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… 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 …

…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 …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has expressed dismay at the extent of damage oil exploration has caused and the attendant neglect by international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta. The commissioner for Environment, Mr. lselema Gbaranbiri, made this known while addressing a meeting of foreign …

… Sieze Workers’ Phone, Forcefully Collect Passwords By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa There is confusion within the fold of the Presidential Amnesty Office (PAP) in Abuja and the Niger Delta region following the rising calls for the sack of the interim administrator, Maj. Gen. Barry T. Ndiomu (rtd.) over alleged “gross misconduct …

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 …

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 …

By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command said it has arrested one Mr. ThankGod Ekwueme for allegedly selling his three children for N1.4m. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko while parading the suspect alongside 6 of his accomplices before Journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday said they …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Ex-agitators in Bayelsa State on Tuesday barricaded the liaison office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme demanding that the Bayelsa State coordinator, Esther Boro, “must go or no staff will be allowed to work in the office.” The ex-agitators during a protest at the liaison office in Yenagoa, …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A mild drama, in the form of a heated argument that took everyone by surprise ensued penultimate Tuesday at the Bayelsa State Judiciary when the presiding judge of High Court 2, Justice M A Ayemieye, and counsel to a candidate for the chairmanship position of Sagbama …

By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State yesterday gifted N20m to widow of a police officer in the state who died in active service. The Police Officer, Inspector Collins David died recently while serving under the Ahoada Division of the State Command. Governor Fubara, represented by …