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Armed Hoodlums Attack NDLEA Operatives, Free Drug Trafficking Kingpin In Rivers
Armed hoodlums suspected to be cultists have freed a drug trafficking kingpin who was arrested by the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Rivers State.It was gathered that the hoodlums who came in their numbers attacked the NDLEA operatives on Friday evening and successfully freed the drug lord, soon after his arrest around Odunze stree -
Alleged Child Trafficking Gang Busted By Police In Rivers
Operatives of the Rivers Police Command have busted a child trafficking gang operating in Ubima community of Ikwerre local government area of the State and its environs with network across the neighbouring states.According to the police, the operation that led to the uncovering of the gang began with the complaint of one Ms. Precious Friday of Ubi -
Woman, Esther Arrested For Setting House Ablaze After Quarrel With Her Husband In Rivers
A woman identified as Esther Alison Ibiwari has been arrested for setting her house ablaze following a domestic squabble with her husband in Rumuolu community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.An eyewitness told Punch that the couple had a heated argument on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. The woman in an apparent act of retaliation -
Atiku’s Camp Replies Rivers Gov Wike, Warns Of More Fireworks
The camp of the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to Governor Nyesom Wike’s tirade against former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye.Daniel Bwala, one of the spokespersons of Atiku presidential campaign team, accused Wike of calling out the wrong crew in person of Melaye.Recall that Wike had said -
Rivers Police Officers Who Assaulted Motorist Arrive Abuja For ‘Trial’
The police have disclosed the faces and names of the three officers who assaulted a motorist in Rivers State, South-south Nigeria.The officers are Adejoh Siaka and Friday Obaka, both of them inspectors while the third is Ndiwa Kpuebari, a sergeant.The spokesperson for the Force Headquarters, Muyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in a Twitter post on -
JUST-IN: Shocking As Man Slumps, Dies By Roadside In Rivers
A yet-to-be-identified man on Tuesday slumped and died by the roadside in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.New Telegraph gathered that the incident occurred at the Rumuigbo Junction area of the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. -
Despite Winning Guber Election, PDP in Rivers Stage Protest to Demand Fair Hearing At Tribunal
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, staged a protest at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, demanding for the certified true copies (CTCs) of the results of the just-concluded National Assembly, Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.Recall tha -
Rivers Court Sentence Oil Thief, Alu Isaac To 2Yrs In Jail
An oil thief, Alu Isaac, has been jailed for two years for unlawfully dealing in petroleum product without requisite licence.Justice P.I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State passed the sentence on Wednesday, March 29.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said its Port Harcourt Zonal Command prosecut -
Court Remands Former Banker, Fasiku Olusegun Raphael Over N23.5Million Fraud in Rivers
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded a former banker, Fasiku Olusegun Raphael, in custody for alleged theft.The accused, who was arraigned before Justice P. I. Ajoku, by Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, is a former staff member of First City Monumen -
Gov Wike Invites Bola Tinubu To Commission Projects In Rivers
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he is inviting the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to the state to inaugurate projects constructed by his administration.Wike spoke on Wednesday during a media chat with journalists in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers.The governor said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the March 18 governorship e -
Gov Wike Gives Quit Notice To AIT/Raypower In Rivers, Orders Demolition Of Property Within 48Hr
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened to demolish the property of Daar Communications, the owner of African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower radio station.Wike Issues Quit Notice To AIT/Raypower In Rivers, Orders Demolition Of Property Within 48 HoursWike issued a 48-hour quit notice to Daar Communications to remove the buildi -
Rivers Court Sentence Man, Promise To Death By Hanging For Armed Robbery And Child Theft
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced one Promise Thompson to death by hanging for armed robbery and child theft.Thompson and his accomplice, Beatrice Ogbunka, were standing trial on three counts of armed robbery, kidnapping, child theft, shooting one Chidiebere Ogbugu and for stealing his five-year-old child.The incid -
Court Grants Bail To Rivers Federal Lawmaker, Chinyere Igwe, Caught With $498,000
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has granted bail to Chinyere Igwe, the member representing Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, at the National Assembly, in the sum of N100,000. Trial Judge, Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam, in his ruling on the bail application, directed that Igwe should submit his internationa -
Rivers Gov Wike’s PDP Wins Governorship Election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Similanayi Fubara has been declared winner of the Rivers State governorship election.Announcing the result in Port Harcourt on Monday night, the Returning Officer said Fubara secured 302,614 votes. The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Pastor Tonye Cole, came second w -
Campaign Coordinator Of APC In Rivers, Chisom Lennard Reportedly Shot Dead
Chisom Lennard, the Campaign Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ahoada-West Local Government Area of Rivers State, was fatally shot by unidentified gunmen who had kidnapped him earlier.The incident reportedly occurred while Lennard was voting in the governorship and state House of Assembly elections at Ibagwa polling unit 2 -
