The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Thursday, ordered the removal of all Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flags in the Government House. This comes days after the former Vice President and presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the embittered Governor Wike met in Abuja, in a move...
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King Felipe, Queen Letizia of Spain send condolences to President Buhari over Port-Harcourt stampede
King Felipe, Queen Letizia of Spain send condolences to President Buhari over Port-Harcourt stampede
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have sent condolences to President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent church stampede in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In a message addressed to President Buhari and signed by His Majesty the King, Felipe VI, the Monarch wrote: ‘‘Mr...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday depart Abuja for Madrid, Spain on a State Visit at the invitation of the Spanish President, Pedro Sanchez. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Adesina, at a separate meeting during the visit,...
No fewer than 50 passengers were rescued when fire gutted the tyres of an aircraft operated by Dana Airlines Limited in Port Harcourt. The incident occurred on Monday evening at the Port Harcourt airport, our correspondent learnt. It was also gathered that no life was lost and no passenger...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has announced his interest to contest the presidential election in 2023. He made the announcement on Saturday while addressing a crowd of supporters and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at an event in Port Harcourt. Amaechi was giving a speech titled,...
Fire has destroyed an unconfirmed number of trucks parked at a facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The incident occurred on Monday morning at an exhibit dump of the anti-graft agency located at Iriebi in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area...
By NATHANIEL IKYUR, Markudi – In far away Portharcourt, the Rivers State capital, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State was on Wednesday, honoured with the prestigious “Courageous and Purposeful Leadership Award” by the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). It was an elaborate ceremony that had the cream of the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Universal Men’s Fellowship of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star has pledged to empower no fewer than 50,000 youths with its training and scholarship programmes for the year 2022. International chairman of the faith based evangelical group with headquarters in Calabar, Christ Shepherd Sylvester...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared 19 individuals wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites which are responsible for the black soot menace in Rivers State. The governor in a statewide broadcast also directed the Rivers State Head of Service to query one Mr. Temple Amakiri, a...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has banned nightclubs and prostitution in the state. Governor Wike gave the order in his New Year broadcast in Port Harcourt on Saturday. The banned nightclub activities including nighttime trading and street prostitution especially along Abacha road and surrounding streets particularly in...
The negative effects of fireworks popularly called knockouts were today seen within Rumuokwuta-Mgbuoba axis of NTA-Mgbuoba road in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State after a section of a building was gutted by fire. An eyewitness said the fire started when some men in the building threw the...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – No fewer than 40 suspected Internet fraudsters popularly known as “yahoo boys” have been arrested by men of the Port-Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The arrest follows an early morning raid by EFCC operatives in two locations in...
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday deployed 13 warships, two helicopters and 1,500 troops in a special military exercise against pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, announced the deployment at the flag-off of Exercise Grand African NEMO 2021 in Onne,...