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Port Harcourt

October 24, 2021

NDDC Contract Scam: Group asks Buhari to publish forensic report

The report reveals how 13,777 contracts awarded were abandoned despite the six trillion naira the commission received in budgetary allocations.

Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.
October 23, 2021

Many killed in Rivers pipeline blast

A report says the blast which has claimed many lives and injured several others was caused by illegal oil refining.

Pipeline explosion
October 20, 2021

Breast Cancer: Group seeks support, asks husbands to regularly inspect wives’ breasts

According to research in Rivers, breast cancer constitutes the commonest type of cancer.

October 16, 2021

Police arrest operators in Port Harcourt for beaming pornographic film on billboard

A pornographic film was suddenly displayed on a screen billboard in Port Harcourt on Thursday.

October 7, 2021

Wike proposes new revenue sharing formula among federal, state, local governments

Mr Wike urged the revenue allocation commission to reduce the federal government allocation to 40 per cent.

Governor Wike and president Buhari
October 3, 2021

Ten feared dead, others missing as jetty collapses near Port Harcourt

People of Isaka in Okrika Local Government Area said they had complained about the jetty’s dangerous and deteriorating condition to Governor Nyesom Wike for months.

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike
September 30, 2021

Foolish southerners think North will just hand over power in 2023: El-Rufai

Mr El-Rufai pointed out that the southern governors should learn to collaborate and communicate respectfully rather than grandstand.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Southern governors
September 23, 2021

Wike inept, mismanaging Rivers, says Dakuku Peterside

Peterside has censured Governor Nyesom Wike for blaming Rivers people over flooding in the state, accusing him of ineptitude.

September 20, 2021

2023: We’re praying for Tinubu to return from UK, says Akeredolu

Akeredolu says southern governors are praying and awaiting APC national leader Bola Tinubu’s return from the UK before deciding on the 2023 presidency.

September 14, 2021

Rivers varsity student drowns in UNIPORT swimming pool

The deceased had visited with three friends and drowned while swimming at the Olympic-size pool.