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Rivers, Lagos urge Appeal Court to restrain FIRS from sharing VAT proceeds

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

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.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the electoral process in Rivers State.

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’. …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.