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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, August 29th, 2014
The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samson Parker, says the late Dr. Samuel Enemou, who treated Olu Koye, a Nigerian diplomat with the Economic Community of West African States, was aware that the diplomat was a carrier of the deadly Ebola virus. The commissioner stated this during a press conference in Port Harcourt on […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, August 29th, 2014
Following the death of an Ebola victim in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during the week, at least 160 persons that made contact with the victim have been identified and put under observation. The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker, stated at a news conference at the state’s secretariat in Port Harcourt on Friday that […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
BY CHRIS ANUCHA, PORT HARCOURT ON AUGUST 27, 2014 ·POLITICS No fewer than 24 persons have so far indicated their interest to contest for the Rivers State governorship seat in 2015, Daily Sun exclusively gathered. Among them are the former leader of the state House of Assembly under Dr Peter Odili’s administration, Dr Tam Gogo Jaja; the Minister of State […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, August 18th, 2014
OPERATIVES of the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) and men of the Rivers State Police Command have uncovered what might be the biggest baby factory in the southern part of Nigeria, where operators allegely sold babies to women for between N2.5 million and N6 million. The police are also on the trail of the […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, August 18th, 2014
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) to establish a training centre, the first of its kind in Africa. It will be located at the University of Port Harcourt. This partnership entered on behalf of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, August 15th, 2014
Tragedy sruck in Port Harcourt yesterday as four persons were burnt to death and scores wounded in an early morning fire that gutted residential houses in the Rivers State capital. The incident, which occurred in Agip-Rumueme-Mgbuoshimili area of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state, claimed the lives of a five-year-old girl, her mother and […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
The First Lady, Dame Patience Faka Jonathan, has donated 10,000 pieces of economic empowerment items to women and youths in Rivers. A statement signed by her Media Assistant, Mr Ayo Adewuyi, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, said the beneficiaries were drawn from 21 local government areas of […]
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Headlines, Rivers
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
By Jimitota Onoyume PORT HARCOURT – At least five persons were shot dead on Monday night at a drinking joint on Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Sources who spoke to the Vanguard said the incident was cult-related, adding that the gunmen stormed the drinking joint close to the popular Agip filling station […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, announced the command’s resolve yesterday, while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt. Ogunsakin said the command had reduced the rate of abduction in the state, adding that the number of rescued victims had been overwhelming. He said the police were not happy with the reported cases of […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, June 27th, 2014
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT — POLICE have arrested members of a 15-man gang that allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl in Gbuga area of Ogbunabali, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, told newsmen, yesterday, at the Police headquarters in Port Harcourt that the girl allegedly attended a party organised in […]