Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Residents of Rumukalagbor and Oroworukwo communities in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State, yesterday, were thrown into a state of panic when a two-man gang of armed robbers stormed the ever busy Water Lines junction along Port Harcourt Aba Road, shooting sporadically in the air to scare motorists, pedestrians and residents away [...]
Men of the Nigerian Police Force, Rivers State Command, have made a major breakthrough in the fight against sea piracy across the coastal communities in the state, with the arrest of four sea pirates and recovery of the sum of N7 million from the gang. The state Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, disclosed this [...]
A Port Harcourt High Court in Rivers State presided over by Justice George Omereji, has sentenced four principal officers of the Ahoada-East Local Government Legislative Council to three months imprisonment with hard labour, and without option of fine for showing lack of respect to court directives. Those sentenced include the former leader of the legislative [...]
The authorities of the Rivers State Police Command have said a high- powered investigation committee has been constituted to unravel the circumstances that led to the explosion that rocked Obio/Akpor Local Government Area council headquarters last Tuesday, even as the command has vowed to deal decisively with anyone found culpable in the nefarious act. The [...]
Rivers Chief Judge, Justice Iche N. Ndu has inaugurated local Government Election Tribunal, as well as local Government Election Appeal Tribunal. The Local Government Election Tribunal has Chief Magistrate Ilaye Diane Brown as chairman, while Barr. Kingsley Nyebuchi Philips, and Mr. Sunday Biranen are members, while the Local Government Election Appeal Tribunal, has Hon. Justice [...]
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Enugu, Maj.-Gen. Adebayo Olaniyi, said regular training of soldiers would boost efforts to confront security challenges in the nation. Major- General Olaniyi made the assertion during the closing ceremony of the 2013 annual range classification exercise in Igwuruta shooting range in Rivers State yesterday. He averred that the [...]
The trial of the eleven suspects including the traditional ruler of Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Alhaji Hassan Welewa who allegedly killed four students of University of Port Harcourt, Choba, on October 5, 2012, suffered a major setback yesterday. The trial judge, Justice T.S.Orji said she was declining jurisdiction to [...]
The Chairman of National Association of Plant Operators (NAPO), an affiliate Union of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, Comrade Harold Benstowe over the weekend escaped been lynched by some thugs allegedly hired by a rival association, “lifting and Earth Moving Equipment Operators Association” in the area to kill him. [...]
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), in charge of Olu-Obasanjo divisional headquarters, Rivers State, Mr. Akaninyen Unaam is to appear before a Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court for an alleged frivolous charge against an accused person. The presiding Chief Magistrate court 2, Ipalibo Iyiabo, gave the directive last Monday, while cross-examining an accused person, a bus [...]
Two accused persons, Goodluck Friday, 18, and Kingsley Isaac, 28, have been remanded by a Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate for an alleged armed robbery and possession of illegal fire arms. The accused persons are standing trial on four count charge on armed robbery, possession of fire arms, stealing and belonging to secret society before Chief [...]
