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…
Supreme Court affirms Fubara as Rivers governor
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Siminalaye Fubara as governor of Rivers State. The court, on Thursday in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Thursday, dismissed as lacking in merit, an…
NSCDC destroys four illegal oil refining sites
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said its men destroyed four illegal oil refining sites in Cawthome Channel One in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The corps said suspected oil thieves had vandalised facilities including pipes belonging…
Rivers people to Fubara: Don’t implement Abuja resolution, Tinubu did not sign it
Thousands of protesters drawn from different groups in Rivers state on Friday stormed the Government House, Port Harcourt in a show of solidarity to the state governor, Sir, Siminilayi Fubara amidst the ongoing political crisis. In a joint statement signed…
Rivers elders reject Tinubu’s intervention, say decisions executive rascality
Rivers State elders and leaders including a former Governor, Chief Rufus Ada-George, and former Deputy Governor, Gabriel Toby, have rejected President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the political crisis rocking the state. The elders expressed worry that the intervention may have…
Rivers Crisis: Wike joins Fubara, Odili others in meeting with Tinubu
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has joined the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, the State deputy governor and the former governor Peter Odili among others in a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the…
27 Rivers Assembly lawmakers dump PDP for APC
The ongoing political drama in Rivers State has taken a very interesting turn as 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). A member of…
NAF helicopter crashes in Port Harcourt, crew members survive
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced that its MI-35P helicopter has crashed in Port Harcourt, shortly after take off. The crash occurred at about 7.45 am shortly after the aircraft took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in…
Suspected cultists kill man after watching football match
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have shot and killed a young man simply identified as Akpan, in the Rumukalabo area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. It was gathered that the man popularly known as Fregene was on his way…