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By Paul Williams   The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, Shehu Umar Nadada, to coordinate the ongoing search-and-rescue mission of the prospective NYSC corps members and other passengers abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road, Umunoha, on October 1, 2026.  Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Iniedu, said the DIG Operations arrived Imo State with two Commissioners of Police and “conducted an on-the-spot assessment of the situation and the ongoing search-and-rescue efforts of the command CP.  “He also reviewed the operational strategies, deployment of personnel as well as operational assets, and provided further directives to strengthen the coordinated response,” he said.  The assessment was conducted alongside the Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, Audu Garba Bosso; the Commissioner of Police, Federal Operations, Akpan Anifiok; the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Police Mobile Force; as well as other Service commanders and members of the management team of the Imo State Police Command.  Iniedu added that the search-and-rescue operation has been further intensified, with additional deployments of tactical teams and operational assets across identified areas, backed by intelligence-led tracking of the suspects.  “The Police are working in close coordination with sister security agencies to ensure the safe rescue of the abducted persons and the apprehension of the perpetrators,” he said.  The DIG Operations, Shehu Umar Nadada, assured members of the public that the Nigeria Police Force is committed to securing the safe rescue of the 20 abducted persons and will sustain the operation until the mission is successfully concluded.  He urged members of the public and the media to remain calm and vigilant and encouraged anyone with credible information that could assist the operation to promptly contact the Police or the nearest security formation, adding that all information received will be treated with strict confidentiality.  Iniedu said updates will be issued as the operation progresses. 

Suspended Governor of Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has returned to Port Harcourt after about two weeks vacation outside the shores of the country. Fubara, it was gathered arrived at the International Wing of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, around 7:00pm Friday night. Shortly after his arrival, the …

Swears-in New SSG Emma Sunday  The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd.) has announced the suspension of all political appointees, and office holders in the state. The Administrator, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt Wednesday and signed by his unnamed Chief of Staff, said the suspensions …

•Declare total war on vandals, troublemakers, criminals • Arrest 8 suspected kidnappers, rescue 6 victims  Emma Sunday  Following reports of recent attacks on oil and gas facilities, amidst other crime related activities that have greeted the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State, the Nigeria Police Force, the military, …

•S’Court did not reinstate Amaehwule, 26 others as Assembly members – RSG  •Pro-Wike lawmakers hail Apex Court ruling  •No calls for Alarm – Amachree  Emma Sunday  Mixed reactions have continued to trail Monday’s Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal filed by the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara on the …

… Set to Give Accelerated Hearing Factional leaders laying claim to the exalted office of President of the Movement for Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) have been ordered to henceforth restrain from parading or acting as such. The Rivers State High Court, Judicial Division Saakpenwa, presided over by Daketima G. …

Emma Sunday  Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has insisted that there is only one House of Assembly existing in the State, and it is led by Rt Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo.  Governor Fubara made the clarification shortly after giving assent to the Rivers State Appropriation Law No.1 of 2025, at …

Emma Sunday Nigeria’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has been confirmed dead. A statement released on Wednesday by the Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced that Lagbaja died on Tuesday night in Lagos at age 56, after a protracted …

A helicopter conveying eight passengers, on Thursday crashed into Bonny River in Rivers State. Three lifeless bodies have been so far recovered. According to the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, eight persons were on board when the helicopter “ditched into the waters near Bonny Finima in the Atlantic Ocean.”  …

•As Akpabio, Ogbuku, Asari, others declare region protest-free zone Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The President of the Senate, Chief Godswill Akpabio, yesterday launched a Youth Internship Scheme initiated by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for ten thousand youths of the Niger Delta region to be paid fifty thousand naira …