For three consecutive days, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and former Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, crisscrossed the six states in the South-south geo-political zone, assessing the state of the roads and monitoring progress reports both in the works and the housing sectors. Attention to details “If you noticed, for the first 20 minutes, I wasn’t […]
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RIVERS GOVERNEMENT EXPENDS N90BN ON ROADS IN 17 MONTHS
The Rivers Government has spent over N90 billion on the construction of critical roads in the last 17 months, Governor Nyesom Wike has said. Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant to Wike on Electronic Media, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the Governor made the disclosure while declaring open the West Africa […]
Continue reading »HOODLUMS INTERCEPT BUS, KIDNAP 14 PASSENGERS
A commercial bus conveying about 14 passengers from Port Harcourt to Omoku in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State was intercepted on Friday by suspected kidnappers. The hoodlums were said to have ordered the passengers out of the vehicle, set it ablaze before whisking them (passengers) away.
Continue reading »TRAIN COLLIDES WITH POLICE HILUX VAN IN PORT HARCOURT
Two persons were seriously injured when a passenger train hit a Hilux van in Woji axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident had caused a lot of anxiety as residents of the area trooped out as a result of the deafening sound that resulted from the accident. The train marked 2306 had rammed into the stationary […]
Continue reading »HOW BULLION VAN DRIVER STOLE N100M
The Rivers State Police Command has provided details about how a bullion van driver absconded with N100m in Port Harcourt. The unidentified driver and the bullion van containing the cash had been reported missing on Friday after arriving in Port Harcourt from Aba to deliver cash to some banks. The state Deputy Police Commissioner in charge of Administration, Mr. Uche […]
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