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Cultism: Rivers varsity expels student over murder
The Rivers State University has expelled Suanu Wisdom Nwiyaara for shooting and killing a 400-level student, Uzondu Chimena. Chimena, a 400-level student...
Sex-for-grade: Rivers varsity suspends senior lecturer, cuts salary
The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said one of its senior lecturers, Dr Samuel Abiye, has been suspended for three...
Gunmen invade community, kill Okada rider, five others
Six persons, including a commercial motorcycle rider, were on Monday killed by gunmen suspected to be cultists in Gwara and Kono-Boue communities, in the...
LG chairmen protest over CVR
THE 23 local government chairman in Rivers State have staged a protest at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, alleging that the ...
Secondus attacks Wike as court suspends PDP chair
THE crisis of confidence between some members of the Peoples Democratic Party and the National Chairman, Uche Secondus, took a turn for the worse on...
Traders in tears as fire razes shops, destroys goods
Heartbroken traders have counted their losses following a midnight inferno that destroyed over 10 shops at the T-junction area of Rumuagholu Town,...
APC pledges level playing field for aspirants
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has denied claims that it has a preferred gubernatorial aspirant ahead of the 2023 elections. The...
Lecturers suspended over alleged sexual harassment, corruption
The Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology has suspended one of its lecturers, Mr Princewill Chikakpobi, for three months for...
How kidnappers killed, buried pastor after collecting ransom
The police in Rivers State have exhumed the decomposing remains of a 56-year-old cleric, Friday Olakada, who was killed by his kidnappers after they...
Police exhume body of kidnap victim buried in shallow grave
The Police in Rivers State have exhumed the decomposing body of a 56-year-old Christian cleric, Friday Olakada, who was kidnapped and killed by a four-man...
Gunmen kill community leader, wife missing as daughter demands justice
A middle-aged lady has demanded justice for her father, Solomon Nwagbara, who she said was burnt to death by suspected members of a disbanded vigilance...
CLMASG Commended The Reconciliation Between Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar And Gov. Nyesom Wike
Political interest group under the aegis of Coalition of Like-Minds Atiku Support Group (CLMASG) has commended the reconciliation between two pillars of...
Gunmen hijack boat, abduct 5 maritime union workers, 3 others
There is panic in Abonnema area of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State as gunmen hijack boat and abduct eight travellers. It was learnt that the...
Varsity suspends six students for malpractices
The Management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) has suspended six students for engaging in examination-related offences. The students in a...
Varsity lecturer suspended over cash-for-project scandal
The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has suspended one of its lecturers, Godwin Olai, following leaked audio recordings...
N-Power: FG engages monitors, distributes letters, devices
The Federal Government has distributed engagement letters and devices to persons it recently trained to monitor its social investment schemes including the...
Workers stranded as FIRS seals NDDC headquarters
This is certainly not the best of times for the Niger Delta Development Commission, as its corporate headquarters in Port Harcourt, was sealed by the...
Man jailed seven years for defiling 12-year-old maid
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Ifeanyi Ezeji, to seven years’ imprisonment without an option of fine...
40 years not enough to fix Rivers problems – Wike
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he never promised to solve all the socio-economic and infrastructural problems of the State during his tenure....
Court jails two women 15yrs for child trafficking
Two women have been convicted and sentenced to prison for trafficking a four-year-old boy in Rivers State. Three suspects were arrested for stealing,...
