Governors elected on the platform of the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday promised support to their Rivers State counterpart, Siminalayi Fubara, on the crisis in...
Gunmen on Wednesday killed a member of a local vigilante group, ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC) in Rivers State. Eyewitnesses told journalists on Thursday...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 2,102 suspected cases of cholera and 63 deaths in 33 states across the country. The NCDC Director-General,...
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has announced the commencement of the local government election process, following the expiration of the tenure of elected chairmen...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday ridiculed the All Progressives Congress (APC) to quit thoughts on taking over Rivers State. The National Publicity Secretary of...
The Rivers State police command has confirmed the killing of a former student leader in the state, Endwell Ejindu, in the state. Ejindu, who was the...
Introduction: Godfatherism, a phenomenon where a powerful individual exerts significant influence over political affairs, has been a longstanding feature of Nigeria’s political landscape. However, when this...
The Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has instructed the Auditor General of the State to begin the audit of the accounts of the 23 Local Government...
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday, declared that the 27 members of Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested the wife of a suspected pipeline vandal in Rivers State. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO),...
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared the seats of the 25 state lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismantled an illegal refinery with more than 100,000 litres of crude oil in Adobi settlement, Etche local...
The quest by Nigeria to have state police received a boost on Thursday when the Speakers of the Houses of Assembly across 36 states in the...
Men of the Naval Security Station (NSS) 023 have rescued more than 250 passengers aboard a capsised passenger boat along Cawthorne Channel in Rivers State. The...
The National Rescue Movement (NRM), yesterday called for the immediate release of its 2023 Rivers State governorship candidate, Amb. Sobomabo Jackrich. The NRM’s call came on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced the investigation of 14 suspected oil thieves in Rivers State. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity,...
Security agents on Monday arrested the National Rescue Movement (NRM) governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections in Rivers State, Sobomabo Jackrich. Jackrich was arrested by...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, declared a list of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee members circulating in the state as fake....
The Rivers State Governor, Similaye Fubara, on Thursday, declared his readiness to vacate office for a lasting peace in the state. The governor stated this in...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have seized about one million litres of crude in Rivers State. The Commander, 6 Division Garrison, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Brig.-Gen....
Gunmen on Wednesday attacked police officers conducting a stop and search operation and killed one officer in Rivers State. The spokesperson for the state police command,...
Gunmen in Wednesday killed a police inspector in an ambush attack in Rivers State. The spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident...
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe have uncovered 14 illegal refineries in Rivers State. The Commander of the OPDS, Rear Adm. John Okeke,...
The Nigerian Navy has discovered 15 illegal refineries with the capacity to process 2.7 million litres of crude oil per day in Rivers State. The Commander...
The Rivers has dismissed reports on the release of three officers accused of kidnapping and extorting $3,000 from two victims in the state. The command’s spokesperson,...
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara from re-presenting the...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday nullified the N800 billion 2024 budget passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly and signed into law...
At least 11 persons died in a boat mishap on the Andoni-Bonny coastal waters in Rivers on Tuesday. An eyewitness told journalists the accident occurred when...
The three travellers abducted by gunmen in Rivers State have regained their freedom. The victims were kidnapped along the Obiri-Kwere-Airport Road near Port Harcourt on Tuesday....
Police operatives in Rivers have arrested a suspected notorious cult leader, Barikui Amanyie, in the state. The Rivers State police command had earlier declared the 35-year-old...
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ALMOST every ruler in Nigeria since 1999 had toyed with whatever can be done to, at best, nibble at the edges of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday insisted that the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress...
Police operatives in Rivers have arrested two ex-convicts for alleged armed robbery at Elelenwo community in Obio/Akpor local government area of the state. The spokesperson for...
The Air Component of Operation Delta Safe on Saturday destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana, Degema local government area of Rivers State. The...
Contrary to condemnations trailing the President Bola Tinubu sanctioned resolution on the political crisis in Rivers State, the state Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that...
The intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the political crisis in Rivers State has started yielding results, as members of the state House of Assembly have...
The political crisis rocking Rivers State worsened on Thursday as six commissioners loyal to former governor Nyesom Wike resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara....
Two more commissioners resigned from Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara’s cabinet on Thursday. The duo are the Commissioner for Works, George-Kelly Alabo, and his Social Welfare...
The political crisis in Rivers State has taken another twist as reports have it that the State House of Assembly Complex has been demolished. The State...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday evening urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the seats of the 27 members of the River House...
Police operatives in Bayelsa have arrested one of the suspected killers of the former Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State, Bako Angbashim. Angbashim, a DPO attached...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected crude oil thieves in Rivers State. The NSCDC spokesman, Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in...
The Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed six illegal refining sites and five boats during air raids in Rivers State. The Director of Information...
Suspected cultists reportedly killed five people at Odiemerenyi community of Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday morning. Residents of the community told...
The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, on Saturday confirmed the killing of four personnel by suspected sea pirates...
The Rivers State sector of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has revealed impounding nine containers bearing ammunition, four vehicles used in the concealment of 76.9kg special...
The Rivers State government, on Tuesday, debunked reports that Governor Siminalayi Fubara had sacked certain staff members and instructed the removal of local government chairpersons. The...
Chief Judge of Rivers State Justice Chibuzor Amadi was on Monday suspended by eight members of the House of Assembly who are in support Governor Siminalayi...
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have shot dead an automobile technician identified as John Okon in the Abakiliki/Nanka axis of Mile 1 in Diobu Port Harcourt,...
More than 30 people were reportedly killed in an explosion at an illegal refinery in Emuoha local government area of Rivers State on Sunday night. A...
