Tag: PORT HARCOURT

Lagos, P’Harcourt, Maiduguri, Nigeria’s most dangerous cities  – Report 

Aminu Imam
SBM Intel report

Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Maiduguri have been identified as dangerous hotspots across Nigeria’s major cities and highways, amid rising insecurity according to a new report. SBM Intel, in its report, titled: ‘Roads To Nowhere – A Bumpy Ride Through Nigeria’s Road’, engaged 245 drivers across eight major commercial hubs: Abuja, Calabar, Jos, Kano, Lagos, Maiduguri, Onitsha, and Port-Harcourt, to shed light on their realities. The respondents identified dangerous hotspots across key urban centers and highways, highlighting cities like Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Maiduguri as particularly vulnerable. These cities, crucial for…

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Rail Project: Minister expresses diapointement over slow progress on Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Minister of Transportation,Senator Saidu Alkali, on Friday said he was disappointed by the slow progress of work on the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge railway project. Alkali expressed his disappointment after he and some top officials of the Ministry of Transportation inspected the project at Oyibbo Community in Rivers State on Friday, a statement from the ministry said. The minister said he was disappointed with the slow progress of work on the project and the performance of the contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). He said he was concerned…

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2023: Explosion rocks Port Harcourt APC rally, three injured

Aminu Imam

No fewer than three persons were injured, yesterday, when a twin explosion rocked a rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Rumuwoji Playground, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Two of those injured are women, all of whom were rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Publicity Secretary of the APC, Darlington Nwauju, confirmed the incident, describing it as unfortunate.

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Insecurity: Chinese firm suspends work on P/Harcourt-Maiduguri rail project

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has suspended work on the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail project following incessant attacks on the staff of China Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC), the contractor handling the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the project. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, who disclosed this yesterday, during an inspection tour of the project in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, said the suspension was due to insecurity and vandalism of railway properties along the corridor. According to him, CCECC had complained of attacks on its workers along the Abia State axis.…

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Money laundering: ICPC investigates completed, unoccupied estates in Abuja, Lagos, P’Harcourt

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, (SAN) said the commission is set to investigate completed and uncompleted housing estates in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt. Owasanoye said the aim is to tackle money laundering and illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Nigeria. This was contained in his goodwill message at the 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference of the Association held in Enugu. The chairman, who was addressing the leadership of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), warned…

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PDP Chair Crisis: Appeal Court dismisses Secondus lawsuit

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Court of Appeal Port Harcourt Division, has dismissed a suit by suspended national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus. The PDP was also granted leave to proceed with its elective national convention scheduled for October 30 and October 31. The panel of three judges led by Justice Haruna Tsammani found no merit in Secondus appeal saying he voluntarily relinquished his office since he did not challenge his removal at ward and local government levels. Secondus had filed the suit marked: CA/PH/339/2021 seeking, among others, to restrain…

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FG approves $1.5bn for rehabilitation of Port-Harcourt refinery

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has approved the sum of $1.5bn for the rehabilitation of the Port-Harcourt Refinery.  The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, stated this while briefing newsmen at the end of the Federal Executive Council, (FEC), meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday.  The minister said that the rehabilitation, which would be in three phases, will commence immediately and to be handled by an Italian firm, Tecnimont S.P.A. According to him, the first phase would be completed in 18 months, the…

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Navy hands over Smugglers abandoned barge to EFCC

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Navy handed over a barge laden with unspecified quantity of adulterated diesel and abandoned by suspected smugglers to the EFCC on Friday in Port Harcourt. The barge was handed over to the EFCC by Cdr. Suleiman Mohammed, First Lieutenant, NNS Pathfinder Mohammed said the suspected smugglers abandoned the barge, MVJ Favour 1, and fled on sighting Navy gunboats on routine patrol at the creeks in Rivers on Oct. 13. The suspects fled when NNS Pathfinder patrol gunboat intercepted the barge, which it suspected of engaging in illegal oil…

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Port Harcourt Maiduguri narrow gauge railway reconstruction to begin 2021

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The reconstruction and rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Maiduguri; Eastern narrow gauge railway, is to start in 2021, says Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi. He said this during the 2021 budget defence of the ministrys estimates before the Joint Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives held in Abuja on Friday. Amaechi said that the rehabilitation of the gauge was part of priority projects of the Federal Government to achieve intermodal transportation to enhance economic growth. He also mentioned the construction of the central railway from Itakpe to Abuja and…

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