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, […]
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 […]
A 15-year-old girl is lying critically ill in an undisclosed hospital in Port Harcourt after she was allegedly gang-raped. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening in Rumuodumaya in Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of Rivers State. Already, no fewer than seven boys said to be in their early 20s have been rounded up by the Police […]
Wife of Senator George Seiko, representing Rivers Senatorial District, Princess Seiko, has been kidnapped in the outskirts of Port Harcourt. Mrs. Seiko was abducted by gunmen on new Airport Road by Oberg Ikwerre Complex on the East-West Road axis. The incident occurred just as the lifeless body of a man identified simply as George was […]
AN Air Cargo bus, Antonov 225, for the first time, landed safely in Africa, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, at the weekend. The air cargo bus, which was piloted by Captain Antonov Dmytro, took off from Calgary, Canada. It was loaded with equipment for oil and gas business, which were brought in by […]
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday explained how his administration intends to provide uninterrupted 24-hour power supply in Port Harcourt and the entire state from December. Amaechi spoke at the second Dissecting The Amaechi Administration Media Briefing Series at the Government House, Port Harcourt. He was represented by the Commissioner for Power, Augustine Nwokocha. Nwokocha […]
• The smouldering tanker at the scene of the fire disaster at Igwuruta junction, Port Harcourt , yesterday • 25 houses, four vehicles also burnt • Six fire fighters attacked, hospitalised A family of four -father, mother, and two children- was burnt to death at their Port Harcourt residence yesterday in an early morning petrol […]
Anger dripped from the reply of governors and stakeholders in the oil-producing states on Saturday to the 19 Northern governors’ demand for a review of the revenue formula to give more funds to them. The South-South governors said such a call smacked of insensitivity to the plight of the zone, evident in its over 50 […]
February 20, 2012 by Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Security has been beefed up around the Government House in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following the activities of members of the Boko Haram sect. Apart from the increased presence of policemen within the premises of the Government House also known as the Brick House, visitors […]
By AZOMA CHIKWE Concerned about the deadly impact of cancer, which is the number one killer of mankind, and the lack of facilities to save the lives of sufferers, especially the underprivileged, some concerned Nigerians have undertaken to establish the first comprehensive cancer prevention, treatment, research and training institute in Nigeria, known as the Port […]
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