•An unhealthy environment Residents of Bille Kingdom in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have called for the urgent deployment of mobile health services to address what they describe as a deepening environmental and public health crisis linked to oil and gas activities in the area. The demand formed the central message at a [&helli...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen The residents of Iguruta Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State have staged a peaceful protest over the killing of one of their youth leaders, Nchelem Samuel Festus, by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Festus was a former Secretary of Omuolu-Omunwei Community in Igwuruta and was killed by suspected herders ...
•Gunmen A deadly shooting incident in Omoku town, in Ogba /Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, yesterday, Monday, January 19, 2026, has left one person dead and eight others injured. The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. along Sambo Street during a masquerade procession, when a clash erupted involving one Barrister Akpudi Ikec...
The Kpean Community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State has lamented what it described as an unprecedented environmental and humanitarian crisis following a devastating oil spill that occurred in the area. The Kpean Council of Chiefs and Elders, who toured the site, said the spill destroyed hectares of farmland, polluted rivers, and...
•Gunmen The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of five persons following an early-morning attack on Rumuche/Rumuohia community in Emohua Local Government Area. According to a police statement, the incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. yesterday when about five suspected cultists stormed an isolated part of the community, shoo...
•Ogoni indigenes gather to honour the memories of Ogoni Nine Thirty-one years after the execution of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others, the people of Ogoniland gathered to honour their memories and renew their demand for justice. But beyond remembering the Ogoni Nine, this year’s commemoration also focused on the Ogoni Four...
Residents of Omoku in Rivers State face a return to paid electricity supply after Oando Energy Resources Nigeria Limited (OERNL) formally ended decades of free power provided under a legacy agreement by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC). In a letter dated October 30, 2025, Oando informed the Omoku City Council of Traditional Rulers and [&he...
•Eleme Oil Spill A fresh oil spill has reportedly occurred in Ikthe ata community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the spill occurred in the early hours of yesterday, Monday, May 5, 2025, on a 14-inch pipeline right of way operated by Renaissance Africa Energy Company Ltd (RAEC), […]
•Protest against oil spillage in Ogale community, Rivers State People from Ogale community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State are protesting oil spillage allegedly caused by Shell Nigeria. The protest which is presently ongoing at a Shell Oil Serv Facility, the same area the pill spill occurred about two weeks ago in Ogale, [&helli...
•The protesters A protest has erupted in the Omagwa community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State following the extra-judicial killing of a youth by a police officer. The incident occurred when the policeman attached to the Omagwa Division of the Rivers State Police Command, shot and killed Chikuma Egbule, a native of the community,...
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