The Rivers State Police Command has arrested sixteen persons in connection with the murder of a female police inspector, Christiana Erekere. Erekere was murdered in the line of duty on Thursday afternoon, April 25, 2024, in front of Taabaa Police Station in Khanna Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who made this known in a statement on Monday, April 29, 2024, said a group of individuals in a private …
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A video showing the moment Rivers state Governor, Sim Fubara, and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, met at the state council chambers in the Presidential villa, Abuja this morning, February 15 has made the rounds on social media. Presidnet Tinubu had called for a meeting with the 36 state governors to deliberate on pressing National issues. Governor Fubara arrived the chambers and went to greet Vice President Kashim Shettima. The Vice President afterwards pointed at where Wike was …
At least 20 people have died in an explosion from an illegal oil tapping point in Omoku, Ogba/Egebema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident occurred on Sunday morning, Dec. 24, after youths allegedly broke a pipeline belonging to one of the multinational oil firms operating in the area and started scopping fuel. The fire killed those scooping fuel and those nearby. While 20 are feared dead, many suffered varying degrees of burns and are receiving treatment in different …
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said he wants peace in Rivers state but warned politicians not to pull the ladder they used in ascending to their enviable positions. Wike and his political godson, the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, have been at loggerheads lately. Their feud led to the bombing of the state House of Assembly complex and an attempt to impeach Fubara, which climaxed in the defection of 27 lawmakers loyal to Wike from …
The Rivers State Police Command has said 13 of its officers were arrested for indecent dressing. The State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this during a live programme on a radio station in Port Harcourt on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Disu said the police officers were arrested during a patrol by the command monitoring unit in various parts of Port Harcourt and were now in detention. “During a routine patrol in different parts of the city, …
A soldier attached to the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, has died in a gunboat mishap that occurred along Bolo waterways in Ogu-Boli local government area, Rivers state on November 25. A statement released by the Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Maj. Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, on Monday, November 27, said the incident occurred during an operation along the waterways adding that the unnamed soldier was initially declared missing. ‘’The soldier was one of the soldiers deployed …