Tag: Port Harcourt
Dolphins Host Tornadoes
Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, Rivers State will be agog this weekend as Dolphins FC play host to Niger Tornadoes in…
Man Arrested For Allegedly Turning Boy Into Goat
The Mile One Divisional Police Headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, was today besieged by an angry mob…
Arsonists Petrol-Bomb Church
Less than 48 hours after unidentified persons bombed the office Registrar of the Rivers State University Science and Technology,…
Transport Fares Soar In Abuja, Bauchi, P’Harcourt
Commuters in Abuja, Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Bauchi have complained of a hike in transport fares due to fuel scarcity…
Amaechi Moves Against Criminals
Following incessant robbery attacks in Port Harcourt, the the Rivers State capital, southsouth Nigeria, the state Governor, Chibuike Amaechi has…
Sports Festival: Jonathan Dangles N45m At Winners
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has promised to reward the efforts of the top-three states contingents with prize money of…
Abducted Daughter Of Resident Electoral Commissioner Freed
Miss Utibeabasi Ikoiwak, the 11-year-old daughter of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Â in Rivers, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak, kidnapped on June 19,…
Amiesimaka Tasks NSC; On Early Camping
Nigeria Ex- international Adokie Amiesimaka (MON), has urged the National Sports Commission, NSC, to start early camping so that the…
Stop Sending Me Text Messages, Amaechi Tells Lobbylists
The Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, has warned the first batch of six Commissioners sworn in today, in government…
Amaechi Dissolves Cabinet
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has dissolved the State Executive Council. Governor Amaechi, who announced the dissolution…
Don’t Vote For Those That Will Give You Guns — Amaechi
In his last minute mobilisation of to garner enough Rivers’ votes to secure a second term mandate, Governor Chibuike Amaechi…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Jonathan Sweeps Polls In Rivers
As expected, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party won last Saturday’s presidential poll in Rivers state. He polled…
Rivers State Governor Tells Voters Not To Despair
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has urged Rivers people not to be discouraged by the postponement of…
Voters Ready For April Polls
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak, said in Port Harcourt on Sunday that there would be…
Soldiers Kill Police Constable, Another Man Over Sand
Soldiers attached to Reynolds Construction Community, RCC, working at the Onne axis of the East/West road, about 35 kilometres from…
Bomb: Arik Stops Lagos-Bound Flight
There was palpable fear at the Port Harcourt International Airport this morning when the captain of a local airline, Arik…
48 Ex-militants Arrested Over Threat To Raze Bank
Forty-eight ex-militants undergoing rehabilitation at Aluu near Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital were today arrested by the Rivers State …
40 Opposition Parties Want Council Polls Postponed
The leaders of forty registered Political parties in Nigeria have criticized the local government election timetable released by the Rivers…
Amaechi Offers To Pay Opponent’s Tax
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State has added a dramatic twist to the closure of the campaign office of the…
Amaechi Seeks God’s Face, Flags Off Re-election Campaign
Less than 24 hours after the fire incident at his official residence yesterday, Governor Chibuike Amaechi, in the early hours…
Mrs. Jonathan Visits Bereaved Families In Rivers
The wife of Nigerian President, Dame Patience Jonathan, has commiserated with the Rivers State government, the bereaved families and the…
Ebebi Is Yet To Resume Duty 24 Hours After Judgement
It’s been a waiting game in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, today to see if Mr Premebowei Ebebi would resume as Deputy…
Nigeria Premier League: Lobi Thumb Up Dolphins
Lobi Stars FC of Makurdi have admitted that Dolphins were the better side in their 1-0 defeat in Week 12…
Fire Destroys Shops In P/H
Fire has gutted some shops on Umuoji Street, near Mile 1 Market in Port Harcourt on Monday, the News Agency…
Sharks Players In Auto Crash; Flying Eagles’ Skipper, Others Injured
Players and officials of Sharks FC of Port Harcourt were involved in a car crash on their way to honour…
Lagos Will Shock ’Em At Sports Festival —Fashola
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has declared that Team Lagos will shock other states of the federation in next year’s National…
Nigeria Premier League Update: Eguma Dares Afonja Warriors
Dolphins coach Stanley Eguma has vowed to make up for his side’s 2-1 loss to Kaduna United with today’s mid-week…
End Of Year Review (4th Quarter): Momentum Sustained; As 2010 Ends On A High
The momentum of the action that ran through the third quarter in the local scene was sustained in the last…
ABUJA BOMB BLASTS: Undetonated Wired Car Recovered
The State Security Service, SSS, this afternoon in Abuja said it had made new findings in the course of their…
Bureau To Comence Prosecution Of Contractors
The Rivers State Bureau of Public Procurement (RSBOPP) is to begin the prosecution of contractors and government organisations that flouted…