By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – An MI-35P helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has crashed in Port Harcourt, shortly after take off. The crash occurred at about 7.45 am shortly after the aircraft took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in Rivers State....
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The Chief Magistrate’s Court II sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday remanded John Shadrack, 22, and William Isaiah, 33, to a Correctional Centre for assaulting Mr Felix Tuoyo, 70, over an alleged missing manhood. The defendants were remanded on two-count charge of conspiracy and assault. The prosecuting officer,...
Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, on Thursday, granted pardon to 53 inmates at the Port Harcourt Maximum Correctional Centre who are standing trial for various offences. Amadi said that the pardon was part of the week-long programmes put in place by the state judiciary to...
The joint military taskforce, “Operation Delta Safe” (OPDS) impounded a vessel, MV Mother Mary I on Sunday, laden with 300,000 litres of illegally refined diesel. OPDS impounded the vessel at the Federal Ocean Terminal in Onne, Eleme Council Area of Rivers and arrested its two crew members on...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, challenged the state House of Assembly to make public his offences that warrant impeachment proceedings against him. Fubara issued the challenge in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by his Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr Boniface Onyedi,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has pledged to support young entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta region through targeted skill development initiatives to promote sustainable development. Speaking during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the Coalition of South-South Chambers of Commerce,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has pledged to initiate projects and programmes to develop the capacity of women and youths in the Niger Delta region. Speaking during an interactive meeting with Women Leaders of Ethnic Nationalities and key stakeholders in...
The Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), on Tuesday arrested an oil vessel MV Ofuoma and 10 crew members conveying alleged illegally refined petroleum products in Rivers. The Component Commander OPDS, Commodore John Siyanbade, who represented the OPDS Commander, Rear Adm. Olusegun Ferreira said MV Ofuoma was...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says the Merchant Vessel (MV) CECELIA arrested on Aug. 15 at Meco Jetty in Port Harcourt, was carrying illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO). The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. ...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has debunked reports alleging that it is owing its security workers over six months salaries. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr Pius Ughakpoteni, made clarification in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday....
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt Area 11, Onne Command, said it generated more than N118 billion in the first half of the 2023 fiscal year. Comptroller Imam Baba disclosed this in a statement signed by the Command Public Relations Officer,...
Police in River State have arrested one Michael Charles alias Thankgod Ekwueme for allegedly selling his three children. This follows the Command’s busting of a child trafficking ring operating in the state. Parading the suspects within the Old GRA Police Station, Head Office of the CP Monitoring Unit,...
An appendage of a two-story hotel has collapsed in the Ada-George area of Port Harcourt, leaving four injured persons now receiving treatment in hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the two-storey building belonging to 1708 Hotel, Rumuoke by Okilton Junction, off Ada George, collapsed at...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced Felix Chiwendu to two years imprisonment for illegally operating a Bureau De Change business without a requisite license. The offence contravenes Section 57 (1) of Banks and other...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged real estate operators in Port Harcourt and its environs to be professional and ensure due diligence in dealing with their customers. Assistant Commander of the EFCC, Ibinabo Mary Amachree gave the charge in a welcome address...
Mrs Kate Mamuno, Member Adamawa House of Assembly (PDP) representing Demsa constituency, has urged the Federal Government to revive Kaduna and Port Harcourt refineries for more development. Mamuno, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned one Ngozi Jonathan-Omo, managing director of Zeenel Concepts, before Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal High Court sitting in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State on one count charge of conspiracy and diversion...
The National Agency for Food,Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed a facility of imported contraband tomato paste distribution warehouse in Rivers. Mr Adeniran Kazeem,the NAFDAC Assistant Chief Regulatory Officer, Apapa Lagos, made this known to newsmen in Port Harcourt. Kazeem said this after the arrest of Mr...
The Management of the NNPC E&P Ltd., on Saturday held its 2023 annual scholarship Screening examination for over 329 students from its host communities in Delta, Edo, Rivers and Imo States. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scholarship screening exercise was conducted simultaneously in Warri, Egbema...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as “yahoo boys” at Rumuekini axis of Port Harcourt The suspects were arrested on Friday during a sting operation in Port-Harcourt, a statement by Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of anti-graft...