Public and private primary and secondary schools in Rivers State resumes academic activities today. Schools are returning from the first term holiday to continue the…
View More Public, private schools resume in PortHarcourtTag: Rivers State
Rivers gets new Commissioner of Police
A new Commissioner of Police, in the person of CP Usman Belel has been posted to the Rivers State Police Command. Belel was Commissioner of…
View More Rivers gets new Commissioner of PoliceCult Clash claims four lives in Rivers
Suspected cult war in Diobu, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital have left four people killed. There was confusion in the area as residents were thrown…
View More Cult Clash claims four lives in RiversTension in Rivers over rumour of dead cows
There was widespread apprehension in Rivers State, yesterday, following reports that about 27 dead cows were smuggled into the state from the north by some…
View More Tension in Rivers over rumour of dead cowsOGONI ELDERS REJECT MOVE FOR OIL EXPLORATION
BY HENRY OKERE PH The elders forum of the Ogoni people have rejected the resumption of oil and gas activities in Ogoni land as…
View More OGONI ELDERS REJECT MOVE FOR OIL EXPLORATIONRivers extend deadline on painting of cabs
BY BESTMAN ORJI AND NZEUZOR JANE (Port Harcourt) The Rivers State Ministry of Transport says it has extended the deadline for the painting of…
View More Rivers extend deadline on painting of cabsConstituents demand bye –election in Rivers state
Some constituents of the Port Harcourt Constituency 3 have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a bye election for the constituency…
View More Constituents demand bye –election in Rivers stateRivers LG election: Atiku congratulates PDP as it sweep 23 chairmanship seats
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the victory of the Rivers State Local Government council elections. Atiku who…
View More Rivers LG election: Atiku congratulates PDP as it sweep 23 chairmanship seats2019 elections: Amaechi say If APC we lose in 2019, we’ll go home
Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said he will not be perturb if the All Progressives Congress (APC) loses the 2019 elections, than to “go home…
View More 2019 elections: Amaechi say If APC we lose in 2019, we’ll go homeDon Wani: Notorious kidnapper killed
The notorious kidnapper, Mr. Don Wani, who masterminded the killing of 23 persons in Omoku in Rivers state, has been killed. Wani, a suspected militant…
View More Don Wani: Notorious kidnapper killedAnother killing recorded in Rivers
Another suspected cult attack has left one person dead in Egbeda community, Emohua local government area of Rivers state. Spokesman of the state police command,Nnamdi…
View More Another killing recorded in RiversWike’s Chief of Staff, names people kidnapped, killed during Amaechi’s tenure
The Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Governor, Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke, has named notable persons that were either allegedly killed or kidnapped during the…
View More Wike’s Chief of Staff, names people kidnapped, killed during Amaechi’s tenureBuhari opens up on killings in Kaduna, Rivers
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed shock at reports of killings of innocent persons in Omoku, Rivers State; and murders of the traditional ruler, the…
View More Buhari opens up on killings in Kaduna, Rivers‘21’ killed in Rivers community raid
About 21 people were reportedly killed in an attack on Omoku, a community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA) local government area of Rivers state, on Monday. There…
View More ‘21’ killed in Rivers community raidAmaechi: I stayed awake for Rivers people to sleep as governar
Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he stayed awake fighting insecurity while he was governor so the people of Rivers state could sleep. In a…
View More Amaechi: I stayed awake for Rivers people to sleep as governarFair participants confirm investment security in Rivers
The success of the just-concluded, 2017 Port Harcourt International Trade Fair, has been described as a strong pointer that Rivers State is safe for business…
View More Fair participants confirm investment security in RiversMen In SARS uniform robbed provision shops in Rivers state
By Bestman Orji Robbery, has taken a new dimension in Rivers State capital as gun men in Special anti Robbery Squad (SARS)…
View More Men In SARS uniform robbed provision shops in Rivers state‘Wike thinks about me even when he’s in toilet’
Minister of transportation and former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has just one agenda called “Amaechi”. Amaechi, said…
View More ‘Wike thinks about me even when he’s in toilet’A new chairman will lead PDP to victory – Nyesom Wike
By Bestman Orji PH The governor of River State Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has said that the leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic…
View More A new chairman will lead PDP to victory – Nyesom WikeWomen education key to development – Banigo
By Bestman Orji PH Rivers State Deputy Governor Dr. (Mrs.) Ipalibo Harry Banigo has described Education as the key to the total emancipation…
View More Women education key to development – BanigoWike visits Abia, assures of continued Partnership
The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has stated that his state and Abia State will continue to partner to ensure the economic and…
View More Wike visits Abia, assures of continued PartnershipHost communities warn Oil firms and FG
By Bestman Orji Port Harcourt The Oil firms’ host communities of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, ONELGA, have issued a one month warning to both the…
View More Host communities warn Oil firms and FGKidnapper prepares pepper soup with victim’s intestine, liver
A suspected kidnapper, Roland Peter, has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for killing and using the liver and intestine of his victim…
View More Kidnapper prepares pepper soup with victim’s intestine, liver