As part of activities marking Rotary International’s Maternal and Child Health Month, the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Eco, District 9141, has donated medical items to the Model Primary Healthcare Centre, Igwuruta, in Ikwerre Local Government Area. Among the items donated on Thursday July 13, 2023 were insecticide-treated mosquito bed …
Read More »Bayelsa Media Network Releases 2023 Awards Nomination List
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Commissioner for Women, Children Affairs, Empowerment and Social Development, Hon. Faith Opuene, Hon. Lucky Asanakpo and Mr. John Sambo, have been nominated for the fifth edition of the prestigious Bayelsa Media Network Awards. A statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa by the project manager, Mr. Blessing …
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 »Bayelsa Govt Expresses Dismay over Impact of Oil Exploration on its Environment
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 …
Read More »Calls for Ndiomu’s Sack: Protests, Threats as Military Invade Amnesty Office
… 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 …
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 »Police arrest Father for Selling Kids for N1.4m, Parade Officer for Robbery
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 …
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