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By Egufe Yafugborhi On a day the world marked the 2020 World Human Rights Day, the atmosphere in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, was so irreconcilable with the spirit of the day. That fateful Thursday, in Rukpokwu, Obio Akpor Local Government Area (LGA), an edgy Police Inspector shot dead a tricycle driver, Chukwuma Ikechi, aka School Boy, at dawn over alleged failure to yield to N100 checkpoint extortion. In the collateral damage trailing the brutal murder, two more persons were feared dead as police bullets flew in desperate repelling of an angry mob’s attempt to burn down the Rumuok...

The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Joseph Mukan, says the Police Inspector who shot dead a Keke rider at the SARS Road area of Rukpokwu in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area at dawn, yesterday, has been arrested, and faces dismissal and prosecution. Mukan, in a statement signed by the Rivers State Command’s Spokesman, SP Nnamdi Omoni, said the command “was greeted this morning with the sad and unfortunate incident at Rukpokwu Junction, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Port Harcourt.” Mukan confirmed that “The incident attracted reaction from the Keke Drivers’ Union b...

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has signed into law the 2021 Appropriation Bill and promised that it will be implemented in providing basic infrastructure for the good of the state. Signing the 2021 Budget at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Port Harcourt, yesterday, Wike said his administration is working assiduously to sustain the tempo of development that has continued to stand the state out in the federation. He assured those who have wondered why the on-going projects in their local government areas were not mentioned when he presented the budget to the state House of A...