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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 Thursday, the President of the Student Union Government, Rivers State College of Health Sciences and M...

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 demanding any reward. Surprised by Ugochukwu’s honesty, the owner of the phone, who is a lecturer and the...

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 to bring about peace,” Omoni’s text read. He said the police ensured that the blocked roads wer...

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 in the area. Read Also

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 COVID-19 testing, holding and treatment centres within the university campus which had been certified...