By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command said that it had launched a manhunt for the killers of an Inspector in Port Harcourt yesterday. The PHMundial reports that some unidentified gunmen had on Friday opened fire on the police officer around Landmark Hotel at D-Line axis of …
Read More »Port Harcourt Refinery’ll Be Fully Ready by December, FG Reassures
…Says fuel importation in Nigeria to end soon By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Federal Government has reassured that the December 2023 target for the completion of rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery remains sacrosanct. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri gave the assurance while addressing Journalists …
Read More »Vigilante Group apprehends 12 Suspects For Burying New Born Baby Alive In Port Harcourt
By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt Operatives of a local security outfit in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers in conjunction with men of the Neighbourhood Watch and Azikiwe Police Division in the state said they have arrested 12 internet fraudsters for allegedly burying a new born baby alive. …
Read More »Zone 16 AIG Warns Police Officers Against Extortion at Check points, Human Rights Abuses
By Emmanuel Ovundah The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in charge of Zone 16, Rivers and Bayelsa States, Mr. Benjamin Okolo has warned men of the Nigeria Police against extortion of innocent citizens at check points. AIG Okolo gave the warning in Port Harcourt while on a familiarization visit …
Read More »Army intercepts truck conveying illegal diesel worth over N14m in Rivers
Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The 6 Division, Nigerian Army has impounded a truck conveying over sixteen thousand (16,000) litres of illegally refined Automated Gas Oil (AGO) also known as diesel. Briefing Journalists on the seizure of the products at the Army headquarters, Commander, 6 Division Garrison, Brigadier General Eddie Effiong, …
Read More »Native doctor, 5 others Arrested for Kidnapping in Rivers
…As Police Rescued abducted business woman, Recover Arms. By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command have arrested a native doctor and five other suspects for alleged kidnapping in the State. The native doctor, Mr. Melody Chinedu Otamiri, aged 25 was arrested at Olakwo 2 in Etche local …
Read More »Navy Dismantles Illegal Equipment used to Siphon Crude from NNPCL’s Oil Wellhead
… Arrests four Suspects By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has dismantled illegal equipment used in stealing crude from the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 18 wellhead in Rivers State. The wellhead at Well 17, OML …
Read More »Wike Flags off Rivers Govt’s N195.3Bn Ring Road Project
…As Fubara Promises Compensation to all Communities By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt Former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on yesterday flagged off the construction of 50.15km Port Harcourt Ring Road project conceived by the Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s led Rivers State Government. The N195.3bn dual carriage road project that will be …
Read More »Subsidy Intervention: Council Vice Chairman Lauds Fubara’s Mass Transit Scheme
Emmanuel Ovundah The Vice Chairman of Opobo/Nkoro local government area of Rivers State, Amb. Mrs. Angela Inyena Anthony Oju-Kienmie has lauded Governor Siminalayi Fubara for rolling out free transportation scheme for citizens of the state. Governor Fubara yesterday, rolled out a Mass Transit Bus Scheme to provide free transportation for …
Read More »Rivers Govt Cancels Recruitment into Ignatius Ajuru University
By Emmanuel Ovundah The Rivers State government has announced the immediate cancellation of the recent recruitment exercise of staff into the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Port Harcourt. A statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday by the State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Prince Chinedu Mmom said cancellation of …
Read More »