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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 room trial. Mukan made the disclosure when the State and Choba branch chairmen of the Drivers’ Welfar...

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 Sunday that the killer cop was drunk. He said, “On Friday night, I was carrying my brother on my mo...

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 Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced the suspension of the party chieftains at a press conference, saying ...

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 Government had in November 2020 signed the Share Sale and Purchase Agreements for the Privatisation of A...

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 Public Relations Officer, Odual Kugbo Development Forum, Believing Wariboko, said the incident was al...