Gracious David-West, the young man arrested last year for the serial killing of 11 women in hotels in Port Harcourt has been sentenced to death by hanging. Justice Adolphus Enebele of the Port Harcourt court on Friday said he believed the case made by the prosecution that David-West killed the deceased and convicted him of…
Petrol Tanker Falls, Burns for Hours Without Response
For several hours a truck laden with 45,000 litres of petrol burnt at Kira Junction on the East-West Road in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State without any response from the several fire brigade offices contacted to quench the fire. One of the sympathisers at the scene said the Rivers State Fire Service was…
Biggest Container Ship Berths in Onne
…as Nigeria begins decongestion of Lagos ports. Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, on Saturday celebrated the successful berthing of the largest container ship ever to berth in any Nigerian port. The Maerskline Stardelhorn ship with an overall length of 300 metres and width of 48 metres, successfully berthed at the Federal Ocean Terminal, Onne, Rivers State…
Wike Declares Total Lockdown of PH, Offers N.1m to Whistleblowers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared a total lockdown of the two local government areas that make up the Port Harcourt metropolis with effect from Thursday, May 7th, 2020. The two local government areas are Port Harcourt and Obio Akpor. In a statewide broadcast on Monday, Wike said apart from those authorised to be…
EFCC Seals Ponzi scheme office in PH
The owner of a Ponzi scheme company based in Port Harcourt, Neeni Swanu, is on the run following the closure of his office by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office. Operatives of the anti-graft agency, however, arrested 19 staff of the investment company. The EFCC said the company had defrauded…
Rivers 2019: Deputy Gov’ship Candidate Resigns, Defects to PDP
There is a new twist to the controversy around the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State. The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Akpo Bomba Yeeh has resigned his position and announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. AAC was the main opponent of the PDP in the March 9…
US Observer Raises Concerns Over Rivers Killings
An international observer from the United States, John Bray has called for an end to violence and deaths associated with the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State. He made the call on Monday while addressing journalists at the Government House in Port Harcourt after a meeting with the Governor of the state, Nyesom…
Rivers APC Protest Exclusion, Insist on Participation in Saturday Elections
BSome members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State on Thursday, marched to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Port Harcourt, demanding that their candidates be relisted on the ballot papers. They caused a holdup along the arterial Aba Road where INEC office is located and demanded that INEC…
2019: Appeal Court Grants Rivers APC Relief
Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, burst into the streets of Port Harcourt on Monday to celebrate an order by the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court, which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to remove the party from the ballot for this…
Anxiety in Port Harcourt Over Collapse of 7-Storey Building
The collapse of a seven-storey building in Port Harcourt last Friday has raised concern among stakeholders in the building industry over the safety and regulation of multi-storey buildings in the city. The building, which was located along Woji Road in the GRA part of the city collapsed while still under construction and trapped many of…
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