Court Remands Chief Accountant, Others For Alleged N215m Fraud In Rivers (Photos)
A chief accountant, a company, and four others have been remanded, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed. They were remanded over an alleged 215m fraud. The commission made this known via its verified Twitter handle on Friday. The statement read, "Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Riv -
JUST IN: Rivers Gov Candidates Protest At Police Headquarters, Accuse Wike Of Intimidation
The PUNCH reports that the governorship candidates of some political parties in Rivers State have staged a protest. The candidates, on Friday stormed the State Police headquarters protesting alleged intimidation by Governor Nyesom Wike ahead of Saturday’s elections. The candidates are Senator Magnus Abe of the Social Democratic Party; Tonye Cole -
ADC Suspends Governorship Candidates, Ibraye, Tonto Dike In Rivers State
Ahead of the gubernatorial polls, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has announced the suspension of its candidate in Rivers State, Tonte Ibraye and his running mate, Tonto Dike, over alleged anti-party activities and insubordination. Also suspended are the former State Deputy Chairman of the party, Ode Lawrence-Gbagire, the former State -
Rivers PDP Claims Opposition Planning To Bomb INEC Offices
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter has dismissed allegations that it is working with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to rig Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly polls. In a statement made on Thursday by the Director of Publicity & Communications, Rivers PDP, Ogbonna Nwuke, he described the a -
Guber Election: Gov. Wike Is Not Our Problem, Rivers People Are – Amaechi Reiterates
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has told Rivers State people that they are the problem in the state and not Governor Nyesom Wike.Amaechi said this while calling on Rivers people to come out and vote, stating that it’s the only way to put an end to misrule by the Wike-led government. -
VID/PICS: Rivers Women Protest Against The “Sham” Presidential Elections Orchestrated By Wike
Women in Rivers state have taken to street to protest against the sham orchestrated by on the 25th FEB in the name of ‘Presidential Election’There's need for the Nigeria people to Register their displeasure, this is what we should've done/doing long ago.[html] -
Why I Said INEC Officials Won’t Leave Rivers Alive – Sobomabo Jackrich
Sobomabo Jackrich has clarified a statement he made saying officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, coming to the state will not leave alive. According to the governorship candidate of the National Rescue Mission, NRM, in Rivers State, his statement was directed at officials with the intent of rigging the governorship and -
Just In: Gunmen Kidnap Accord Rivers Assembly Candidate
Accord Party candidate for the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni sin Local Government Area Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly for the March 18 election, Chukwudi Ogbonna has been kidnapped. Punch reported that Mr. Ogbonna was reportedly kidnapped while driving in his car at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt on Monday night when the gunmen forced him -
Tension In Rivers As Fire Destroy Goods Worth Millions Of Naira
A fire incident at the oil mill market along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has resulted in goods and property worth millions of naira being destroyed.Although the cause of the fire was not immediately ascertained, it was learnt that it started early Saturday when the traders were still in their houses.The oil mill market is a popular mid -
I Did More For You Than Wike Says Amaechi As He Begs For Igbo Votes In Rivers
Amaechi said Igbo people in Rivers enjoyed more privileges under him as the governor of the state compared to the current administration.The former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has condemned his successor and outgoing governor, Nyesom Wike, for denying the Igbos in the state some privileges in his government.Amaechi, who governed Rivers -
Labour Party Appoints Veteran Actress, Hilda Dokubo As Caretaker Chairman For Rivers
The National Chairman of the Labour Parry, Comrade Julius Abure, has announced Hilda Dokubo as head of a three-man Steering Committee for the Rivers State chapter of the party for one month.This was contained in a letter signed by Abure, a copy of which was sighted by Vanguard, in Abuja, on Thursday.The decision to appoint the Dokubo-led panel was -
Rivers LP Assembly Candidate, Agidah Boma Carson, Kidnapped
The Labour Party candidate for Ahoada West state constituency in Rivers State, Agidah Boma Carson, has been kidnapped.A lawyer and friend of the victim, Mr. Chidozie Okoli, shared the news of Agidah’s kidnap on Twitter.He said that the victim had weeks ago rejected an offer of N10 million to step down from contesting for the Ahoada West state co -
Labour Party Agent In Rivers State Feared Abducted Since February 25th Election
In what will come across as a really startling development, a Labour Party (LP) polling unit agent in Rivers State during the February 25, 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections has been feared abducted after the elections, SaharaReporters reports. The Labour Party agent identified as Obimarine who served as the party's agent in Wa -
Labour Party Dissolves Rivers Exco After ‘Controversial’ Endorsement Of PDP Guber Candidate
Labour Party has dissolved its State Executive Council in Rivers State with immediate effect. Julius Abure, national chairman of the party, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday, said it is as a result of anti-party activities and corruption in the management of the party’s funds. “Those who were at the helm of affairs in Rivers State -
AGAIN: Rivers Govt Alert Public On Fake Video Clip On Gov. Wike
The Rivers State Government has again alerted the public on a fake video clip being circulated on the Internet about Governor Nyesom Wike.The Commissioner for Information in the state, Chris Finebone, in a statement on Sunday in Port Harcourt, called attention to an old clip which is presented as a fresh one to tarnish Mr Wike’s image. “This t
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