By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command said it has arrested one Mr. ThankGod Ekwueme for allegedly selling his three children for N1.4m. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko while parading the suspect alongside 6 of his accomplices before Journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday said they …
Read More »Gov Fubara Commiserates With Rivers Police, Gifts N20m To Widow of Slain Officer
By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State yesterday gifted N20m to widow of a police officer in the state who died in active service. The Police Officer, Inspector Collins David died recently while serving under the Ahoada Division of the State Command. Governor Fubara, represented by …
Read More »Court remands Leader of Disbanded Local Vigilante Group in Rivers
By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the remand of the commander of a vigilance group in the Rundele community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers state, Nyeche Ajuru, to the state correctional centre. The Rivers State Police Command arraigned Ajuru on Monday …
Read More »Rivers to Embark on Single Largest Project by Any State Govt ~ Fubara
… Says Port Harcourt Ring Road’ll Transverse 6 LGAs By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said his administration will be signing the contract for the construction of the single biggest project that will be undertaken by any State Government in Nigeria. Governor Fubara in …
Read More »Police kill 6 kidnappers, arrest over 11 crime suspects In Rivers
By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command said it has killed six suspected kidnappers and cultists terrorizing Obelle Community in Emohua Local Government Area of the state and the Emohua section of the East West road. The State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi while briefing Journalists on …
Read More »Rivers APC denies conceding ministerial slot to Wike
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has denied ceding the state’s ministerial slot to former governor Nyesom Wike. Spokesperson Darlington Nwauju described the claim as ‘the most fantastically audacious of lie’. Former Chief of Staff and leader of the Amalgamated Bola Tinubu Campaign Council, Chief Tony Okocha, had …
Read More »NLNG gets ultimatum to Comply with Senate’s order on N18.3bn compensation
By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt Some landowners, under the aegis of United Pipeline Host Families and Communities Association of Rivers State have urged President Bola Tinubu to compel the management of Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Company Limited (NLNG) to obey the order of the 9th Senate of the National Assembly …
Read More »Cleric Lands in Cell for Impregnating 15-Year Old in Rivers
By Emmanuel Ovundah A fifty five year old Cleric and resident Pastor of Gracious Covenant Church in Rundele community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mr. Pillar is now cooling off in police cell after he was arrested for defiling and impregnating a fifteen year old member. Pastor Pillar’s …
Read More »Bouncer, 40, Nabbed for Allegedly Defiling 13-Year Old Girl in Rivers
By Emmanuel Ovundah A man simply identified as Obadiah said to be in his early 40s who works as a bouncer (door supervisor) in one of the night clubs in Port Harcourt has been arrested by the Rivers State Police command for alleged defilement of a thirteen-year-old girl at Ojike …
Read More »Fubara Appoints Acting Rector for Elechi Amadi Polytechnic
By Emmanuel Ovundah Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has approved the appointment of Dr. Moses Neebee, as the acting Rector of Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic (CEAPOLY), Rumuola, Port Harcourt. The appointment of Dr. Neebee was contained in a press statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday and signed by the …
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