Tag: Port Harcourt
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Soot and our collective conscience [2] – By Dakuku Peterside
Soot and our collective conscience [2] – By Dakuku Peterside
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Fire guts section of Port Harcourt refinery
Fire guts section of Port Harcourt refinery
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Wike bans nightclubs, street prostitution in Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has banned Nightclubs and prostitution in the state. Wike gave the order in his New Year broadcast in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Wike banned nightclub activities including nighttime trading and street prostitution especially along Abacha road and surrounding streets particularly in the Casablanca area. According to Wike, the move will…
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Finally, ‘Trial of King Jaja of Opobo’ to showcase in video animation, stage drama as Portharcourt hosts NBA annual conference on Oct. 27
The “Trial of King Jaja of Opobo” drama was recently written by Prof. Ahmed Yerima, winner of the 2006 NLNG Prize for Nigerian Literature (based on excerpts from a law book co-authored by Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja and Dr. Keke Reginald Chikere). This private screening and premiere of the video animation and stage drama performance…
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Court jails ponzi scheme operator 7 years in Port Harcourt
Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a fake Ponzi Scheme operator: Umoren Moses Edet to seven years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretense and issuance of dud cheques. He was convicted on Friday June 18, 2021 after being found guilty of one-count…
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EFCC arrests leader of syndicate involved in buying, selling of human parts in PH
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested the leader of a syndicate involved in the buying and selling of human parts in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the EFCC identified the leader of the syndicate as Ukaeje John Emeka and that he was arrested by operatives of the Port…
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BREAKING: Acting IGP orders immediate disbandment of monitoring units in Lagos, Port Harcourt
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba on Thursday ordered immediate disbandment of the IGP Monitoring Units in Lagos and Port Harcourt. Baba gave the order in Abuja at the opening of a conference of Police Strategic Commanders, consisting of officers with the rank of Commissioner of Police (CP) and above. He also ordered…
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NNPC defends decision to spend $1.5bn to rehabilitate Port Harcourt refinery
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday vigorously defended the approval of a whopping $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery, maintaining that apart from following due process, building a new refinery in the class of the one in Rivers will cost the federal government between $7 billion and $12 billion. Group…
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BREAKING: FEC approves repair of Port Harcourt refinery
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved 1.5billion dollars for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery in Rivers State. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting held at the Presidential…
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EFCC arrests 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt [Photo]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it had arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt. Spokesman for EFCC in Rivers, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement in Port Harcourt that the suspects defrauded their victims of undisclosed sums of money and properties. “The suspects were arrested at God City Estate…