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Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt The Police in Rivers state have on Friday arrested a member of a three-man gang who robbed 37 worshipers returning from crossover service at Rumuodara, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The nabbed suspect, identified as Ndubuisi Igwe aka SS Chief was in possession of a locally-made pistol that was recovered by the police, while his two gang members who escaped carried AK 47 rifles. It was learnt that the gunmen injured two of t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt There was palpable tension in Luubara, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday as gunmen invaded the community and shot dead two men at a pub. Residents expressed shock at the development, noting that the community used to be peaceful. It was learnt that the assailants attacked the pub around 8pm after some of the residents went there to relax after a masquerader display earlier in the day. A native of the community, Nwibani ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt A cross-section of Port Harcourt residents in Rivers State on Monday appealed to Governor Nyesom Wike not to lock down the state, but to ban influx of foreigners in order to curb the rise of second wave of COVID-19 in the state. The appeal followed the state governor’s threat on Sunday to impose a fresh lockdown on the state from January 2021 due to rising COVID-19 infections. A Port Harcourt resident, who identified herself as Ibisaki, t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt A cross-section of Port Harcourt residents in Rivers State has on Monday appealed to the Governor, Nyesom Wike, not to lock down the state but to ban the influx of foreigners in order to curb the second wave of COVID-19 in the state. The appeal of the residents followed the state governor’s promise to impose a fresh lockdown in the state from January 2021, due to the rising COVID-19 infections. Wike gave the hint on Sunday during the than...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt The Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology, Port Harcourt, has expelled three male students over their alleged involvement in the rape of their female colleague on the campus and involvement in cultism. The students’ expulsion was contained in an internal memo dated, Friday, December 18, 2020, signed by the Registrar, Kuapie Ndee-ue, and sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday. The affected 300-level students, ...

Bribe-seeking cop arrested, faces trial for stripping Rivers driver – CP Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt THE Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, on Tuesday revealed that the accused bribe-seeking policeman, who allegedly stripped naked a bus driver identified as Saviour Nwidam. It was gathered that the policeman, who was alleged to have assaulted Nwidam along Ada George road in Port Harcourt on Monday for refusing to pay bribe, had been taken into custody and facing an orderly roo...

Trigger-happy cop kills Rivers 38-year-old father of three Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt A trigger-happy police sergeant attached to the Elelenwo Police Division has shot dead a 38-year-old man, Abiodun Jimoh, in Elelenwo community, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident happened on Friday night, when a team of policemen arrested the deceased and his younger brother, Ismail Jimoh, while they were returning from a party. Ismail told journalists in Port Harcourt on S...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode The crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Saturday, took a new turn as the Isaac Abbot-Ogbobula Caretaker Committee suspended three chieftains of the party in the state, Senator Magnus Abe; a two-term House of Representatives member, Igo Aguma; and former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Worgu Boms, over alleged anti-party activities. Abbot-Ogbubula, whose faction is loyal to the Minister of Transportat...

Punch Newspapers Sections Port Harcourt Youths in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers state, hosts to the Afam Power Station, on Tuesday protested against alleged neglect of an agreement the Federal Government reached in 2017 with host communities to the power station. The youths under the aegis of Oyigbo Local Government People’s Assembly said the concerns of their communities were sidelined during the sale of the Afam 966 Mega Watts capacity Power plant to Transcorp Plc. The Federal Gove...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt Residents of Emelego, Adada, Ogboloma, Akani, Emago and Amuruto coastal communities in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State have lamented the appearance of floating dead fishes in their rivers. The residents, who started noticing the floating fishes three weeks ago along the shoreline, expressed worry over the possible outbreak of diseases as most of them drink from the rivers. Speaking on the development on Wednesday, the P...