Rivers state
Just in: Fatalities in Rivers illegal refinery fire rise to 39
Another 39 people have been consumed in an illegal oil refining site fire at Ibaa forest in Emuoha council area of Rivers State....
Elumelu’s Power Companies To Generate 2000MW As VP Osinbajo Inaugurates Transcorp Afam 3 Fast 240MW Power Station
The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has inaugurated Transafam Power, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc’s 240MW Afam Three Fast Power plant in...
Gov. Wike’s candidate, PDP’s Fubara drubs APC’s Cole in Rivers gov. poll
The People’s Democratic Party Governorship Candidate in Rivers State, Mr Siminaliayi Fubara, has come atop in Saturday’s election in the state, the Independent...
Rivers APC, SDP, Accord, ADC guber candidates storm Police hqts, accuse Gov. Wike of arresting supporters
Few hours to Saturday’s governorship and state assembly polls, crisis is brewing in Rivers State as governorship candidates of some political parties including...
Disgraceful fall from lvory Tower: Professor hauled up in court over alleged raping of his student
For his unbridled sexual urge, Professor David Ogbonna of Rivers State University is facing trial at a magistrate court in Port Harcourt for...
Stampede at Port Harcourt church palliative distribution to needy claims 31 lives
Death toll in a Port Harcourt church outreach programme stampede which occurred on Saturday morning has hit 31, Persecondnews reports. The outreach programme...
N6bn Defamation Suit: Supreme Court throws out Peterside’s appeal against Odili
A former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has lost his suit challenging a N6...
BREAKING: ln one fell swoop, Rivers Gov. Wike sacks commissioners, other cabinet members
Just a year to the end of his tenure, Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike, has sent packing members of the State Executive Council...
Another multi-billion dollar scandal by Rotimi Ameachi unearthed
An Embraer Legacy 600 plane owned by Rivers State Government and “abandoned” in Germany since 2012 by the then Gov. Rotimi Ameachi has...
Wike-Amaechi rivalry rekindled, blasts Transport Minister
Transportation Minister Chibuike Amaechi at the weekend got a bashing from his erstwhile strong political ally and Governor of Rivers State Ezenwo...
Julius Berger’s workers’ protest turns bloody as cop shot dead one, injured others
“He promised to meet the management of Julius Berger and the workers in order to resolve the crisis” Unwarranted interference by the...
Three Customs men ambushed, killed by gunmen
By Boye Ajayi Three operatives of Nigeria Customs Service have been killed by some unknown gunmen in Isiokpo community in Ikwerre council area...
OB Lulu-Briggs: Kalabari Chiefs urge Dumo Lulu-Briggs Never to exclude stepmother and Moni Pulo boss from Oil mogul’s burial
As the controversy rages over the burial of oil Mogul and founder of Monipulo Petroleum Development Company, Late Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs,...
Sexagenarian abducts, rapes teenage daughter of widow who declined his marriage proposal
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 60-year-old man, Mgbechi Wekwea, has been accused of abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint...
In River State, vigilance group commander gunned down at motor park
By Boye Ajayi Report from Rivers State says some yet-to-apprehended gunmen have killed one of the commanders of a local vigilance group,...
APC suspends Igo Aguma as Rivers acting chairman
The Rivers State All Progressives Congress, APC, seems to be heading for another trouble with the acting chairman. The Party’s...
