The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared that it is not the place of the Federal Inland Revenues Service to collect Value Added Tax, VAT, and personal income tax, PITA. In a suit brought by the Rivers State Government, the court, presided over by Justice Stephen Dalyop Pam, also issued an order…
Rivers Closes Largest Slaughter Market Permanently
Rivers State Government has now permanently shut down Oginiba slaughter market located in Trans -Amadi Industrial layout, Portfolio in Harcourt. According to the Commissioner for Agriculture, Fred Kpakol, the decision to close the market permanently was taken at the state executive council meeting on Monday presided over by Governor Nyesom Wike. Briefing journalists after the…
On his Sixth Anniversary in Office, Wike Praises Self, Blasts Buhari, APC
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday thumped his chest with pride to say that he has been able to grow the infrastructure and social services of the state beyond the expectation of both friends and opponents of his government. The governor, who spoke at a special ceremony at Obi Wali International Centre, Port Harcourt…
Man, 40 Jailed 7 Years for Defiling Housemaid, 12
A 40-year-old man, Ifeanyi Ezeji, has been sent to prison for seven years without an option of fine for defiling his 12-year-old house help. A magistrate court in Port Harcourt found him guilty of a one-count charge of defilement that was committed on February 11 at Eastern bypass area of Port Harcourt. Click Here to…
Activist Petitions Nigeria’s Accountant-General on N78 billion Refund to Rivers
A Port Harcourt-based civil rights activist, Charles Jaja, has petitioned the Accountant General of the Federation, to declare how much the Federal Government had released to the Rivers State Government as reimbursement for the amount the state government spent on some federal roads in the state. Jaja’s petition came after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike,…
Court Jails Two Women for Child Theft, Trafficking in Rivers
A Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court has sentenced two women, Ada Ebere and Favour Godwin to 10 years and 15 years in jail for conspiring to steal and traffic a four-year-old boy, Uwana Emmanuel, at Igbo-Etche near Port Harcourt. A third defendant in the case, Kodilichi Nwankwo, who had a baby in the correctional facility…
Court Sends Dead man to Prison for Child Theft
A magistrate court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced three persons including one who is now dead to 24 years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing and trafficking a 28-month-old baby, identified as Etim Gospel George The convicts, Goodness Thompson, Sunday Jonah and Kpabong Imasin, were found guilty of taking away the child from his…
Eleme bridge: There may be Scarcity of Petroleum Products – Marketers
The Rivers State Branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN has warned that they can no longer guarantee the supply of petroleum products in Port Harcourt and all the catchment areas of the Port Harcourt petroleum depot. The Rivers State Branch Chairman of IPMAN, Joseph Obele, gave the warning on Thursday at…
Bonny Youths Attack Journalists, Burn Bus, Gadgets
Angry youths of Bonny Island in Rivers State on Thursday attacked journalists on official duty and burnt down the bus conveying them to the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited premises. The youths had gathered at the gate of the company where they were protesting an alleged unjust distribution of the N3 billion annual community development…
Drivers’ Strike Keeps Passengers Stranded in Port Harcourt
Passengers along the NTA and University of Port Harcourt route in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital have been going through hell since Wednesday when drivers of commercial buses and taxis pulled off the road. They did so to protest the killing of one of their members by a member of the Nigerian Security and…
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