Port Harcourt, Nigeria News

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Chief Anthony Anenih's capacity for doing the political impossible is legendary.

FROM being only a thorny political issue, the crisis in Rivers State is moving fast to take a tragic character.

Mantrac Ghana Limited will invest over 20 million dollars into the construction of a new Engine Rebuild Centre near Takoradi to serve the oil and Gas and Mining clients, Mr Emad Adeeb, Managing Director, said on Monday.

SHOCKED at the call for the declaration of a state of emergency in some northern states, the Nigeria Governors' Forum has appealed to the Federal Government to consider those behind the clamour as enemies of the country.

A FEDERAL High Court has ordered the police to end their 10 days barricade of the Obio-Akpor local council secretariat in Rumudomaya, Rivers State.

The Rainbow Book Club in partnership with the British Council Port Harcourt, organised a tribute evening in honour of the late prof.

IT has been one form of alarm or the other raised by either faction in the struggle to take political control of Rivers State.

The Rivers Youth Movement worldwide, has pledged support and loyalty to the Rivers State Governor, and Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum, Rt.

I decided to write this piece as a response to the appalling attitude displayed by comedian Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY, and Nollywood actress Chioma Chukwuka, now known as Chioma Akpotha.

HEARING in a suit by the Caretaker Committee of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, before a Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, praying the court to order the Police to vacate Obio/Akpor council secretariat, will continue today.

A NIGERIAN Air Force Parade helicopter crashed on the runway of the Nigerian Air Force Base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Thursday.

Now in its fifth year, the annual Port Harcourt Carnival, better known as CarniRiv, has evolved from its modest beginnings as an informal regional gathering to become a major festival event - a true carnival in many respects.

DESPITE the directive by the Senate Committee on Marine Transport to the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency to stay action on all staff deployment, retirement and appointment, the agency may have flouted the directive as a new re-deployment exercise has taken place.

THE House of Representatives committee querying the Central Bank of Nigeria's N2.8 billion expenditure on the renovation of its Port Harcourt branch is in a testy situation.

SPEAKER of Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Amachree, has condemned Monday's invasion of the House by youths under the aegis of Grassroots Development Initiative.

AMID the lingering crisis within the People's Democratic Party in his State, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State Wednesday attributed the imbroglio to the quest by his opponents to control the state's resources.

PORT HARCOURT: MINISTER of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, has again assured that privatization of the power sector would step up power supply in the country.

HOST communities of E A Field 12 have called on Shell Petroleum Development Company to urgently address issues of marginalisation presented to it within seven days, failung which, they would occupy the field indefinitely.

IT must be stated clearly that aviation authorities have statutory rights to decide which aircraft flies.

PORT HARCOURT: FEDERAL government has been told to set target for the Joint Task Force on the crusade against illegal bunkering operations in the Niger Delta region.