The National Rescue Movement (NRM), yesterday called for the immediate release of its 2023 Rivers State governorship candidate, Amb. Sobomabo Jackrich. The NRM’s call came on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced the investigation of 14 suspected oil thieves in Rivers State. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity,...
Security agents on Monday arrested the National Rescue Movement (NRM) governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections in Rivers State, Sobomabo Jackrich. Jackrich was arrested by...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, declared a list of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee members circulating in the state as fake....
The Rivers State Governor, Similaye Fubara, on Thursday, declared his readiness to vacate office for a lasting peace in the state. The governor stated this in...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have seized about one million litres of crude in Rivers State. The Commander, 6 Division Garrison, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Brig.-Gen....
Gunmen on Wednesday attacked police officers conducting a stop and search operation and killed one officer in Rivers State. The spokesperson for the state police command,...
Gunmen in Wednesday killed a police inspector in an ambush attack in Rivers State. The spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident...
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe have uncovered 14 illegal refineries in Rivers State. The Commander of the OPDS, Rear Adm. John Okeke,...
The Nigerian Navy has discovered 15 illegal refineries with the capacity to process 2.7 million litres of crude oil per day in Rivers State. The Commander...
The Rivers has dismissed reports on the release of three officers accused of kidnapping and extorting $3,000 from two victims in the state. The command’s spokesperson,...
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara from re-presenting the...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday nullified the N800 billion 2024 budget passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly and signed into law...
At least 11 persons died in a boat mishap on the Andoni-Bonny coastal waters in Rivers on Tuesday. An eyewitness told journalists the accident occurred when...
The three travellers abducted by gunmen in Rivers State have regained their freedom. The victims were kidnapped along the Obiri-Kwere-Airport Road near Port Harcourt on Tuesday....
Police operatives in Rivers have arrested a suspected notorious cult leader, Barikui Amanyie, in the state. The Rivers State police command had earlier declared the 35-year-old...
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ALMOST every ruler in Nigeria since 1999 had toyed with whatever can be done to, at best, nibble at the edges of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday insisted that the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress...
Police operatives in Rivers have arrested two ex-convicts for alleged armed robbery at Elelenwo community in Obio/Akpor local government area of the state. The spokesperson for...
The Air Component of Operation Delta Safe on Saturday destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana, Degema local government area of Rivers State. The...
Contrary to condemnations trailing the President Bola Tinubu sanctioned resolution on the political crisis in Rivers State, the state Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that...
The intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the political crisis in Rivers State has started yielding results, as members of the state House of Assembly have...
The political crisis rocking Rivers State worsened on Thursday as six commissioners loyal to former governor Nyesom Wike resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara....
Two more commissioners resigned from Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara’s cabinet on Thursday. The duo are the Commissioner for Works, George-Kelly Alabo, and his Social Welfare...
The political crisis in Rivers State has taken another twist as reports have it that the State House of Assembly Complex has been demolished. The State...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday evening urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the seats of the 27 members of the River House...
Police operatives in Bayelsa have arrested one of the suspected killers of the former Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State, Bako Angbashim. Angbashim, a DPO attached...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected crude oil thieves in Rivers State. The NSCDC spokesman, Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in...
The Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed six illegal refining sites and five boats during air raids in Rivers State. The Director of Information...
Suspected cultists reportedly killed five people at Odiemerenyi community of Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday morning. Residents of the community told...
The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, on Saturday confirmed the killing of four personnel by suspected sea pirates...
The Rivers State sector of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has revealed impounding nine containers bearing ammunition, four vehicles used in the concealment of 76.9kg special...
The Rivers State government, on Tuesday, debunked reports that Governor Siminalayi Fubara had sacked certain staff members and instructed the removal of local government chairpersons. The...
Chief Judge of Rivers State Justice Chibuzor Amadi was on Monday suspended by eight members of the House of Assembly who are in support Governor Siminalayi...
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have shot dead an automobile technician identified as John Okon in the Abakiliki/Nanka axis of Mile 1 in Diobu Port Harcourt,...
More than 30 people were reportedly killed in an explosion at an illegal refinery in Emuoha local government area of Rivers State on Sunday night. A...
Police operatives in Rivers State have arrested one of the suspected killers of an officer in the state, Mr. Bako Angbashim. Angbanshin, a Divisional Police Officer,...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have intercepted eight barges smuggling over 100,000 litres of adulterated diesel in Rivers. The Commander of OPDS in the South-South,...
The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday reserved judgment in the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Tonye...
Gunmen on Friday night killed a Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbanshin, in Odumude community, Ahoada East local government area of Rivers State. The state’s Commissioner of...
Police operatives in Rivers have arrested a pastor identified as Piler Erekwa, for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl in the Emohua Local Government Area of the...
An appendage of a two-storey building on Thursday collapsed in Port Harcourt and injured four persons. The building belonging to the 1708 Hotel in the Rumuoke...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in Rivers State has dismissed reports on the invitation of former governor Nyesom Wike to the party. There were reports...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arrested 56 suspected internet fraudsters in Rivers State. The commission’s Head of Media and Publicity,...
Dr Dikko Radda was on Monday sworn in as the new governor of Katsina State, taking over from Aminu Masari, while Siminialayi Fubara was also sworn...
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has approved the deployment of four Commissioners of Police to commands across the country. The Force Public Relations Officer,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters in Rivers State. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren,...
The failure of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to inform the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state that he was inviting the President-elect, Asiwaju...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Center have arrested a suspected internet fraudster in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Force Public Relations Officer,...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, directed the State Civil Service Commission to immediately issue promotion letters to 4,000 civil servants recently promoted in...
