South South

Nov
04
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Final Year Student Electrocuted While Installing Solar Panels

Final Year Student Electrocuted While Installing Solar Panels

News Flash, Education, South South
Final Year Student Electrocuted While Installing Solar Panels A final year student of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State has been electrocuted while installing solar panels on a one-storey building. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gory incident occurred in a business location close to a commercial bank at the Warri Garage Area on Thursday, October 19, 2023. Witnesses told journalists that the aluminium ladder used by the student in climbing up to the position he intended to install the solar panels was magnetised by the high-tension wires linking a neighbouring commercial bank. Consequently, he reportedly got electrocuted in the process,…
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Oct
31
2023
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Rivers State: “Very Sad And Unfortunate, Only One Man Wants To Control Abuja And Rivers State Simultaneously…” – Momodu Knocks Wike.

Rivers State: “Very Sad And Unfortunate, Only One Man Wants To Control Abuja And Rivers State Simultaneously…” – Momodu Knocks Wike.

Politics, South South
Fubara: One Man Wants To Control Abuja And Rivers Simultaneously – Momodu Knocks Wike A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Dele Momodu has reacted to the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly. Speaking on the development via a series of posts on his X handle, Momodu berated Wike for his dictatorial tendencies. The PDP chieftain argued that Wike was trying to control Abuja and Rivers simultaneously. According to him, “Very sad and unfortunate, only one man wants to control Abuja and Rivers simultaneously… The Governor of Rivers under attack… Barely six months in government, the gentleman GOVERNOR SIM…
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Oct
31
2023
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Breaking News: Real Cause Of Rift Between Nyesom Wike And His Successor, Gov. Siminalayi Fubara Revealed

Breaking News: Real Cause Of Rift Between Nyesom Wike And His Successor, Gov. Siminalayi Fubara Revealed

News Flash, Politics, South South
BREAKING: Cause Of Rift Between Nyesom Wike And His Successor, Gov. Siminalayi Fubara Revealed In the high-stakes world of Rivers State politics, a sizzling feud has erupted between former Governor Nyesom Wike and his successor, Gov. Fubara. The drama unfolds with allegations that Wike demanded a jaw-dropping 25% of Rivers State's monthly allocation from Fubara; we are talking BILLIONS – a sum that would make anyone's eyes water. But wait, Fubara, no pushover himself, reportedly haggled it down to 10%, still an eye-popping figure by any standard. But that's not where the plot thickens. Wike reportedly had his fingers in…
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Oct
25
2023
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Tension As APC Candidate’s Name, Timipre Sylva Is Missing In INEC Final List For The Forthcoming Bayelsa State Governorship Election

Tension As APC Candidate’s Name, Timipre Sylva Is Missing In INEC Final List For The Forthcoming Bayelsa State Governorship Election

South South, Politics
The APC candidate's name, Timipre Sylva, in the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa State, is missing from the final list published by INEC On the new list, the APC candidate's column was left blank, while the commission cited a court order in its remarks Recall that a federal high court in Abuja sacked Sylva because he had been sworn in twice and can't be sworn in for the third time, according to the court. The All Progressives Congress (APC) camp has been thrown into tension as its candidate in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, and…
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Oct
16
2023
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This Life: Wife Bathes Husband With Acid Over N15,000

This Life: Wife Bathes Husband With Acid Over N15,000

South South, Marriage And Love, Mishap
E DON HAPPEN: Wife Bathes Husband With Acid Over N15,000 Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a mother of two who allegedly bathed her husband with acid over the sharing of N15,000 paid to the family at Nchia community, in Eleme Local Government Area. The ugly incident happened in the early hours of Saturday, October 14, but the woman who hails from Akwa-Ibom but married to her husband from Nchia community was intercepted in her bid to escape by the Nchia Security Council ( community vigilante) headed by Abel Oluka, and other teaming youths of Agbonchia community.…
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Sep
23
2023
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Akwa Ibom @ 36: Governor Umo Basset Eno Pays Glowing Tribute General Ibrahim Babangida(Rtd), Former Governors And Others

Akwa Ibom @ 36: Governor Umo Basset Eno Pays Glowing Tribute General Ibrahim Babangida(Rtd), Former Governors And Others

People & Events, South South
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Bassey Eno has paid unreserved tributes to the former Military Head of State in Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) for seeing the need to create the present Akwa Ibom State from Cross River State, saying the state is better off as an independent entity. Eno also paid glowing tribute to all former governors of the state before him, including the military administrator, for laying the solid foundation on which he is building upon. He, however, thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the recent invitation for him to be a part of his delegation at the…
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Sep
23
2023
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Rivers State Commissioner Of Police Caution Ohanaeze Ndigbo To Stay Clear Of Port Harcourt As The Land Belongs To Ikweres

Rivers State Commissioner Of Police Caution Ohanaeze Ndigbo To Stay Clear Of Port Harcourt As The Land Belongs To Ikweres

People & Events, South South
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Dr Polycarp Emeka Nwonyi has cautioned members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to stay clear of Port Harcourt as the land belongs to Ikwerres. The CP made this disclosure in a meeting with members of Iwhuruohna People’s Association (IPA) and Ohaneze Ndigbo as a result of the petition written by IPA to the Inspector-General of Police, copied to the CP and other security agencies, which took place yesterday in his office. During the meeting, the delegation of IPA led by the President, High Chief Monday Wehere and Dr. William Wodi stated categorically that Ikwerre people are…
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Sep
22
2023
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Pastor Escapes Lynching By Angry Mob Over Dead Lady Discovered In His House

Pastor Escapes Lynching By Angry Mob Over Dead Lady Discovered In His House

Crime, Religion, South South
Pastor Escapes Lynching By Angry Mob Over Dead Lady Discovered In His House There’s tension in Agbarha-Otor community, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, after the remains of a young lady were reportedly found in the house of a cleric in the area. It was learned that the remains of the yet to be identified girl were discovered in the pastor’s house on Friday morning. Our source said that the cleric, whose church is located on Onomuke Street, butchered the young girl with a machete after destroying his father’s shrine in the community. Though the report was sketchy, it…
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Sep
12
2023
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Slain DPO: Monarch Arrested By Police, Three Feared Killed

Slain DPO: Monarch Arrested By Police, Three Feared Killed

South South, Security
Slain DPO: Monarch Arrested By Police, Three Feared Killed Security operatives, on Monday, arrested the King of Akoh Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Eze Ikegbidi, following the murder of the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim, by suspected cultists last Friday. The slain DPO was ambushed and captured by gunmen while returning from an operation in Odiemere community, Ahoada East, and decapitated. Meanwhile, the arrest of Ikegbidi came on the heels of an indefinite suspension slammed on him by the state Governor, Siminilayi Fubara. The governor, in a statement, had accused the monarch of “ceding control of his territory to the…
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