in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed satisfaction at the pace of work on the Operation Zero…
S.Africa boost operations with Nigeria, sets up visa office in PH
The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Louis Mngani, says visa office established in Port Harcourt is to boost…
Ignatius Ajuru Varsity VC Kidnapped
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Vice Chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, Professor Rosamund…
Female physiotherapist kidnapped in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt There is an outcry among residents of Port Harcourt, Rivers capital over the rising cases of kidnap…
Army arrest killer gangs in Port Harcourt, recover arms
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has commended the state Joint Security Taskforce on the…
Gunmen kill 8 in Port Harcourt night rampage
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Orgy of violence has continued in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital as no fewer than eight persons…
Gunmen on shooting spree, kill 4, abduct woman in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Unknown gunmen were on shooting spree over the weekend killing at least four persons in Port Harcourt,…
GE completes installation of mobile gas turbines for Port Harcourt refinery
With more industrial facilities using distributed power technologies to ensure a reliable energy supply and increase productivity, General Electric (NYSE:…
Poll Shift: Soldiers Take Over Isaac Boro Park
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Perhaps in anticipation of civil protests against the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National…
Lagos, Port Harcourt hit by bird flu
Thousands of chickens have been culled in southern Nigeria after the discovery of bird flu in some poultry farms, the…
Ogonis protest political slavery in Port Harcourt, slams APC, PDP
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Disappointed by the rejection of the two major political parties in Rivers state, Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, and…
FG disburses N200m to Port Harcourt traders
The Federal Government on Monday began the disbursement of N200 million promised the traders whose wares were gutted by fire…
NUPENG strike begins in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt In reaction to the sack of one of its zonal executive members the National Union of Petroleum…
Amaechi to renovate burnt Port Harcourt market, compensate trader
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has promised to renovate…
Fire guts multi-billion naira market in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A multi-billion naira newly reconstructed Town Market (popularly called New Market), by Governor Chibuike Administration was last…
Over 500, 000 visitors expected at the Port Harcourt Carnival 2014
An estimated number of over Five Hundred Thousand carnival lovers and participants are expected in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, for…
Man bags 11yrs jail term for producing fake wine
By Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a middle aged man, Sunday Okeke to…
Police Smash Bank Robbery Gang
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The anti-robbery squad of the Rivers State Police Command on Thursday foiled an attempt to rob a…
Rivers Police Kill Two Robbers In Front Of Bank In Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two persons suspected to be armed robbers who were attempting to rob Eco bank branch by Agip…
Rivers PDP Secretariat on fire, less than 24 hours after anti-Wike rally
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Secretariat along Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway in Port Harcourt, has been set on…
PDP plans anti-Wike rally in Port Harcourt today
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state, led by Prof. Isreal Owate, a former…
Carniriv 2014 will be best carnival ever, says Sam Dede
The Director General and CEO of the Rivers State Tourism Development Agency, Dr Sam Dede has said that the 2014…
Hundreds of JAMB students protest in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hundreds of prospective Joint Admission And Matriculation Board (JAMB) candidates from far-flung coastal areas of the Rivers…