Home lesson teacher allegedly kidnaps 5 children in Rivers
The Police in Rivers have launched a manhunt for a home lesson teacher who allegedly kidnapped five children along the Rukpakulus axis of Eliozu, Port Harcourt. The children who are between 18-months and four years old were reportedly kidnapped from one family, while two others from another family. The mother of the first three abducted […]
Police nab 35 suspected armed robbers, others in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command says it has apprehended 35 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and cultists, in different parts of the state. According to the Command, arms and ammunition were recovered from the hideouts of the hoodlums, where they also rescued 10 victims from the criminals. The State Police Commissioner, Friday Eboka, who spoke to […]
As Wike rids Rivers of soot, smoke-emitting vehicles remain a concern
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi When Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in January this year, declared a total war against illegal bunkering and artisanal refining of crude oil, many thought it would be a task too herculean to carry out, given how rampant the act had become across the length and breadth of the state, the subtleties […]
Soot: War against illegal bunkering, artisanal refining not political – Wike
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that even if his political party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is in opposition, as a responsible government, his administration would not allow any act of economic sabotage such as crude oil theft take place in the state. He explained that the war against illegal bunkering and […]
Wike’s ban of dispatch riders killing businesses – Logistics company
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi A Port Harcourt-based company, GiG Logistics, has decried the ban placed on motorcycle-dispatch riding by the Rivers State Government since last month. In a chat with TPCN on Thursday at the company’s office at Ada George, Port Harcourt, the coordinator of the company, who simply mentioned his name as Joseph, lamented that […]
Rivers govt. to acquire undeveloped, uncompleted buildings in old, new GRA
Success Nwanedo The Rivers State Executive Council has approved the acquisition of all undeveloped and uncompleted buildings in the old and new Government Residential Areas (GRAs) in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas. The development was deliberated upon in a meeting by the council and presided over by Governor Nyesom Wike at Government House […]
2023: I’m still consulting critical stakeholders to avoid mistakes – Abe
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has given reasons why he is yet to declare his intention to contest for the governorship seat of Rivers State in the 2023 elections. Abe, who spoke at the end of a consultative meeting with the people, elders and members of the […]
Uniport ASUU declares readiness to resume strike action
Success Nwanedo The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Port Harcourt Chapter, has expressed readiness to resume a strike action should the Federal Government fail to uphold the Memorandum of Action it signed with the Union. During its Congress held at the ASUU Secretariat, Delta Park Campus, on Tuesday, the Uniport ASUU Chairman, […]
FIDA calls for abolition of female circumcision in some Rivers communities
By Tina Amanda International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Rivers State chapter, has called for the abolishment of Female Genital mutilation in some communities in the Abua/Odual local government area of the state, describing the practice as repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience. FIDA made the call at the event, marking the International […]
‘We used our houses as collateral’ – Contractors lament at NDDC headquarters over unpaid debts
Contractors under the umbrella of NDDC Indigenous Contractors Association, on Tuesday, crippled business activities at the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over unpaid debts. The contractors, who were seen with placards with different inscriptions like, “NDDC pay us our money,”; “NDDC contractors are dying,” among others, maintained […]
2023: Amaechi, Abe’s loyalists clash over Tinubu
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi The open declaration of support for the presidential ambition of All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, by members of the Sen. Magnus Ngei Abe faction of the Rivers APC has sparked another verbal clash between them and loyalists of the Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi faction of the party. The leaders of the […]
Rivers Court remands suspect for alleged kidnapping, murder
A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded a suspect, alleged to be a notorious cultist to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre on a six-count charge of conspiracy, cultism, kidnapping and murder. The suspect identified as Confidence Kirinee and others are alleged to have on March 5, 2019, conspired, kidnapped and killed one Muenalo […]