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The Rivers State Police Command has detained three persons out of four who were involved in the alleged assault on Love Nwanyanwu who was said to have been brutalized by the leader of Etche legislative arm Blackson Nwanyanwu at Ozuzu community, Etche Local Government Area. Those detained are Chukwudi Nwanyanwu, Gladys Nwanyanwu and Ruth Amadi, while […]
A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court has affirmed DOUYE DIRI as the duly elected Bayelsa State Governor. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice SYLVESTER NGWUTA, the Apex Court dismissed the six appeals filed against the governor and his deputy, LAWRENCE EWHRUDJAKPO. The appeals dismissed were filed by Alliance for Democracy (AD), Advanced Nigeria […]
The Presidency has explained that the absence of its representatives from a meeting of South-South stakeholders fixed for Tuesday in Port Harcourt, was not out of disrespect. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, titled “South-South Assembly disrupted by emergency security […]
The northern elders have attributed the high cost of foodstuffs to the worsening insecurity which makes it difficult for farmers and transporters to convey farm produce from one region to the other. The elders noted that the security situation in the north had reached a level where incidents of deaths, kidnapping, armed banditry and other […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will resume the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the first quarter of 2021. The commission’s Acting Chairman, retired AHMED MU’AZU announced this during the virtual meeting with leadership of political parties at INEC national headquarters in Abuja. Commending the parties for their role during the recently concluded […]
The Senate has urged President, MUHAMMAD BUHARI, to expedite actions on the prosecution of sponsors of the Boko Haram sect. The Senate Committee on Army made the request at a press conference it addressed shortly after the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TUKUR BURATAI, led other generals to defend the 2021 budget of the […]
The Management of Ignatius Ajuru University has lift the suspension order on two students of the institution. Chibuzor Remmy and Sunday Idongesit we suspended by the management of the university for publishing materials capable of causing public disorder on social media. The Public Relations officer of the school, Ngozi Okiridu disclosed that the lifting of […]
The Presidency says residents of Rivers State and 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory have received the thirty thousand naira one-time grant for artisans, a component of the Survival Fund initiative. The presidency confirmed this in a post on its verified twitter page, noting that the other states which constitute the first set of […]
The Rivers state police command has confirmed the killing of a vigilante working with Khana security Advisory committee by unknown gunmen. It was gathered that the deceased who was identified as SARO from Luawii community in Khana LGA was reportedly shot yesterday night opposite Main Park in Bori, Khana local government area. The spokesman of […]
The National Examination Council (NECO) has published the new timetable for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), after the exams were suspended because of the End SARS protests. In the new timetable, the exams will run from Monday, November 9 until Saturday, November 28, 2020. In a modified timetable released to the public by […]
