The Police Command in Rivers says three persons lost their lives in a fuel tanker explosion that took place in the state on Tuesday. The tragic incident occurred when a petrol-laden tanker veered off the road, colliding with a taxi…
NSCDC uncovers fresh illegal refining sites in Rivers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested nine suspected oil thieves at an illegal refinery in a forest boundary between Rivers and Abia. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement on…
Navy rescues over 250 passengers from capsized boat
Tragedy was averted in Rivers State after 250 persons on board a capsized passenger boat were rescued by naval personnel. Vanguard gathered that the rescued persons, majority of them traders, cast off from a local market in Sangana area of…
Gunmen kidnap Channels TV reporter in Rivers, demand N30m
Gunmen kidnapped a journalist and reporter with Channels Television, Mr Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday night. Rogers, who covers the Rivers State Government House for his organisation, was…
Tinubu’s camp knows Wike cannot be trusted with power, says Momodu
A former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dele Momodu has accused Nyesom Wike of disloyalty to the party and claims. Even though the FCT minister is working under the administration of President Bola Tinubu, the president’s camp…
Suspected cultists kill man in Rivers
A yet-to-be-identified man was on Thursday night shot dead by gunmen suspected to be cultists along the Nanka/Lumumba Diobu axis between Mile 2 and Mile 3 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that about three gunmen had trailed…
Herbert Wigwe, wife, son laid to rest after week-long funeral rites
Herbert Wigwe, his wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi have been buried in his hometown Omueke, Isiokpo in Rivers State. The late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, his wife, and his son were laid to rest in a private…
O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation celebrates 2024 Valentine’s Day with seniors
Scores of senior citizens received love and gifts at the 2024 Valentine’s Day Party for the Elderly organised by the O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation under its Care for Life Program on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. The annual event at the purpose-built…
Again, Army discovers 5-million litre capacity illegal oil bunkering facilities in Rivers
The 6-Division of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday discovered and confiscated 15 boilers and 9 reservoirs with capacity to hold 5-million litres of crude oil from illegal refinery operators at Obuama and Uzuama communities in Kom Kom area of Oyigbo…
Wike not ready for peace in Rivers — Clark
Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark said on Thursday that despite Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s adherence to the terms of the agreement brokered by President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has shown that…