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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the military and Katsina State government for the successful operation that led to the release of the Kankara School boys abducted last Friday. Buhari stated that the governor of Katsina State has been up and doing since the attack took place and expressed happiness for the release of the boys. […]
The Association of Boat Drivers plying the Bonny-Port Harcourt waterways has raised alarm over the continued detention of one of their colleagues, ADVENTIOUS RUFUS, who was attacked by sea pirate. One of the drivers simply known as JONATEX told correspondent AYO ODUNGWERU in a telephone interview that his colleague was detained after filing a statement […]
The Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice ADAMA IYAYE LAMIKANRA has released over one hundred inmates from correctional centers in Port Harcourt, Degema and Ahoada prisons as part of efforts to decongest the facilities. During the jail delivery, fifty-seven inmates were released from Port Harcourt Correctional Center on 30th November and 3rd of December, while forty-two […]
The People’s Democratic Party has called for a thorough investigation into Saturday’s explosion at the Christian Universal Church, Port Harcourt. The party made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN, in Abuja. It condemned the “dastardly attack” on the church, founded by Rev. NLEMANYA WIKE, the father of Gov. NYESOM […]
Diobu Vigilante Unit has handed over some 16 suspected members of ‘Uglies’ and ‘Castro’ houses of Deygbam cult groups to the Eagle Crack Unit of Police in Mile 1 Port Harcourt. Our news desk gathered that the suspected cultists were arrested in Diobu, on Wednesday night at Timber Waterside/Saint Thomas axis of Ikoku. Some suspects […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced six foreigners and a Nigerian to seven years imprisonment for oil theft. Justice Kolawole Omotosho gave the sentence after three years of prosecution of the convicts by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They include Mohammed […]
