[responsivevoice] Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has continued to receive criticisms over his donation of N500 million last week to victims of the Sokoto market fire disaster. His critics in Port Harcourt said that it was quite insensitive of the governor to have ignored the myriads of indebtedness the state government had in the state…
Peace Returns to Port Harcourt Neighbourhood
[responsivevoice] The road leading to the Naval Base, NNS Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education and several neighbourhoods in Rumuolumeni was finally opened to traffic on Tuesday after several hours of engagement of officials of Rivers State Government with community and youth leaders of Rumuolumeni. The locals had blocked the road after naval…
Onne People Picking Up The Pieces After The Storm (Photo)
[responsivevoice] After the ferocious storm that swept through the town of Onne, Eleme Local Government Area, the host community of Nigeria’s second largest seaport on Monday, the people have begun fixing their damaged homes and shops. The storm, which came with the rains felled more than a hundred power pillars and aluminium conductors, which crushed…
Port Harcourt Residents Celebrate First Downpour (Photo)
[responsivevoice] The first heavy rain of 2021 fell in Port Harcourt and its environs on Monday, and created a reason for celebration by its residents. A light shower occurred in Akpor part of the city on Sunday, by about seven minutes given an account by Chukwudi Eke-Ejelam, a resident of the area. But the downpour…
Court Remands Killer Policeman in Prison
[responsivevoice] A magistrate court in Port Harcourt has remanded in a correctional centre the dismissed inspector of police, Uba Christian, who killed the tricycle driver, Edmund Okechukwu two weeks ago at Rukpokwu, near Port Harcourt. The magistrate, A.O. Amadi-Nnah, remanded the dismissed police officer after declining jurisdiction in the case. Christian was charged for killing…
“Go and Die”, Wike Tells Critics
[responsivevoice] The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has asked his critics who have refused to acknowledge the projects his government was executing in the state to ‘go and die.’ The governor was responding to criticisms that he was concentrating his projects in the two urban local government areas of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor. “If…
Police, Assassins, Kidnappers on the Prowl in Port Harcourt, Kill 4 Abduct 2
[responsivevoice] At least four persons had been killed at the last count in a new wave of killings and assassinations sweeping through Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. Four people were gunned down in different parts of the city since Thursday last week when residents of the city began to notice the strange killings.…
Wike’s First Flyover Bridge Fails Traffic Test?
[responsivevoice] Motorists and other road users have started complaining about the heavy traffic around the Garrison Junction flyover in Port Harcourt recently inaugurated by the Rivers State Government, fearing that the multibillion naira bridge constructed by Julius Berger might not have resolved the problematic traffic it was meant to resolve. The flyover was opened for…
Protests as Police Kill Tricycle Operator in Port Harcourt
[responsivevoice] Rioters have taken over the streets in parts of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Port Harcourt after a policeman shot dead a tricycle operator at Rukpokwu on Thursday morning. The rioters have totally shut down economic and social activities along Owerri Road leading up to Rumuokoro Junction by the East-West road as they protested…
Soldiers Deployed in Port Harcourt as Violence Escalates
Armed soldiers have been deployed in strategic locations in Port Harcourt following an escalation of riots in parts of the city. The soldiers were seen at Oil Mill, Akpajo, Park, Ikoku Junction and even at Onne Ports Complex where youths of the community barricaded the gates. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike had to place the…
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