Tag: Port Harcourt

Tragic: How 9 UTME candidates died in road accident (PHOTO)

by Isi Esene Nine people believed to be candidates of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination which took place yesterday died in a road accident along Enugu-Port Harcourt…

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Man caught packing remains of accident victims in Port Harcourt (DISTURBING PHOTOS)

by Hauwa Gambo The blogger, Ladun Liadi just shared this. On Thursday, April 18, there was a fatal motor accideny on the Owerri Port Harcourt express road after the Army…

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“The disgrace she brought will follow her” – Overcomers pastor attacks wife after Nollywood wedding fiasco (WATCH)

by Chi Ibe A lot has been said on the disaster that went down at actor's Solomon Akiyesi church wedding to Uloma Agwu which was disrupted by Mrs. Akiyesi at the Overcomers…

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Nollywood actor’s wedding fiasco: Church defends decision on wedding, attacks man’s wife (PHOTO)

by Chi Ibe The church where actor, Solomon Akiyesi recently tried to get married after he reportedly left his pregnant wife at home has release a statement defending their reason to…

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Wedding fiasco: “My marriage was retrogressing me” – Nollywood actor Solomon Akiyesi laments

by Isi Esene Nollywood actor, Solomon Akiyesi whose church wedding to his mistress was yesterday disrupted by his wife, Lilian, has responded to his critics posting online that his "marriage…

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Goodness, gracious: This man stabbed his own younger brother to death (VIEWER DISCRETION)

Policemen attached to Ilemba Hausa division have arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his brother, a Merchant Navy  to death while he was asleep. The incident, occurred at the…

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Down with federal character – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze When your uniformed personnel do not believe that the machinery of the state will serve them justice, there is a tendency for them to take a look…

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Opinion: Port-Harcourt – A returnee’s diary

by Ihunda Amadi  Can the standards so eminently set up by the Amaechi administration be sustained, after the life of the administration? What guarantees are there to ensure continuity and…

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Former Miss World, Agbani Darego relives the fun & excitement of CARNIRIV 2012 (PHOTOS)

by Agbani Darego It is so lovely to see the re-emergence of a sense of pride associated with our culture, heritage and natural landscape. In December 2012, one of Nigeria’s…

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Anti-bomb security check disrupts traffic near MMA, travellers resort to trekking

by Daniel Anozie Air travellers have lamented the long delays following resumed security checks by the police anti-bomb squad near the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Security…

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No show: Iyanya accused of fraud, manager in police detention in Port Harcourt [DETAILS]

by Akan Ido Opa Williams, show promoter and organizer of the popular show, Nite of a Thousand Laughs has accused the Kukere master, Iyanya of breach of contract for receiving…

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New Year Inferno: Fire razes 5 houses in Ikoku market in Port Harcourt

by Tari Tamuno A fire on New Year's day destroyed five houses near the Ikoku spare parts market in Port Harcourt. According to an eye witness, the fire started about…

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Ayodele Weke: …And there was calm (Y! Superblogger)

  He opened his eyes and with a smile he called out my name, I couldn’t stop the flow that cascaded down my eyes as we started talking and then…

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Simon Kolawole: One burial and six funerals

Beware of Boko Haram this season! It is very predictable that the militants will try to carry out attacks during this festive period. That is a no-brainer. Life is nothing…

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Report: Navy helicopter was on its 15th trip of the day when it crashed on Saturday

by Isi Esene There are indications that the Augusta 109 Naval Helicopter which crashed in Bayelsa State on Saturday killing six people was on its fifteenth trip of the day.…

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Crime-fighters: Rivers gov’t allocates $30million for helicopters to track criminals

Rivers State Government on Thursday said two helicopters purchased for surveillance would begin patrol of the state by January next year. The state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said the helicopters,…

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Stop calling us oil-rich – Gov. Rotimi Amaechi

The Governor of Rivers State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum; Chibuike Amaechi, has declared that the ‘oil rich state’ moniker used for oil producing states is now false…

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Port Harcourt Reporter: Loungin’ on the Runway showcases designer, Ejiro Amos Tafiri and others with McDowells Whiskey

by Esenwa Patrick (YNaija Rivers correspondent) Ejiro Amos Tafiri Sunday, December 2, would be a date the garden city of Port-harcourt, wouldn’t forget in a hurry. It was a day…

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Doctors left this lady to die due to inability to pay N20,000

  A pregnant Nigerian lady has died because doctors in Port Harcourt insisted the husband must pay N20,000, before she was treated. And her family members are still in shock…

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#FreakAccident: Man electrocuted by PHCN high tension wire

by Isi Esene A middle aged man was electrocuted on Monday in the Woji area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when a high tension wire snapped and fell on him.…

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Another attempt at community jungle justice nipped in the bud! (WATCH)

by Isi Esene The menace of jungle justice can be attributed mainly to ignorance and lack of awareness. To beam the spotlight on the problem of awareness and the re-orientation…

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Segun Adeniyi: Insured by the Mafia

Today, there are too numerous homicide cases that remain unresolved, and given our collective amnesia as a nation, the criminals in our midst also know this so they continue to…

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Port Harcourt is next: Nigerian Idol Season 3 auditions in the Garden City this weekend

Nigerian Idol Season 3 judges; Jeffrey Daniels, Yinka Davies and Femi Kuti at the Abuja auditions. by Isi Esene Nigerian Idol Season 3 auditions move from Abuja to Port-Harcourt this…

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Opinion: The senseless Aluu circus

by Richard Odilu Remains of a victim of jungle justice in Cameroon ...what was very disturbing was that I noticed in the video that the perpetrators enjoyed the show like…

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Aluu residents flee to avoid reprisal attacks over killing of UNIPORT students

by Isi Esene There are unconfirmed reports that several students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) earlier on Sunday staged a protest to the the Aluu Community to express…

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Armed men kill two policemen in Port Harcourt

by Isi Esene Two policemen were reportedly killed on Wednesday morning in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The anti-riot policemen were said to have been riding on…

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Oando, Rockson, and 19 others shorlisted as electricity distribution companies

by Isi Esene Nigeria is inching closer to achieving steady power supply as the National Council on Privatization (NCP) Tuesday shortlisted 21 bidders for 10 out of the 11 electricity…

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“Tonto Dikeh – Seriously?!” What worked and what didn’t at The Future Awards 2012

by Seyi Lawal So the guys over at The Future Awards think we’ll go easy on them because we’re their media partner? Well, they have something huge coming on. Some…

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See why they won: Click to read profiles of The Future Awards (TFA) winners

by Isi Esene The Future Awards (TFA) winners this year, as always, produced the best young hands in their chosen fields of endeavor. The list spans the fields of business,…

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Behold the future! Denrele Edun, Jason Njoku, Tonto Dikeh, Alkassim Abdulkadir others win The Future Awards

by Isi Esene If you somehow missed the biggest youth event in the country, The Future Awards (TFA), which took place in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on August 26, not…

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