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Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt Some gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Wednesday shot their female victim for allegedly resisting a rape attempt on her at Agip Flyover, Rumueme, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, near the Rivers State College of Health Sciences and Management Technology. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim was found in a pool of blood and taken to a medical centre, where she was resuscitated. Speaking to our correspondent in Port Harcourt on Th...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt A 100-level undergraduate of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Rivers State, Ami Ugochukwu, has been awarded a four-year comprehensive scholarship, N200,000 upkeep allowance and an award of excellence for his honesty and good conduct. It was learnt that the student distinguished himself after returning a lost phone he found, which belonged to worker of the institution at a restaurant on the campus and returned it without demandi...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command had intervened in the crisis between youths of the Rumuolumeni community, a company and the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder, and had secured the release of some leaders of the community being detained by the naval authorities. The spokesperson for the command, Nnamdi Omoni, who made the disclosure to our correspondent through a text message, said police also restored peace in the area. “Yes, we have been able...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt Hundreds of youths in Rumuolumeni community, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, have on Tuesday morning blocked all major and internal roads including waterways in the community to protest the detention of their leaders by operatives of Nigeria Navy Pathfinder operating in the area. The aggrieved youths blocked all entry and exit routes into the community with tankers and trucks, halting all vehicular and waterways movements ...

UNIPORT unveils COVID-19 treatment centre, installs safety measures Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt As the University of Port Harcourt plans to resume academic activities on February 1, 2021, following its senate’s decision, the institution said it has put in place measures of enforcing COVID-19 safety measures to avert any disruption of its academic activities by the second wave of the pandemic. The Public Relations Officer of the University, Sam Kpenu, said the institution has also installed C...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has charged the Federal Government to do more for the Nigerian armed forces who are playing a significant part in ensuring that the civil populace enjoys a peaceful country, coupled with their commitment to safeguarding the sovereignty of the country. Wike stated this at the inter-denominational church service in Port Harcourt on Sunday, marking the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance day celebration. A Special...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt Twenty-two-year-old Lillian Chinwo is still nursing the physical and mental pains inflicted on her by three-gang suspected robbers who attacked and robbed her of her valuables on Thursday, December 31, 2020, on the way to a crossover service. The victim is the daughter of Chief Matthew Chinwo; a monarch in Rumuodara, a community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The robbery victim and student of Food Science and Techn...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt Hundreds of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company customers who are mainly lawyers, on Thursday, stormed the Port Harcourt office of the company to express their displeasure over what they described as “exorbitant estimated bills” adding that they have also sent a petition to the Rivers State House of Assembly seeking their intervention in record time. The angry electricity customers threatened to embark on a protest if the law...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt Gunmen on Wednesday invaded Tere-Ama community in the Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State and killed on person. Although the reason behind the attack on the community is still unclear, a resident in the area who only identified himself as Somieri told PUNCH Metro that the gunmen attack may be connected to their regular extortion of business owners in the area. Recall that Chief Tamunokuro Somiari, the paramount ruler of Somi...

Sampson Itode, Port HarcourtA faction of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State loyal to Senator Magnus Abe has expressed its readiness ...