Rivers State Police Command has reviewed how it recovered human parts from Felix Nwaobakata, the Leader, ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC), who is currently in its detention. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the vigilance group leader was arrested...
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By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has assured that the Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit, coming up on July 10-13, 2024, will develop strategies for economic growth and development of the Niger Delta Region. Ogbuku, who gave...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), on Sunday said it intercepted 6,125 cartons of codeine syrup worth N7.3 billion in Rivers State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, confirmed the seizure in a post issued via the agency’s X handle on Sunday. Babafemi...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, says that the Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit, slated for July 10-13, 2024, would help to build synergy for the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. Speaking during an interview with...
The Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, has invited stakeholders for a meeting as the body prepares for election into Local Government Councils (LGCs). Enebeli, in a statement on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, listed the stakeholders to include leaders of parties leaders, traditional...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said there is no provision for tenure elongation for elected Local Government Chairmen in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as Amended). Governor Fubara made this known while addressing newsmen at the end of a security council meeting with heads of security agencies in...
Police have taken over all the 23 Council Secretariats and some critical government infrastructure in Rivers. The police said the action was to forestall further bloodbath as well as a breakdown of law and order due to the spread of the crisis over the tenure of the outgoing...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has convened a security council meeting with heads of security agencies following the political crisis in the state. After the meeting held behind closed doors at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, June 18, Fubara addressed journalists. He said the meeting with...
There was a skirmish when the outgone chairman of Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State, Allwell Ihunda attempted to enter the council secretariat. Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State had asked the Heads of Local Government Administration to take charge of the 23 councils in the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt- The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced a partnership with communities in the Niger Delta region to empower 4,500 rice and cassava farmers to ensure food security in the region and country at large. Speaking during the onboarding Programme for the empowerment of the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment of 175,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup imported from India. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, confirmed the seizure in a statement issued via the agency’s X handle on Sunday. Babafemi said that the seizure...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters. The Commission in a post on its X handle, said the suspects were arrested in a sting operation carried out at Whimpey, Ada...
No fewer than three persons have lost their lives in a fuel tanker explosion that took place in the state on Tuesday. The tragic incident occurred when a petrol-laden tanker veered off the road, colliding with a taxi and bursting into flames at the Obiri Ikwerre flyover section...
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, has has began a two-day combat swimming contest for soldiers within its formations and units under the division. The competition is part of the army’s 2024 training programme aimed at enhancing the swimming proficiencies of soldiers engaged in...
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested some members of a criminal gang suspected to be murdering car-hire drivers and stealing their vehicles. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday, linked the group to multiple cases of drivers that got missing....
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Joseph Johnson, has no fewer than 1,000 health workers have been employed by the Gov. Siminalayi Fubara-led administration. Johnson disclosed this on Thursday in Port Harcourt while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the governor’s performance...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Mr Joe Johnson, has said that the state government’s massive investments in road projects would help to decongest the Port Harcourt metropolis. Johnson spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Wednesday on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s achievements within...
The Rivers State Government has said it would flag off the construction of N80billion Elele-Omoku road during the 20-day activities to mark Gov. Siminalayi Fubara’s one year in office. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, made this known on Tuesday during an interactive session with...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The First lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has commiserated with Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and the families of victims of the fuel tanker explosion that occurred in Port Harcourt on Friday. Recalled that four persons and over 70 vehicles were burnt in the...