•The protesters today Some residents in Rivers State have staged a protest, demanding accountability in the award and execution of federal projects in the 27 political wards of the constituency. Our correspondent on ground during the protest, said the protesters from Ikwerre/Emohua Federal Constituency, asked that the leadership of the Nationa...
•Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere The spokesperson of opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, today, Friday, March 22, accused members of three Rivers State House of Assembly of trying to plunge the state into a major crisis by their actions. Ugochinyere said the attempt by the Rivers lawmakers to override the suppo...
The Rivers State House of Assembly has ruled against Governor Siminalayi Fubara to enact the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) Service Commission Law. The House took the decision today after convening an impromptu sitting. … developing story
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has convicted and sentenced five people to death by hanging or by lethal injection until they are confirmed dead. The verdict came following the prosecution and sentencing of the five convicts over the murder of the Omudioga Security Planning and Advisory Committee, OSPAC, Commander of Omudio...
•Late Herbert Wigwe The remains of the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, along with his wife, Chizoba, and son Chizi, have arrived in Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State for burial. The local government chairman, Samuel Nwanosike, and Ikwerre people received the remains at the Airport Omagwa...
Troops of the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt have uncovered over 40 dug out crude oil wells in Rumuekpe community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The wells which are about 40 feet deep are said to be the latest technique criminals employ in stealing crude oil from underground in the area, reports […]
•CP Olatunji Disu The Rivers State Police Command has exhumed the body of notorious cultist, Gift Okpara popularly known as 2 Baba, the prime suspect in the murder of former Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim in Odiemudie community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state in September last year. This came barely a week […]...
•Emeka Beke The dissolved faction of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, loyal to former governor of Rivers State and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has denied defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party. Similarly, the faction, led by chairman of the dissolved executive in the state, Chief Emeka Beke, dismissed cl...
Women from the 23 local government areas of Rivers State today marched through the streets of Port Harcourt, the state capital, to declare support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The stakeholders, under the auspices of Rivers Women Unite for Sim, began the walk from the popular CFC junction along Aba Road to the Polo Club in […]
•CP Olatunji Disu The Rivers State Police command led by CP Olatunji Disu has given a timeline of operations and activities that led to the death of Gift Okpara, aka, 2Baba, the most wanted suspect in the brutal killing of the Ahaoda Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP. Bako Angbasim. Angbasim, a professional crime fighter, was […]