The Nigerian Army has arrested 21 suspects, recovered 10 boats, five vehicles and motorcycles, as it continued its raid on illegal oil refineries in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia. Thursday’s operation at Obuaku and Imo River Waterside in Ipu town, is coming within one month of...
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The Joint Task Force, codenamed, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), has arrested four suspects and recovered 48,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Rivers. The Commander, Rear Adm. John Okeke, said in a statement on Monday in Yenagoa that the arrest and recovery were made by the Operation Delta...
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...
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...
The Rivers State Government has confirmed the detention of an unidentified man, suspected of detonating an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, is currently under custody. The Commissioner of Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, that the...
• Says not scared of difficulties in Rivers land acquisition and administration The Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China, has unveiled his passion for real estate business and cause of his drive to turn around the sector in Rivers State. The man known as the Real Estate Success Strategist, who...
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the abduction of a popular traditional ruler’s police orderly and driver by suspected kidnappers in Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen had invaded the residence of Chief Cornwell Ihunwo, the Paramount Ruler of Rumu-Elechi, Nkpolu Orowurokwo around...
A National Vice -Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Kamoru Ajisafe, has called on party stakeholders to do everything possible to resolve the leadership crisis rocking the Rivers chapter. Ajisafe, also South West Zonal Chairman of the party, made the call in an interview with the...
The Police command in Rivers says the killing of a former student leader, Mr Endwell Ejindis not connected to the ongoing clashes by political factions in the state. The Spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that Ejindu was...
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 directed Heads of Administration in the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs), to assume leadership of the councils. Fubara gave the directive in a state-wide broadcast in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, following the expiration of the tenure of the 23 LG chairmen at...
A civil society organisation, called the Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy, has called on the National Assembly (NASS) to wade into the crisis in Riversaon to save the state from anarchy. The group made the call while speaking on the lingering executive-legislature feud in the state during...
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...
The House of Representatives is set to suspend Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere, the Chairman House Committee on Petroleum DownStream over politicisation of oversight function in Rivers State. Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), while moving a motion of personal explanation at the plenary in Abuja on Thursday told the House that...
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 Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested the wife of a suspected pipeline vandal and possession of two fabricated guns in Rivers. This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Babawale Afolabi on Saturday in Abuja. According to the PRO, the...