Posts tagged as: Port Harcourt

Peter Obi Donates ₦5m To Less Privileged In Port Harcourt

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has made a donation of five million naira (₦5,000,000.00) to De Marillac Centre; a charity home in Rivers State. In a series of posts made on his X (formerly twitter) account, Obi said the “modest donation” is […]

Top Nigeria Customs Officers Allegedly Entangle In Multi-Billion Naira Corruption Scandal

LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An intense lobbying is ongoing at the highest hierarchy of the Nigerian government as powerful government officials attempt to cover up a multi-billion naira corruption scandal involving senior officials of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), PREMIUM TIMES has gathered. At least 40 NCS personnel, most of them in the service’s highest hierarchy, […]

Panic As Fleeing Robbers Ram Into Traders At Rivers Market, Injure Scores

LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at the popular Mile 3 Diobu area of Port Harcourt on Tuesday when four suspected fleeing armed robbers rammed into traders who displayed their goods for the day’s market. A trader in the market, who simply identified herself as Rachael, told our reporter that they were in the market […]

Three Kidnappers To Die By Hanging For Killing Rivers Chief After Collecting Ransom

LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men identified as Boma Thompson, Emelike Mathias, and Daniel Thankgod have been sentenced to death by hanging or lethal injection by Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt for allegedly conspiring to kidnap and murder one Chief Abbot Ogbobula in 2017. The Police had arraigned four suspects on four charges […]

Rivers  Community Leader Shot Dead In Front Of His Church

LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Community Development Committee (CDC) Chairman of Mgboshimini in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state has been shot and killed by assailants. It was gathered that the CDC Chairman identified as Chief Ndidi Livingstone was killed in front of his church, the Peculiar Faith Ministries in the Rumueme area of […]

Student Falls From Moving Vehicle, Dies During Rivers State University Jean Carnival

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A student of the Rivers State University, RSU, Port Harcourt, has died during a Jeans Carnival held to mark the Students Week.  It was gathered that the incident happened on Thursday, September 7, 2023.  The student was said to be sitting on the side of the vehicle when he lost his balance […]

Gunmen Kill Police Orderly, Cart Away Rifle, Beret Port Harcourt

LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police orderly (name withheld) has been shot and killed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. According to eyewitnesses, the sad incident occurred around the popular Landmark hotel at Olu Obasanjo road on Friday night. The male police inspector was escorting his principal when he was shot at with the assailants escaping […]

United Kingdom Opens New Visa Application In Port Harcourt

LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has announced a new visa application centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital. The new visa centre is located at Présidential hôtel, 5141 Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers state. UKVI UPDATE: TLScontact has opened a new UK visa application centre in Port Harcourt. Address: Port Harcourt Visa Application Centre […]

Menace And Mafia Like Nigeria’s So-Called Illegal Road Tax Collectors

  LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hired as a so-called tax collector by several influential families, Captain Nwokuha has a fearsome look as he walks around with a piece of wood to enforce his authority at a busy and chaotic road junction in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt. The 34-year-old’s job is to collect “taxes” […]

Man, Girlfriend Allegedly Sell Their One-Year-Old Baby For N1.7m To Fund Drug Addiction

LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking has arrested a 48-year-old man, Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro, 28, for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby. It was reported that the suspects allegedly sold the baby to fund their drug addiction. The suspects were arrested with their friend, 26-year-old Precious James, who […]

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