Police in Bayelsa have nabbed one of the suspected killers of SP Bako Angbashim, former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division in Rivers. The police spokesman in Bayelsa, CSP Asinim Butswat, stated on Saturday that the suspect, Onyekachi Ikowa (43),…
Court remands suspects in custody over Rivers DPO’s murder
Following the September 8 gruesome murder of SP Bako Angbashim, a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ahoada Division in Rivers State, some suspects in custody were arraigned at the State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital on…
5 electrocuted, 4 injured while erecting billboard under high tension cables in Rivers
Five persons were killed while four others were seriously injured on Monday evening after they were electrocuted when a billboard they were erecting along the East-West Road touched high tension cables in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. It was gathered…
2-storey building collapses in Port Harcourt
An appendage of a two-story hotel has collapsed in the Ada-George area of Port Harcourt, leaving four injured persons now receiving treatment in hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the two-storey building belonging to 1708 Hotel, Rumuoke…
Tinubu’s visit: Shehu Sani knocks Wike over public holiday
A former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has berated the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, for declaring a public holiday and shutting down businesses in the state over the visit of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. Sani lambasted Wike, saying…
Explosion at TNP pipeline in Rivers traced to oil theft, Shell regrets loss of lives
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says investigation into Friday’s explosion at the Rumuekpe section of Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) in Rivers State, shows the blast was caused by activities of oil thieves. SPDC in an update statement…
BVAS machine fails to recognise Wike, wife
Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike got disappointed in his unit 7 voting point of ward 9, Obio/Akpo Local Government on Saturday as the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine failed to accredit him to enable him vote. The News…
Glo draws new Festival of Joy promo winners in Port Harcourt
Total telecommunications services provider, Globacom, held a draw in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday to select more winners in its ongoing Glo Festival of Joy promo. The event, which was held at the company’s Aba Road Gloworld shop, was…
Gunmen attack Atiku-Okowa youth mobiliser in Rivers
A campaigner of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar identified as Mr. Rhino Owhorkire has been shot by gunmen suspected to be thugs. Owhorkire, the Director for Youths Mobilization, Atiku-Okowa campaign team in Rivers State was…
Wike’s live band leader survives car accident
Gospel singer, Bamidele Adeek, popularly known as Sensational Bamidele, has survived a fatal auto crash in Rivers State. Sensational Bamidele is also the leader of the live band that performs with Nyesom Wike of Rivers State during the inauguration of…