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Port Harcourt Floods: Govt, Victims Trade Blames
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Victims of Tuesday’s massive flooding in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital have blamed poor construction work by government contractors for the disaster. But the state government has returned the blame to residents who dump solid wastes in the drains and build on […] More
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Residents Call for Drastic Measures as Heavy Rains Submerge Port Harcourt
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Most parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, including Government House and the state Secretariat Complex, were on Tuesday submerged as heavy rains pounded the city for several hours. The rains which started very early in the day barred many residents from […] More
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Rivers Govt Takes Back former NDDC Headquarters Building
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has formally returned the custody of its former headquarters building, Harold Dappa Biriye House, on Aba Road in Port Harcourt to the Rivers State Government. The handover took place on Wednedsay when the Sole Administrator of the […] More
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ALGON Accuses INEC of Plot to Disenfranchise Rivers
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Rivers State Chapter of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has accused the Independent national Electoral Commission, INEC, of plotting to under-register and disenfranchise voters in Rivers State. The newly inaugurated executive committee of ALGON, who stormed the state headquarters of INEC […] More
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Rivers Varsity Killing: Police find Gun in Deceased’s Panties
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Police in Port Harcourt on Friday said they found a gun in the panties of the student that was shot dead on Thursday at the Rivers State University. The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, said the gun was found […] More
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Student Shot Dead at Rivers Varsity
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow … assailant arrested A student of the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt has been shot dead at a spot where he was eating at the Faculty of Management Sciences on Thursday. The incident initially sent people scampering but some brave members of the […] More
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Violence Erupts at Election in Port Harcourt
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Violence erupted on Thursday at the Ernest Ikoli Press Centre of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Port Harcourt as the National Vice-President of the union, Edward Ogude, got set to conduct elections to a new Rivers State Executive Committee of the […] More
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Court Stops FG from Collecting VAT, Personal Income Tax
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared that it is not the place of the Federal Inland Revenues Service to collect Value Added Tax, VAT, and personal income tax, PITA. In a suit brought by the Rivers State Government, the […] More
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Rivers Closes Largest Slaughter Market Permanently
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Rivers State Government has now permanently shut down Oginiba slaughter market located in Trans -Amadi Industrial layout, Portfolio in Harcourt. According to the Commissioner for Agriculture, Fred Kpakol, the decision to close the market permanently was taken at the state executive council meeting […] More
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On his Sixth Anniversary in Office, Wike Praises Self, Blasts Buhari, APC
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday thumped his chest with pride to say that he has been able to grow the infrastructure and social services of the state beyond the expectation of both friends and opponents of his government. The governor, who […] More
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Man, 40 Jailed 7 Years for Defiling Housemaid, 12
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A 40-year-old man, Ifeanyi Ezeji, has been sent to prison for seven years without an option of fine for defiling his 12-year-old house help. A magistrate court in Port Harcourt found him guilty of a one-count charge of defilement that was committed on […] More
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Activist Petitions Nigeria’s Accountant-General on N78 billion Refund to Rivers
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A Port Harcourt-based civil rights activist, Charles Jaja, has petitioned the Accountant General of the Federation, to declare how much the Federal Government had released to the Rivers State Government as reimbursement for the amount the state government spent on some federal roads […] More