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Many students were injured at the Community Secondary School, Oroworukwo in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, when an unidentified student allegedly opened a teargas canister in the classroom. Some of the students, who were almost choked by the smoke from the canister, were seen in a video clip that …

Three patients at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital reportedly sneaked out of the health facility without paying the balance of their bills running into hundreds of thousands of naira. The patients, it was gathered, were due for discharge, but were left in the hospital because they could not …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has praised the efforts of the Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson in developing education in the state. Jonathan, who gave the commendation at the launch of the Bayelsa Education Development Trust Fund in Yenagoa on Friday, said Dickson deserved praise for focusing on education. He said …

Members of Edo Civil Society Organisations on Friday protested against the anti-electricity theft bill newly passed by the state House of Assembly as well as estimated billing for consumers. The Assembly had on Monday passed the bill which criminalises electricity theft, including meter bypass. Named “Electricity Theft Offence,” the bill …

The Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Isaac Wonwu, against the re-election of the state Governor, Nyesom Wike. The tribunal’s chairman, Justice O.K. Kaigama, dismissed the petition based on an application for its withdrawal filed by …

THE Nigerian Students and Youth Association (NISAYA) Edo State chapter, protested what they described as the continuous shut down of the College of Education Ekiadolor, College of Agriculture Igurorakhi, School of Nursing Benin City and Tayo Akpata University by the state government The NISAYA while addressing journalists in Benin City …

Nigeria to lose 3,600 barrels of crude daily Kokodiagbene community shuts down Chevron’s Otunana flow station in Kokodiagbene community, Warri South West local government area. Indigenes of the community stormed the flow station early this morning demanding among others that electricity be extended from the flow station to the community, …

IJAW youth and half-naked women pursued over 25 police officers and workers sent to build residential estates for the Oba of Benin at Gelegele-gbene (Gelegele), a community in Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State, which has been in contention between the Ijaws and Binis in the state. The …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that his 2019 electoral victory was a function of his vast grassroots support across the state. Speaking when he received elected councillors from all the wards of the State at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Governor Wike thanked the councillors and other …

THE Edo State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin City, rejected the prayer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to recount the ballot papers used for Etsako Federal Constituency during the National Assembly election in March. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice O. Ogundana, declined the plea of the petitioners, Blessing Agbomere …