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5 May
Parishioners of Immaculate Heart Catholic Church located at Ekwe Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, were thrown into shock when an alleged mentally challenged man ran into the church on Wednesday night, confessing to killing a commercial sex worker, a year ago.
29 Apr
A newborn baby that was dumped, yesterday, at a waste bin in front of Mile 3 Park, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been rescued by a member of a vigilance group.
28 Apr
A newborn baby was left at the mercy of death at a waste bin in front of Mile 3 Park, Diobu Port Harcourt but was rescued early morning Friday by a Vigilante group.
5 Apr
About 20 people were rendered homeless, while property worth millions of naira were destroyed when fire completely razed down a building at No 9 Awkwuzu Street, Mile1 Diobu, in Port Harcourt City Local Council of Rivers State.
31 Mar
An oil thief, Alu Isaac, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in Port Harcourt for unlawfully dealing in petroleum products without a requisite license. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement on its website. Isaac was sentenced by Justice P.I. Ajoku of Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt,…
11 Feb
Nearly a decade since black residues emanating from the illicit operations of makeshift artisanal refineries by oil bunkers was first reported in Port Harcourt, an end to the activities remains a pipe dream.
2 Feb
The widow of Mr. Chidi Onwukwe, who was murdered in Port Harcourt in 2021, Mrs. Uchenna Jenna Onwukwe, has told a State High Court hearing the murder case in PortHarcourt, Rivers State, that her late husband was stabbed severally and shot.
2 Feb
Traders at the Mile 3 Market Diobu, Port Harcourt have apprehended a man whose identity is yet-to-be ascertained reported to be in possession of N1.3 million naira new notes in the market.
21 Dec
There was uproar at a private medical facility, Save a Life Mission Hospital, in Port Harcourt, as some patients were denied treatment by the hospital following disagreement between it and a health insurance service provider. It was gathered that the affected patients under the Health Maintenance Organisation called ‘Axa Mansard’ had arrived at the hospital for medical care but were…
1 Dec 2022
• Hospital set up panel to probe cause of death  Friends of a Port Harcourt Based blogger and social media influencer, known as Folorunsho Yemi, yesterday, stormed the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), to protest what they alleged to be negligence on the part of a staff of the hospital that led to…
18 Nov 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved and ordered that measures be taken for immediate implementation of the enhanced salary and welfare scheme for judicial officers.
14 Nov 2022
Wema Bank Plc has launched the fourth edition of its SME Business School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Designed to help build capacity for SMEs in the country, Wema Bank's SME Business School was launched in Lagos in 2021.

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