11 die in Rivers boat mishap, as Fubara commiserates with victims
By: Felix Ikpotor Atleast 11 passengers have drowned following a boat mishap that occurred along the Andoni- Bonny river in Rivers State on Monday. The...
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Rivers Police rescue kidnapped hotelier after N25m ransom
By: Felix Ikpotor Rivers State Police Command said it has successfully rescued a hotelier who was kidnapped and shot three times by suspected kidnappers on...
Sex scandal: Court remands suspended UNICAL professor in prison
A Federal High Court, on Monday, January 8, ordered that the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, who...
IYC demands upward review of N65bn Presidential Amnesty Programme budget
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, is calling for an upward review of the budgetary allocation for the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, in the 2024 budget....
Another oil spillage reported in Rivers community
An oil spillage has been reported in K-Dere community, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre, YEAC-Nigeria, through its...
Police arrest 10 suspected kidnappers in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected kidnappers during a raid of a criminal hideout behind the Adokiye-Amiesimaka Stadium at Igwuruta, Ikwerre local...
Rivers Police charge cult leader for murder
The Rivers State Police Command has charged the leader of Iceland cult group terrorising Eleme Area, Barikui Amanyie, aka ‘Lawyer’ to court. The suspect who...
Flood: NDDC shares palliatives to Bayelsa communities
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has distributed palliatives to flood-prone communities across the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State, as part of its...
Illegal refinery explosion kills 25, injure others in Rivers
No fewer than 20 persons have been confirmed dead following an explosion that occurred from an illegal oil tapping point in Omoku, Ogba/Egebema/Ndoni Local Government...
Organized labour applauds Fubara for Christmas bonus to Rivers civil servants
The organized labour in Rivers State has applauded the state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, for his magnanimity in approving the sum of one hundred thousand...