Police officer to die by hanging for killing bus driver over N100 bribe in Rivers
A Port Harcourt High Court has sentenced Sergeant James Imanilu to death by hanging for the murder of late David Legbara, a commercial bus driver...
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Danger averted as building collapses in Port Harcourt
Danger was Wednesday, averted as a three-storey building collapsed at the old Port Harcourt Township axis of Rivers State. No life was lost in the...
Police arraign Rivers varsity professor over alleged rape of student
The police in Rivers State has arraigned one Professor David Ogbonna of the Rivers State University, RSU, on allegations of unlawful and indecent sexual assault...
NDLEA arrests 145 traffickers in Rivers
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Rivers State Command says it has arrested over 145 suspected drug traffickers from January 2022 to date. In...
Rivers ‘bishop’ remanded in prison for raping 16-year-old girl
The resident pastor of Mercy House Church International Eliozu, Port Harcourt, Felix Okpara Duruebube, has been remanded in Port Harcourt Correctional Centre by a Magistrate...
Bayelsa thrown into darkness as Rivers community shuts down TCN substation
The State government and all relevant stakeholders have been called on to intervene in the shut down of the power Substation located at Ahoada local...
Stop incessant sacking of workers, SSAEAC tells PHEDC
The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) has urged the Management of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC, to halt the incessant...
Dagogo gets bail after 60 days in detention
By: Felix Ikpotor A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted a federal lawmaker, Farah Dagogo bail after almost sixty days in detention. Dagogo...
Rivers: Man beats son to death for stealing
One Mr Richard Olunwa has been reportedly arrested for murder. He was accused of beating his son to death at the Trans Amadi-Ama area of...
IWD: O.B Lulu-Briggs Foundation, lawyers sensitise widows against harmful cultural practices
By: Chetachi Ifeme As part of activities marking the 2023 International Widows Day, the O.B Lulu-Briggs Foundation in conjunction with the African Women Lawyers Association...