•Tanker explosion A tanker accident has occurred on the East-West road near the Nkpolu axis, causing widespread damage and chaos. The tanker, carrying petroleum products, overturned and spewed AGO diesel everywhere before catching fire, reports The Guardian. Eyewitnesses described the scene as chaotic, with pedestrians frantically fleeing the ...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed a police inspector, Yakubu Dauda, and seized his rifle in the Chwelnyap Rim community of Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State. Also in Rivers State, rampaging cultists have killed a police corporal identified as Francis Friday and a member of a vigilante group, OSP...
•Tinubu An Abuja-based advocacy group, the Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy, has dragged President Bola Tinubu, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the National Assembly before the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging their powers to appoint Electoral Officers for the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC)....
•Ibas (second-right) at the Senate ad-hoc committee hearing today The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has announced an upward review of the state’s 2025 budget from ₦1.48 trillion to ₦1.846 trillion — an increase of approximately ₦400 billion. Ibas disclosed this while presenting the revised budget befor...
•Ibas (second-right) at the Senate ad-hoc committee hearing today The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has arrived at the Senate for the hearing on the ₦1.48 trillion budget of the state. Ibas was accompanied by other key officials, including members of the economic team to appear before Senate Ad-Hoc Com...
•Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retrd) The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), has said the proposed N1.48 trillion 2025 budget anticipates the return of suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other affected political office holders. Ibas made this known in Abuja today while defending the budget before the Hou...
•Tinubu and Fubara Declaration of emergency rule by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu saved Rivers State from “looming anarchy”, suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara said yesterday. He said the president’s swift intervention shielded the state from the consequences of the festering political crisis, reports The Nation. Calling on his supporters, Riv...
•Former militant commander, Asari Dokubo The eight candidates of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) abducted by pirates along the Bille waterways in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers States have been rescued after spending 21 days in captivity. The victims were rescued yesterday evening by a local security out...
•An oil spillage Renaissance Africa Energy Co. Ltd yesterday reported an oil spill at its facilities in Rivers State. A statement by its spokesperson said the spill was caused by an illegal connection on its Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline at the Oshika community, reports Channels TV. The statement said the company was immediately isolating the pipe...
•An explosion No fewer than five people were injured today when a cooking gas section of the Nobpet Filling Station located opposite the Air Force junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, exploded and went up in flames. It was gathered that fire from the explosion quickly spread and torched about eight vehicles belonging to a […]
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