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The Vice Chairman of Nigerian Union of Railway Workers (NURW), Port Harcourt branch, Chika Njoku, says he suspects that transporters—and not hoodlums—may be responsible for the stealing and vandalization of some railway facilities at the Elelenwo axis of Port Harcourt.



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A young man said to be in his early twenties is now receiving deliverance prayers from the spirit of addiction after he was caught smoking Indian hemp inside a church around the Illoabuchi axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt.


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Several buildings and shops are currently aflame as fire reportedly caused by the artisanal refining of stolen crude oil commonly known as "kpofire" broke out on Thursday evening.


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Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has said he is obliged to ensure that PDP wins the 2023 governorship election, but that he will not impose any candidate on the party.


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Youths under the umbrella of Eleme Youth Council, this morning, mobilised and apprehended one Nede, an alleged notorious criminal accused of habitually robbing passersby and terrorizing Alesa community in Eleme Local Government Area.


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A magistrate court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded two suspects, Kenneth Sylvanus and Chijioke Ogbonna, who are linked to the beheading of Destiny Peter, a 9-year-old boy in Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area, early in November.


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A seven-month old baby has died at Kala, the Mile 4 neighbourhood of Port Harcourt, as a result of fumes from a fire outbreak in the house he was sleeping.


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A high court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded Stanley Epini Ejiroghene Adjogbe, said to be a fake lawyer who has been practicing in Port Harcourt for over ten years, in police custody.


http://citynewsph.com/news/port-harcourt-court-remands-suspected-fake-lawyer-in-police-custody/

Chairman of Emuoha Local Government Area in Rivers State, Chidi Lloyd, says "kpofire" operators commonly known as illegal oil refiners should be charged as terrorists as their operations cause harm to the environment and human lives.

http://citynewsph.com/news/kpofire-operators-are-terrorists-chidi-lloyd/

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has, on Monday, announced the creation of the office of Deputy Chief of Staff, Government House to support the senior Chief of Staff office currently occupied by Chief Emeka Woke.

http://citynewsph.com/politics/wike-creates-office-of-deputy-chief-of-staff-and-sa-on-aviation/

A fire outbreak has, on Sunday afternoon, razed over 200 rooms at the Elechi Beach waterfront neighbourhood of Mile One, Diobu, making it the fourth fire incident in a week in Port Harcourt.


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Four students of Community Secondary School, Nkpolu Oroworukwo, located at Mile 3 axis of Port Harcourt were on Friday remanded in the custody of the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly belonging to Deegbam Secret cult.

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A letter has emerged online showing the demands some youths of Eligbam, in Rivers State, sent to a company operating in the community.

In the letter, now trending on social media, the youths demand cattle, rice, vegetable oil, tomatoes, onions and cash to celebrate Christmas.

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The Rivers State Police Command has, on Monday, arrested and detained a woman for allegedly pouring hot water on her 9-year-old maidservant who she accused of beating one of her children.


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Chief Tony Okocha, a former Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Government and a prominent ally of Senator Magnus Abe, has blamed Transportation Minister, Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi, for the lingering internal crisis bedeviling the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.


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The result of the autopsy conducted on the remains of late Eze HRH Napoleon Amadi, the paramount ruler of Chokocho in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, who was allegedly murdered with a cutlass by his 51-year-old wife in October, is out but the police has decided to withhold it.

http://citynewsph.com/news/police-withhold-autopsy-result-of-etche-monarch-allegedly-killed-by-wife/

The Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested two suspects, Chibuzor Amadi and Kenneth Sylvanus, who allegedly murdered and severed the head of a nine year old boy, Destiny Peter, in a bush at Azunmini Community in Isiokpo, headquarters of Ikwerre Local Government Area.


Read more >> http://citynewsph.com/news/police-arrest-2-for-allegedly-beheading-9-year-old-boy-for-rituals/

A group, the Progressive Volunteers Group (PVG) has called on the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi, to run for president of Nigeria under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2023.

Read more >> http://citynewsph.com/politics/2023-group-endorses-amaechi-for-president/

Reports reaching our news desk suggests that residents of Port Harcourt and its environs may face a likely scarcity of petrol in the city as tanker drivers and their allies protest an invasion of the Port Harcourt refinery by thugs.


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Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has, on Sunday, donated the sum of N30 million to the Church of Christ in Nations, Port Harcourt.

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Following an investigation into the disappearance of a 17-year-old boy who was reportedly detained by members of the OSPAC vigilante group, police in Rivers State has raided and destroyed an illegal detention facility operated by the group at Elele in Ikwerre Local Government Area.


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Some frontline members of the Senator Magnus Abe faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have promised to deliver Rivers State for Senator Bola Tinubu should he secure the party's presidential ticket in 2023.

http://citynewsph.com/politics/2023-rivers-apc-faction-drums-support-for-tinubu-say-he-is-fit-for-presidency/

There was pandemonium on Thursday morning as traders arrived the Slaughter Market at Eliozu along East-West Road to resume their daily businesses only to find a dead body soaked in blood inside the market.

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A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a 39-year-old pastor, Justice Aniele, to life imprisonment for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl, resulting in a pregnancy.

Read more >> http://citynewsph.com/news/how-assemblies-of-god-pastor-impregnated-teenager-in-omuma-gets-life-imprisonment/

A Pastor of a new generation church, Shalom Mercy Ministry located in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Chris Simon Amadi is now cooling his heels in police custody after he allegedly strangled his 30 years old wife, Solution Amadi to death and allegedly attempted to run away.

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The Rivers State Police Command has, on Tuesday, recovered the carcass of a retired army captain reportedly killed and buried in a shallow grave by his abductors at Igbo Etche in Rivers State.


Read more >> http://citynewsph.com/news/police-recovers-decomposed-remains-of-army-captain-killed-and-buried-in-shallow-grave-in-etche/

A magistrate court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded four persons to a correctional centre in the state for allegedly abducting and selling a baby for N500,000 in Rivers State.


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Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Martins Amaewhule says Nigeria needs a workaholic and God fearing person like Governor Nyesom Wike as President to rescue the country from it's current economic woes and poverty.

http://citynewsph.com/politics/presidency-nigeria-needs-a-workaholic-and-god-fearing-person-like-wike-in-2023-martins-amaewhule/

A former member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Golden Chioma, has accused the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi, of attempting to singlehandedly appoint the next governor of Rivers State so he alone can take all the accolades, respect and benefits.



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A lady said to be in her early 30s, was on Friday, reportedly caught stealing some maggie cubes worth N50 at the Rumuokoro Market in Port Harcourt.


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There was apprehension this morning as the Opobo river banks in Rivers State overflooded, sending flood waters into some parts of the town.


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