Tag: Rivers State
Gunmen shoot youth leader of Rivers community dead
The killing of the youth leader happens less than three months after gunmen also suspected to be cultist gang raped…
APC reacts to Tinubu’s visit to Rivers
Tinubu, who was elected on the platform of APC is due to be in Rivers State on Wednesday and Thursday…
Vigilante operatives rescue new born baby from refuse dump in Rivers
He added that the baby was discovered still with the placenta cord yet to be detached while she was struggling…
Rampaging cultists kill one, rob motorists, others in Port Harcourt
Many residents of Diobu area of Port Harcourt are now living in fear and are lamenting the spate of armed…
‘Null, void’ – PDP NWC reacts to suspension of Sen Sekibo, Austin Opara
The suspension of Sekibo and Opara was reportedly carried out by the Ward Executives of Ward 2 of Ogu/Bolo Local…
Residents flee Rivers community as soldiers search for stolen rifles
Some reports indicated that troops stormed the community over the shooting of two soldiers and carting away of their riffles…
‘Democracy being dangerously undermined in Rivers’
Wali, who is equally a supporter of All Progressives Congress (APC), wondered why the PDP was afraid and using violence…
Rivers: Hoodlums attack NDLEA operatives, free drug trafficking kingpin
The hoodlums who were armed with guns, knives, broken bottles and other dangerous weapons attacked the NDLEA officials shortly after…
Six shot dead as rivalry cult groups clash in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command confirmed the deaths as rival cult gangs clashed in battle for supremacy.
Child theft: Couple jailed, man bags death sentence in Rivers
Thompson stole the child after he shot his father, Chidiebere Ogbugu during a robbery operation in Rumuolumeni, Obio-Akpor Local Government…
Rep member caught with $498,000 gets N100m bail
The Presiding Judge, Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam, also ordered Igwe to deposit his international passport with the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS.
Wike to demolish AIT/Raypower building in Rivers, issues quit notice
The land on which the building housing AIT television and Raypower radio station in Port Harcourt was built has been…
Police speak on murder of Rivers APC campaign director
The Commissioner has tasked operatives of the Command to deploy all necessary human and investigative assets to ensure that killers…
Election: Rivers records low turnout of voters
However, some of the early voters were top government officials of Rivers and candidates in the election.
Court orders INEC to transmit election results electronically in Rivers
The court made the order while granting the application by one Solsuema Osaro on behalf of Social Democratic Party, SDP,…