Rivers, Lagos urge Appeal Court to restrain FIRS from sharing VAT proceeds
Read More »Helicopter shoots passenger boat in Rivers, casualties feared
A yet-to-be-identified helicopter has reportedly shot at a local passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State reports The Punch
Read More »Rivers people are proud of you; Wike tells Burna Boy
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has described Grammys award-winning Afrobeat artist, Burna Boy, whose real name is, Damini Ogulu, as the pride of the state.
Read More »INEC Suspends Electoral Process In Rivers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the electoral process in Rivers State.
Read More »Nurse Arrested For Helping Pregnant Girls Sell Their Babies
37-year-old Kelechi Okamgba, a Port Harcourt based nurse, has been arrested for preying on pregnant young ladies, by housing them till delivery and facilitating the sale of their babies. Her game in which she takes a cut between N70,000 and N80,000, however, came to an end on March 19, when men of the Rumuolumeni Police Station, stormed her ‘baby factory’. …
Read More »Voodoo!!! Rivers Community Chief Confesses To Killing Youth Through Diabolical Means
An old chief was beaten mercilessly and disgraced by the youths in Ebukuma community in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on allegations of being a wizard.
Read More »Governor Wike stakes N200 million on killers of 16 in Omoku
The Rivers State government has placed a reward of N200 million to track killers of 16 persons, including women and children, who were returning from New Year cross-over in Omoku.
Read More »New Year Day Mayhems: Scores injured, killed in Rivers, Kaduna, Kwara
Not less than 20 persons have been reportedly murdered by gunmen who went house-to-house in Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni local government area and other adjoining villages killing and in some instances wiping out an entire family.
Read More »Why I sacked my Cabinet – Wike
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said the dissolution of the State Executive Council was to ensure better performance of the machinery of government. The governor stated this on Sunday at a Thanksgiving service over the victory of Mr Evans Bipi, the Majority Whip of the State House of Assembly, in the rerun election for Ogu/Bolu state constituency in the House of …
Read More »INEC says it can only conduct Rivers election under a conducive environment
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had always been ready to conclude the suspended re-run parliamentary elections in Rivers, but subject to conducive environment for the exercise.
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