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…
Police confirm 3 fatalities in Rivers tanker explosion
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…