Tag Archives: Rivers

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a suspected leader of a cult group, Iceland, Barikui Amanyie, for the murder of one Lioneda Lebari.   Barikui, 35, an indigene of Kaani community in Khana local government area of Rivers State, had been on the Police watchlist for allegedly …

  Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared himself as the winner following the crisis rocking the state. The governor has been having a running battle with the camp of his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.   The situation led to the factionalisation of …

The ongoing crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new twist on Sunday, December 31, 2023, as the factional speaker of the State House of Assembly who is loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Rt. Hon. (Barr.) Ehie Ogerenye tendered his resignation, while quitting as a member of …

The interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission ((INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from taking any action against the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been extended by Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. …

The Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum has said it would approach the court of law to interpret the 8-point resolutions by President Bola Tinubu on the political crisis in Rivers state, saying his intervention had no semblance of peace.   According to the Elders, there was no peace in the …

A 26-year-old man identified as Chijioke Amadi, was allegedly shot dead by a security guard attached to an indigenous company in Elele-Alimini in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.    One of his relatives, Emeka Woke, who spoke on a popular Radio Station (92.3 Nigeria Info), Port Harcourt on …

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 …

The illegal sites were sighted clustered within a radius of about 80 metres at a location about 6 nautical miles south of Opu Arugbana. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe, on December 23, destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana in …

Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Tony Okocha has alleged that political profiteers are fuelling the face-off between the state’s Governor, Sim Fubara, and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.    In an interview with Punch, Okocha accused Fubara of opening his ears to crisis …

The governor of Rivers state, Sim Fubara, has reaffirmed his acceptance of the Presidential peace proclamation and commitment to implementing both its spirit and letter in a way and manner that will restore political stability to the state without compromising the collective interest of the people and democratic values.   …