The Rivers State Government on Thursday ordered the sacking of two Principals in Emuoha Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly flouting COVID-19 guidelines. The principals, S.I Amadi of the Community Secondary School, Elirada and C.O Ekwueme of Community Secondary School, Rumuji, were also accused of diverting hygiene kits distributed by the state government
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The Rivers State house of representative member representing Etche and Omuma federal constituency at the national assembly Chief Hon Ephraim Nwuzi, the Asa Asa Nga Asa, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Recall that Chief Hon Ephraim Nwuzi contested under the platform of The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections
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An inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Facility in Rivers State has gone out his way to accuse correctional officers at the establishment of torturing him. The inmate, Gracious David-West is currently standing trial for the alleged murder of nine women in Rivers State, South South, Nigeria. The inmate played a little scene at the Rivers
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A policeman was placed under suspicion of raping a widow over alleged breach of COVID-19 protocols in Rivers State. A widow who is about 32-years-old has claimed that she was raped all night by a policeman attached to the Sakpenwa Police Division, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. The widow made a report that
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There was relief among residents of Rivers State as the oil and gas workers’ unions in the state, including the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, called off their strike on Thursday. Following the strike embarked upon by filling stations and tanker drivers in the state, residents had since Wednesday endured a tough
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A female police officer, who was said to have clutched the private parts of a mechanic, Ikwunado Chima, while he was being tortured in detention has been arrested and detained by the Rivers State Police Command. The late mechanic met his untimely death in police custody on December 23, 2019, four days after he was
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