Tag: Port Harcourt
Lawyers call for release of abducted ex-NBA president
The Ikeja and Lagos branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Sunday appealed to the abductors of ex-NBA President,…
Tension In Port Harcourt As Judiciary Crisis Worsens
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension was still high at the Rivers State judiciary on Wednesday after the forceful entry into the…
Ebola could spread faster in Port Harcourt than Lagos – WHO
An Ebola outbreak in Nigeria’s oil producing hub of Port Harcourt could spread wider and faster than in Lagos, the…
Ebola: Nigeria records death of seventh victim
Nigeria on Wednesday announced that a seventh person had died from Ebola and another person was confirmed as having the…
2015 Election: TAN rally attracts thousands for Jonathan
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thousands of supporters under the canopy of Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) on Saturday defiled the rain…
Death toll rises to 12 in Port Harcourt boat capsize -NEMA
Two more people were confirmed dead on Saturday after an overloaded boat capsized off the coast of southeast Nigeria, taking…
Nigeria monitors 160 after Ebola kills doctor in Port Harcourt
Some 160 people are being medically monitored in Nigeria’s oil-producing hub Port Harcourt after a doctor died from the virus,…
At least 10 die as boat capsizes in Port Harcourt
At least 10 people died in Rivers state on Friday when a boat carrying 35 passengers bound for Port Harcourt…
Ebola Scare In Port Harcourt Hospitals
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Patients admitted in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, have hurriedly left the hospital after…
Ebola claims first victim in Port Harcourt
Nigeria on Thursday said that a doctor had died from Ebola in the southeastern oil city of Port Harcourt in…
Port Harcourt to experience 10 days power cut
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED), on Sunday, announced that it would cut power supply to Port Harcourt between…
Rivers Police Bust 7-Man Robbery Gang
Paul Iyoghojie The anti robbery team of the Rivers State Police Command, Port Harcourt, south-south Nigeria, have arrested five members…
Robbers kill 2 policemen, 2 bank officials
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, Tunde Ogunsakin, has said that two policemen and two bank officials have been…
NEMA confirms fire outbreak near Port Harcourt refinery
Umesi Emenike, the South-South Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed a fire incident near the…
Let Jonathan rescue abducted school girls now, says Soyinka
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka,has lashed out at President Goodluck Jonathan administration for its inability to rescue…
DSS arraigns kidnappers of Archbishop Kattey
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three men suspected to be the kidnappers of Bishop Ignatius Cosby Ogborun Kattey, the Anglican ArchBishop of…
Obasanjo Receives Rousing Welcome In Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former President Olusegun Obasanjo received a rousing welcome on Monday when he arrived Port Harcourt International Airport,…
Nigeria: High Court bombed in Port-Harcourt
Ahoada East High Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State in southern Nigeria was razed today after a…
Court orders police, bank pay for torture, unlawful arrest
A Nigerian High court in Oyigbo, Rivers state, has ordered the police and Main Street bank to pay N5 million…
6 pregnant girls rescued in raid of baby factory
Nigerian police have raided a baby factory in the oil city of Port Harcourt and arrested a woman accused of…
Swiss hotel opens, optimistic about Nigeria’s tourism potential
Swiss International, a-Switzerland-based global brand in hotel and resort management, on Monday said Nigeria was among the fastest growing tourist…
Amaechi rallies citizens against jackboot reign in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Hacourt After repeated crackdown by the Nigeria police on peaceful assembly in Rivers state, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi…
Oil Spill: Shell offers to pay Nigerian community $50m
The Shell Petroleum Development Company has offered to pay N7.5 billion, about $50m to the indigenes of Bodo community, Gokana…
Kidnapped Bishop Kattey: Clergy Council vows not to pay ransom
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three days after the abduction of ArchBishop of the Niger Delta Province, and Bishop of Niger Delta…
Archbishop Kattey kidnapped by gunmen
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Most Rev Ignatius Ogboru Kattey, the Dean, ArchBishop and Bishop of Niger Delta North Anglican Communion of…
Man charged with sodomy
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigerian police in southern Nigerian state of Rivers has arraigned a 30 year old suspect, Godface…
Prison warder kills driver, injures pastor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A taxi driver was shot dead by a trigger-happy prison warder in the suburb of Port Harcourt…
Court grants bail to ex-Nigerian presidential aspirant
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted the former presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party, Chief…
Outrage Over Attack On Govs In Rivers
Prominent Nigerians have condemned the attack on governors of four northern states in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Tuesday…
Total launches new oil field off Nigeria
French oil giant Total on Friday said it would begin work on an oil field off the coast of Nigeria,…