Police Arrest 8 Officers for Extortion, Assault
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested four officers for allegedly assaulting three men and extorting N6.5m from them. The officers, who were paraded at the Police Command Headquarters, Moscow…
Four NSCDC Officers Feared Killed in Ambush
Four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been reportedly killed following an ambush by gunmen, suspected to be sea pirates, in Bakana community in Rivers.…
Tension as Explosion Rocks APP Secretariat in Rivers
The Secretariat of the Action People’s Party (APP) in Rivers State, has been rocked by dynamite explosion. The incident occured around 1 a.m on Monday morning at the APP rocked…
EFCC Arrests 10 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Port Harcourt
10 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday in Port Harcourt. Spokesman for EFCC in Rivers, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in…
Two Dead, Many Injured as Military Chopper Fires at Cargo Boat in Bonny Island
Military Chopper Fires at cargo Boat in Bonny Island A military chopper on Thursday fired multiple shots at a rickety cargo boat conveying food and other items to Bonny Island.…
‘Stop The Soot in Port Harcourt’ – Burna Boy
Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has urged the Rivers State government to tackle the environmental situation of the state. Illegal crude oil refining activities and bunkering are on the high rise…
Rivers Screening: Court Sends 15 PDP Members to Prison
A magistrate court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded 15 members of the Peoples Democratic Party to the Port Harcourt Correctional Center over alleged disruption of screening at the Rivers…
2023: APC Tells Court to Disqualify All PDP Candidates in Rivers
Rivers–All Progressives Congress has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Peoples Democratic Party, its governorship candidate, Sim Fubara, and thirty-one others to a Federal High Court sitting in Port…
Navy Set Ablaze Vessel Loaded With Illegally Refined Crude in Rivers
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday set ablaze a vessel allegedly used for illegal oil refining in Rivers State. The vessel named MV OFUOMA was intercepted on August 27 at the…
Rivers: How Fubara Is Disobeying Tinubu, Shettima – Wike
The immediate former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has accused his successor, Simi Fubara of destroying the political structure that made him governor. Wike, who is the Minister of…