The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) on Wednesday in Abuja, dissolved the party’s Rivers Executives at all levels. The APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, announced this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the NWC’s meeting. Morka said the party’s NWC also appointed...
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The Chief Magistrate’s Court II sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday remanded John Shadrack, 22, and William Isaiah, 33, to a Correctional Centre for assaulting Mr Felix Tuoyo, 70, over an alleged missing manhood. The defendants were remanded on two-count charge of conspiracy and assault. The prosecuting officer,...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected crude oil thieves over alleged involvement in pipeline vandalism and illegal oil refinery operations in Rivers. The NSCDC Spokesperson, CSC Babawale Afolabi, said this in a statement on Friday, in Abuja. Afolabi stated that the suspects...
Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates have killed four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bakana community in Rivers State. A resident of the community who spoke on condition of anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Saturday...
Leaders of various ethnic nationalities in Niger Delta have paid a solidarity visit to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to convey the region’s appreciation to President Bola Tinubu and congratulate Wike on his appointment. A statement issued by Dr Kingsley Kuku on Saturday,...
Rivers State Police Command has intercepted 300 parcels of cannabis sativa, popularly known as India hemp, in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Nwonyi Emeka, disclosed this to newsmen at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Friday. He said police operatives attached to the...
The joint military taskforce, “Operation Delta Safe” (OPDS) impounded a vessel, MV Mother Mary I on Sunday, laden with 300,000 litres of illegally refined diesel. OPDS impounded the vessel at the Federal Ocean Terminal in Onne, Eleme Council Area of Rivers and arrested its two crew members on...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has warned against any attempt to tamper with the political structure in Rivers. Wike gave the warning after a closed-door meeting with members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, led by its Chairman, Gov. Bala...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced partnership with the Rivers State Government to revamp the government’s Information Communication and Technology, ICT, Centre for the training of youths under the Holistic Opportunity Projects of Engagement, HOPE, project.nDD Speaking during an inspection...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the national body of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from dissolving the Rivers’ chapter of the State Executive Committee (SEC) over alleged anti-party activities. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, said he found that the case of the plaintiff, Mr...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) says its Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has in the last two months, destroyed more than 30 illegal oil refining site in the strikes around Cawthorne Channel and Bille, in Degema Local Government Area of...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday said Nigeria had no business being poor, having been blessed with enormous human and natural resources across the country. In a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday in Abuja, Tinubu assured Nigerians that...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says airstrikes have destroyed terrorists’ camps in Borno State as well as illegal oil refining sites in Rivers State. The NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. ...
The Nigeria LNG Ltd. (NLNG) says the operation at its plant on Bonny Island is ongoing, despite a Force Majeure that is still in effect. It said that the Force Majeure, caused by the unavailability of major liquids evacuation pipelines, was due to acts of sabotage and vandalism...
Rivers House of Assembly has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to commence immediate clean- up and remediation of some communities recently impacted by oil spillage in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the directive was sequel to the resolution reached at a session...
Police in River State have arrested one Michael Charles alias Thankgod Ekwueme for allegedly selling his three children. This follows the Command’s busting of a child trafficking ring operating in the state. Parading the suspects within the Old GRA Police Station, Head Office of the CP Monitoring Unit,...
The Nigeria Navy in Port Harcourt says it has uncovered a huge mechanism installed in the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 18 wellhead being used to siphon crude oil into waiting barges. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that OML 18 wellhead is owned and operated by the Nigerian...
An appendage of a two-story hotel has collapsed in the Ada-George area of Port Harcourt, leaving four injured persons now receiving treatment in hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the two-storey building belonging to 1708 Hotel, Rumuoke by Okilton Junction, off Ada George, collapsed at...
The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria), a non-governmental organization (NGO), has appealed to the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), to quickly intervene in fresh crude oil spill in Rivers State. The Executive-Director of YEAC, Mr Fyneface Dumnamene, who said this in...
The Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has ordered the immediate removal of Rivers Commandant of the corps, Mr Michael Ogar. This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Director Public Relations, Mr Olusola Odumosu on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency...