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Published 8 May 2021
Master of ceremonies and author, Joyce Daniels, speaks about her passion for nationhood and why she left behind her anatomy background, in this interview with TOBI AWORINDE
When and where were you born?
I was born in Warri (Delta State), on January 31, 1982. It was then Bendel State. We lived in Warri, then we moved to Port Harcourt (Rivers State), where I lived for 25 years. I spent my elementary school and university years in Port Harcourt. I attended the Federal Government College Staff School; the Federal Government Girls Secondary School, Abuloma; and the University of Port Harcourt where I studied Human Anatomy. Don’t ask me what I’ve done with that degree (laughs).
UPDATED | 7 Policemen Killed as Unknown Gunmen Rampage Rivers
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In an updated report, unknown gunmen have attacked three police stations and shot dead seven policemen in Rivers State.
According to reports, four policemen were killed by the gunmen at Elimgbu, while two were killed at Choba Police Station along East-West road and two were killed opposite the University of Port Harcourt.
Another policeman was beheaded at Rumuji Police Station, in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The relative peace enjoyed in the South East of Nigeria has been in last months been disturbed by acts of violence against policemen and installations.
7 policemen shot dead in Rivers as gunmen attack three Police Stations
Unknown gunmen on Friday night attacked three Police
Stations in Rivers State and reportedly shot seven policemen dead.
Security sources said that at Elimgbu Police Station about
four policemen were killed by the gunmen, while at Choba Police Station along
East-West road, opposite University of Port Harcourt, two policemen were
killed.
The Choba and Elimgbu Police Stations are both in Obio-Akpor
Local Government Area, while one policeman was allegedly killed at Rumuji
Police Station, in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The spate of attacks on Rumuji, Choba and Elimgbu Police
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Seven policemen were feared killed in a night attack on police facilities in Rivers State late on Friday night.
Reports said the gunmen, who took the police station unaware, also burnt two patrol vehicles and destroyed the C4I security checkpoint along East-West Road.
The incidents happened close to Choba bridge near the University of PortHarcourt and in Rumuji Community, by 10 pm on Friday night.
It was learnt that the gunmen first stormed and attacked the C4I Checkpoint but no officer was killed there. They later proceeded to Ogbakiri junction where they killed the police officer on duty.
While it is a generally held view that education is grossly underfunded in Nigeria, the coronavirus pandemic appears to have taken a huge toll on the sector, with public federal and state universities currently struggling to survive.