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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has marked its special day at the 13th Port Harcourt International Trade Fair, going on at the Isaac Boro Park, with pomp. In an opening remark, the 2nd deputy president of Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce (PHCCIMA), Chief Sir Mike Elechi, who represented the …

The chiefs, elders and people of Okochiri kingdom in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, as well as non-Indigenes resident in the area, have protested a perceived slight on their traditional ruler, HRM King Ateke Michael Tom, by “some immature and irresponsible members” of the All Progressives Congress (APC) …

In a bid to enhance the capacity of media practitioners in the South South region, communications giant, Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) has organized a one-day media capacity training for journalists in Port Harcourt. The training, which was held on recently in the Rivers State capital, brought together beat reporters, national …

Ten years after the Supreme Court ruling that ushered in Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi as governor of Rivers State, youths of the South South have gathered in Port Harcourt to commemorate the verdict. Livingstone Wechie, facilitator of the Society for the Promotion of Better Nigeria, under which banner the youths …

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has restated its resolve towards ensuring improved security at ports within the Eastern part of the country. This followed increasing stakeholders’ concerns over incidents of sea piracy on waterways within the zone. Addressing a stakeholders’ forum on Monday at Onne Port, managing director of the …

The Rivers State Government has warned physically-challenged persons in the state against acts capable of breaching public peace. This followed the picketing of the offices of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt by some persons living with disabilities on Tuesday. The physically-challenged persons, under the auspices of …

  By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt   The Six Division of the Nigerian Army has denied claims that ex-militant leader, Don Wanny, was killed in a raid by men of the division, saying that Wanny was not home when security forces raided his home in the early hours of Monday. …

  By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt   The Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) last Wednesday, in Port Harcourt held a three-day youth training workshop for 700 youths, designed to equip beneficiaries with technical and business management skills that would make them employable globally and able to run their own businesses. The …

  By Mesoma Ejeh   Ndifreke Andrew-Essien, fondly known as ‘Freky,’ was involved in a ghastly motor accident that left her paraplegic and in a wheelchair. It was an experience that was traumatic and disheartening, and ultimately ignited in her a passion for “a meaningful and impactful living that would …

  By Joel Anekwe, PORT HARCOURT   The simmering conflict between the governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, went up a notch on Saturday, as both camps leveled allegations of attempted assassination on the other. The Rivers State Government on …