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Residents and traders operating along major roads and busy junctions in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area are expressing concern over where to relocate after receiving a seven-day ultimatum to vacate their current trading spots. Some of the traders, who spoke with our correspondent, Ofonime Okon, said they are unhappy conducting business by the roadsides
The increasing incidences of rape, defilement, and other forms of sexual abuse in Rivers State have sparked growing concern among residents. A cross-section of respondents, predominantly women and teenagers, told our reporter that they now live in constant fear, adding that the rising menace has made them more cautious about their movements and daily activities.
Criticism is trailing the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) following the sudden collapse of its water project in Gwaara Community, Khana Local Government Area, just days after it was inaugurated by the Minister of Environment. The Coordinator of the Community Advancement Initiative, Edoo Friday-Nekabari, blamed the incident on what he described as the failure of
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), led by Andah Wai-Ogosu, has announced activities to mark this year’s Ogoni Martyrs Day, which commemorates 30 years since the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists. Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee, Ansalem John-Miller, said the week-long programme will begin on November
The Executive Secretary of the National Union of Tenants of Nigeria (NUTN), Caesar Enwefah, has called on the Rivers State Government to intervene in what he described as the excessive increase in house rents by landlords across the state. Enwefah urged the government to issue an executive order regulating the steady rise in rent charges
Travellers and motorists were stranded for several hours on Tuesday after members of the Road Transport Union, Heavy-Duty section, blocked the Imo River Bridge along the Port Harcourt–Aba Expressway in protest against alleged illegal levies. The protesting drivers said their action was to resist what they described as unauthorised charges allegedly imposed by the Chairman
Over 2,000 women and girls across 215 host communities along the Eastern Corridor of the Trans-Niger Pipeline are set to benefit from a new enterprise and financial literacy programme launched by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL). The initiative, known as the PINL Women Entrepreneurs and Empowerment Programme, aims to train participants in business development, financial
No fewer than 30 people have lost their lives, while about 40 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a tanker explosion that occurred on Tuesday in Niger State. The tragic incident took place at Essan and Badeggi communities along the Bida–Agaie road in Katcha Local Government Area. Eyewitnesses said the explosion happened after a
An indigene of Alaoma Umuebele 3 community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State has accused the Nigerian Air Force of attacking his local liquor production site, where he refines palm wine into a popular gin known as Kai Kai. The business owner, Barine Friday, alleged that Air Force operatives opened fire on his
The Da Ogo Polo family of Buguma has installed Prince Tonye T.J.T. Princewill as the Da Abbiye-Ogo VI, Paramount Head of Da Ogo Polo, in a historic ceremony held at the Da Ogo Memorial Hall. Prince Tonye, son of the late Amanyanabo of Kalabari Kingdom, His Serene Majesty King Prof. Theophilus J.T. Princewill, JP, CFR,
