Tag: Rivers State
Oil spills: Protesters demand N40m for each member of Rivers community
the protesters also stopped companies working at the identified oil spill sites from working over alleged failure of Shell Petroleum…
Rivers: Again, gunmen abduct passengers on Emohua-Kalabari road
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Yet to be identified gunmen on Tuesday night attacked a vehicle along the now notorious Emohua/Kalabari road…
4 passengers abducted in Rivers regain freedom
DCP Muhammed Shehu assured that the Police were on the trail of the kidnappers, while efforts were on to secure…
Wike under fire over kidnappings on failed Emohua-Kalabari road
The latest of such kidnappings was on Saturday, September 17, along the road in Rivers State when gunmen hijacked a…
Civil Defence operatives nab 3 oil thieves in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in River have arrested 3 suspects with a…
NPDC must take responsibility for Sangama gas leakage – Bonny LG
Shell had claimed that it cannot act as the affected facility has been sold to Nigeria Petroleum Development Company Limited…
Gunmen kill driver, abduct 8 passengers in Rivers
The Chairman of Asari-Toru Local Government Area, Onengiyeofori George, confirmed the attack on the bus, the killing of the driver,…
Gunmen in speedboats abduct traditional ruler in Rivers
Opoto was abducted over the weekend while traveling along with members of his council of chiefs while through the Abisse…
Tanker explosion: 7 dead, many battling for survival in Rivers
According eyewitnesses, an Anti- Bunkering Team of the Police in Rivers had intercepted the trucks loaded with illegally refined products…
Many children feared dead as measles ravages communities in Rivers
The measle outbreak, first reported in the Amurouttoru-Kugbo community, has now spread to the Emago-Kugbo and Akani-Kugbo communities, killing several…
2023: Wike alleges plot to cause mayhem in Rivers, warns hotel owners
Wike warned that the State government will pull down hotels and other entertainment places that are linked with such criminal…
More than 50 youths take oath to renounce cultism in Rivers (+photos)
Executive Chairman of Khana LGA Dr.Thomas Bariere, witnessed the oath taking process in Luebe Community where on Saturday August 6
44,572 PVCs yet to be collected in Rivers – INEC
By Precious Akutamadu Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, a National Commissioner for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said out of about…
2023: Wike ‘desperate’ to stop Rivers APC governorship candidate
Less than eight months to the 2023 governorship election, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is putting finishing touches to…
INEC probes discovery of PVCs inside drainage in Rivers
Residents of Apa-Ogwu Estate in Rumuodara community were alarmed at the discovery of about 10,000 of Permanent Voters Cards, (PVCs)…