Tag: Rivers State
Cop Shoots Inspector, Then Kills Himself
Rivers Police Command Tuesday at about 9 am witnessed the first suicide in an unclear circumstance when a Police Corporal…
Failed Public Officers Should Be Treated As Criminals -Amaechi
Rivers State Governor, southsouth Nigeria, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said that “one way to make this country move forward is…
Police Gun Down 6 Robbers
Six suspected armed robbers who robbed a company executive of the N2.1 million he withdrew from a branch of new…
Dolphins Host Tornadoes
Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, Rivers State will be agog this weekend as Dolphins FC play host to Niger Tornadoes in…
Education Games For P/Harcourt
The 17th Nigeria Colleges of Education Games, NICEGA, has been scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from 11…
Supreme Court Dismisses Suit against Governor Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Supreme Court has thrown out a legal challenge by Felix Amadi, candidate of the African Political…
Man Arrested For Allegedly Turning Boy Into Goat
The Mile One Divisional Police Headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, was today besieged by an angry mob…
Lagos Begins Replacement Of Old Number Plates Thursday
The Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency, MVAA, will begin the replacement of the old vehicle number plates with the…
Governor Amaechi Reverses Sack of Council Bosses
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state,South-South,Nigeria, has ordered the reinstatement, with immediate effect, the Eleven Local Government…
40 Feared Drowned In Boat Mishap
Rescuers are battling to save over 40 people in a passenger boat moving from the Rivers State University of Science…
80-Year-Old Woman Kidnapped In Rivers
Kidnappers of Madam Margaret, the 80-year old mother of the Deputy Leader of Rivers State House of Assembly, Nname Robinson…
Amaechi Moves Against Criminals
Following incessant robbery attacks in Port Harcourt, the the Rivers State capital, southsouth Nigeria, the state Governor, Chibuike Amaechi has…
Sports Festival: We Didn’t Use Elite Athletes —Rivers
The chairman of Team Rivers to the recently concluded 17th National Sports Festival, Boamah Iyayi, has said that Rivers State…
ACN Chides Amaechi For Picking Nyesom As Ministerial Nominee
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Rivers State Chapter has condemned the submission of the name of Mr Nyesom Wike,…
Festival Record Broken In Walk Race
History continues to write itself at the ongoing 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, south-south, Nigeria, as…
Garden Game: No Excitement In Port Harcourt
The 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers State is yet to spark excitement among the locals, most of…
Sports Festival: Jonathan Dangles N45m At Winners
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has promised to reward the efforts of the top-three states contingents with prize money of…
Amiesimaka Tasks NSC; On Early Camping
Nigeria Ex- international Adokie Amiesimaka (MON), has urged the National Sports Commission, NSC, to start early camping so that the…
Rivers ACN Lauds EFCC Clampdown On Speaker Bankole,
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Rivers State chapter says the arrest, and detention of the former Speaker of House…
Cross River To Recover N1000m From Rivers
The Cross River State Government is to recover the sum of N100 million paid to Rivers State in 2009 for…
’86 Oil Wells: Revenue Commission Must Pay Rivers’
In the wake of the controversy between Akwa Ibom State and Rivers over which of the states own the 86…
Mrs AMaechi Lauds Nigerian Armed Forces
Wives of members of military and para-military men have been lauded for supporting their spouses in restoring peace and security…
Low Gas Supply Affects Electricty Supply To Rivers State – Amaechi
Governor Chibuike Ameachi of Rivers State has explained that the present drop in electricity supply experienced in Port Harcourt and…
Rivers Taskforce Men Kill Trader
Three men suspected to be members of Task force for the Rivers State Environment Sanitation attacked and killed a 50-year-old…
Patients Leave Rivers Hospital In Droves
Medical services in all the hospitals in Port Harcourt, the oil rich Rivers State capital, have been paralysed due to…
Cops Kill Robber
Members of the Rivers State Police Command yesterday had a bloody encounter with armed robbers. The robbers were operating in…
Gunmen Shoot Ijaw Youth Leader
Barely three days after the killing of a Lecturer with Rivers State College of Arts and Science in Yeghe, in…
Voters Registration: Rivers Declares Wednesday Work-Free Day
The Rivers State government has declared Wednesday public holiday to enable workers participate in the ongoing voters registration exercise. Mr…
Guber Race: More Aspirants Adopt Gov. Amaechi
Ahead of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries scheduled for 9 January, delegates in Rivers State have continued to…
Bureau To Comence Prosecution Of Contractors
The Rivers State Bureau of Public Procurement (RSBOPP) is to begin the prosecution of contractors and government organisations that flouted…