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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
By New Nigerian Politics Staff Reporter: The offices of the Rivers State owned newspaper Corporation, Tide, at 4 Ikwerre Road, Mile One Diobu area of the city was razed to the ground in the early morning of Saturday when fire which started from the second floor in the office of the General Manager, Mr. Celestine Ogolo, […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
Vessel explosion •Three escape with injuries •Other boats badly burnt •JTF sets five fuel tankers ablaze A fresh tragedy hit Rivers State yesterday, barely a week after the tanker explosion claimed close to 200 lives. The latest incident is the explosion of a vessel leaving 30 passengers dead. Three persons were injured and three […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
July 21, 2012 by Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt There was tension in Port Harcourt on Friday as residents of the Rivers State capital witnessed a cocktail of fire incidents in four different locations. While residents around Abuloma Jetty were jolted by the explosion of a vessel that claimed the lives of at least 30 persons, […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, July 13th, 2012
July 13, 2012 by Chukwudi Akasike and Mike Odiegwu “Tanker exploded. The explosion sounded like an earthquake. Many of them could not come out alive,” a panic-stricken survivor of a petrol tanker fire that killed over 200 at the outskirts of Okogbe community, Rivers State, on Thursday narrated to The PUNCH. The survivor, whose car […]
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Breaking News, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
RIVERS, Nigeria, July 12 (Xinhua) — Police in southeast Nigeria’s Rivers on Thursday said more than 100 persons were feared to be burnt to death, while many were injured while scooping fuel from a fallen tanker in the early hours of the day. Spokesperson for the state police command Ben Ugwuegbulam confirmed the incident to […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News, Uncategorized
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
•Apostle Chinyere signs the MoU The less privileged in Rivers State can now start small-scale businesses that will improve their lives, thanks to N100m interest-free loan granted them by a Pentecostal church, the Omega Power Ministries (OPM), based in the state capital, Port-Harcourt. The General Overseer of OPM, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, at the […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Prince Tonye Princewill was the Rivers State governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in 2007. He has however defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. In this interview with journalists, Princewill speaks about the country’s security challenges among other issues. OLUSOLA FABIYI reports Some believe that the situation in the country is as a […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News, Women Politics
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
Governor Rotimi Amaechi Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has pledged to appoint more women as permanent secretaries in the State civil service. Governor Amaechi stated this on Thursday during an interactive session with Rivers women at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Port Harcourt. He said the decision was in line with […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT: A commercial bus exploded Thursday at Rumukoro road about in Port Harcourt, killing a young man and injuring about three others. The incident which occurred about 10.30 -11pm caused tension in Rivers state as people speculated it was Boko Haram that had invaded the state. The state Commissioner of Police, […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, April 27th, 2012
A Reverend Father in Onne, Rivers State, Fr. Nwika Gbinu, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The cleric was allegedly abducted recently in the premises of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Onne, in Eleme Local Government Area at about 2.49am. A source told Daily Sun that the kidnappers whisked him away and he had since been in […]