A two-storey building under construction on Monday collapsed in the Egbelu Mgbaraja area of Ogbogoro Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, killing one person and leaving another severely injured. The incident, which occurred around 2 p.m. on Monday, is…
Abuja Court stops CBN from releasing monthly allocations to Rivers govt
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the government of Rivers State. The court, presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik,…
Police commence investigation as corps member declared missing in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command says it is investigating the disappearance of a National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) member in the state. The young man, Yahya Faruq who is a native of Warrake in Edo state was serving at the…
Gunshots as Ikwerre LGA secretariat goes up in flames
Two rival political groups have clashed at the Ikwerre local government secretariat setting the newly built edifice ablaze. It was gathered that the two groups deferred over the conduct of the local government election. While one camp insisted that there…
Explosion rocks Rivers APC Secretariat
Explosions have rocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Secretariat located along the bush Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that the explosives suspected to be dynamites shattered buildings and property in the secretariat, creating panic in…
Protesters seal NLNG office in Rivers over fisherman’s death
Protesting residents of Ogu/Bolo in Rivers State have sealed the premises of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas along Amadi-Ama in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following the death of a fisherman on the waterways. The protesters, under the aegis of Concerned…
Protesters block Fubara’s convoy, ask him to address them
Protesters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, briefly obstructed Governor Siminalayi Fubara, insisting that he comes down to address them. This happened on Saturday, Day 3 of the demonstrations tagged #EndBadGovernance protests. Waving green leaves and shouting in excitement, the protesters,…
Police arrest Rivers vigilante commander with human skulls
The Rivers State Police Command said its men have arrested the commander of a local vigilante group identified as Felix Nwaobakata with two human skulls and other parts at his hideout in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of…
NDLEA impounds ₦4bn codeine-laced cough syrup in Rivers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Rivers State said it seized a shipment of codeine-laced cough syrup worth about ₦4bn in Rivers State in the last two weeks. The Commander of the Agency at Onne Port, Stella Ngwoke,…
Rivers locates suspected bomber as police probe incident
The Rivers state government said it has found a suspect who was severely injured while trying to detonate an explosive device near the state-owned Presidential Hotel during a protest in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, June 25. The discovery was made…