On Thursday morning, there was pandemonium, as residents of Rukpokwu community in Rivers State, watched helplessly, as a teenager drove two other teenagers to their death. According to eyewitness account, the keke (Tricycle) driver, who was reportedly in his teens,…
A Ijaw People Assembly mourns Keniebi Okokodelegation of Ijaw People Assembly, IPA, aka Ijaw Nation Development Group, INDG, led by its President Dennis Banigo, says the death of Pastor Keniebi Okoko, has dealt a huge blow to the Ijaw Nation.…
One hundred and Fourteen new coronavirus infections have been recorded in Nigeria. Recent tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, gives the breakdown as follows: 114 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 80 in Lagos 21 in…
Five accused persons who violated provisions of the Rivers State Quarantine Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Other Infectious Diseases) Regulations and Executive Orders have been convicted by the Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court. The accused persons were convicted after they pleaded guilty…
The social media was awash yesterday, with pictures, videos and stories about the gruesome murder of a female police officer by a trigger happy policemen attached to the Rivers State COVID-19 enforcement team. The Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni,…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has reported 108 new cases of coronavirus infections in Nigeria. A tweet from the official Twitter handle of NCDC reads: 108 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 78 in Lagos 14 in…
A female police officer was shot dead today, at Eneka community in Obio/Akpo local government area of Rivers State. Africa Update gathered that the taskforce constituted to enforce the Executive Order of the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, had stormed the…
A notorious cult leader in Ugep, Cross Rivers State, popularly known as Jboy, has been killed during a clash with his gang members. A resident of the community told SaharaReporters that Jboy and his gang belonged to a certain cult…
Over 2,474 people died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the US. As of early Wednesday morning, 45,435 Americans have now been killed by coronavirus since the pandemic began ravaging the country last month. Featured image: Healthcare workers…
Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus from State to State. The…