Chairman of Rivers State Supreme Council of Traditional Ruler’s Council, High Royal Majesty, Eze Sergeant Awuse, has been removed from the position by Governor Siminialayi Fubara. ...
A young man identified as Endwell Ahuize Ejindu, has been shot dead in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. Ejindu was ambushed and...
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the state. ...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has sworn in new caretaker chairmen for the 23 local government areas of the state. They were sworn in...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has nominated caretaker chairmen for the 23 local government areas of the state. Following the tenure expiration of the chairmen...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has convened a security council meeting with heads of security agencies following the political crisis in the state. After the meeting held...
A policeman and a member of Omuma Security Planning and Advisory Committee, OSPAC, are feared dead after they were reportedly killed by some assailants in Omuma...
There is chaos in Rivers State at the moment following the order by the Rivers State governor, Sim Fubara to the Local government chairmen to vacate...
The management of Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, in Rivers State has announced the suspension of four students who were members of the Man O’...
The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered the parties involved in the ongoing House of Assembly crisis in the state to maintain...
Justice Okogbule Gbasam of a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed the suit seeking to vacate the seats of the 25 lawmakers,...
Two persons were confirmed dead when a tanker suspected to be carrying Liquefied Natural Gas exploded at the Obiri-Ikwerre flyover along the East-West on the outskirts...
The police in Rivers state have arrested one Emeka who allegedly led the gang rape of the wife of a Pastor, Mrs Chigbewejim Steward, to death...
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared the seats of the 25 lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to...
A yet-to-be-identified man was electrocuted while attempting to steal an armoured cable from a transformer in the Mgboaba/NTA axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers...
The Chairman, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Dr Samuel Nwanosike, has dared governor Siminalayi Fubara, saying he will not vacate his office at...
Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, have invited for screening eight persons nominated as commissioners by the governor....
Operatives of Rivers State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old security man identified as Meshack Monday after he was seen escaping with the car of a...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says he is not distracted by the ongoing crisis in Rivers State but rather he is focused...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has told the executive chairmen of the local government areas in the state that they have a few days to...
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, sentenced a 40-year-old woman, Oyibo Nwankwo to one year imprisonment for trafficking underage girls....
Austen Ben-Chioma, the Commissioner for Environment in Rivers State, has resigned from Governor Sim Fubara’s government. Ben-Chioma is the third commissioner to resign from his position today,...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Housing, Gift Worlu, has resigned from Governor Sim Fubara’s government. This makes him the second commissioner to resign today. ...
Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Professor Prince Chinedu Mmom, has resigned as a member of the State Executive Council. Mmom, a known loyalist of former...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said that Rivers state is overburdened by debt left behind by his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. Fubara who spoke at Ebubu community,...
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three members of a notorious one-chance syndicate terrorizing residents on flyovers in Port Harcourt and its environs. ...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has initiated a move to set up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the management of the state’s resources and affairs under...
Lol, Poverty has really been weaponized, particularly in Nigeria, where the masses are deceived into believing that democracy is functioning better than military rule. This situation...
The Chief of Staff to Rivers State Government, Edison Ehie, has alleged that he was offered money to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Addressing a rally...
As the political crisis in Rivers State continues, the state governor, Sim Fubara, has said that intimidation has a time which will definitely expire. While...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that he made a mistake and he is ready to correct the mistake at...
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has reacted to the court injunction obtained on Friday, May 11, by the three pro-Fubara members of the State House of Assembly,...
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, has warned against the ongoing political crisis rocking Rivers state. George noted...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has gazetted an executive order moving the sitting of the state house assembly to the government house. In the gazetted order dated...
All the entrances to the House of Assembly quarters located along the Aba Road, Port Harcourt, have been blocked by policemen. The Nation reported that...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara who has been at loggerheads with the State House of Assembly paid an unscheduled visit to the Assembly Quarters on Thursday,...
The member representing Bonny Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, has emerged as the new Speaker of the House, loyal to...
The Local Government Area Chairmen in Rivers State have backed the call by the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Rivers State House of Assembly to...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Control NAFDAC has closed three unregistered bakeries and a sachet water factory in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. These...
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed members of the House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule to commence impeachment process against...
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested sixteen persons in connection with the murder of a female police inspector, Christiana Erekere. Erekere was murdered...
No fewer than 100 persons are feared burnt to death after a tanker carrying petroleum products burst into flames along the Eleme axis of the East-West...
The Rivers Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, has taken to social media to mourn a police officer, Sunday Baba, killed during an attack by some assailants. ...
Hours after the resignation of Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Zacchaeus Adangor, the state Commissioner of Finance, Isaac Kamalu, has resigned from the...
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN) has resigned from the Rivers State Cabinet following his redeployment to the Ministry of Special...
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man identified as Jeffrey for allegedly defiling his landlady’s 13-year-old daughter in an estate in Abuloma, Port...
Rivers State House of Assembly has passed the Rivers State Local Government (Amendment) Bill into law, overriding the assent of Governor Siminialayi Fubara. The assembly...
The management of University of Port Harcourt has dismissed a viral video of an alleged lecturer of the institution, s3xually harassing a student. Reacting to...
The mother of sound engineer, Precious, who died alongside Jnr Pope, in a boat mishap in Anambra state on April 10, has cried out for assistance...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said that his administration inherited a near comatose health sector that operated without secondary healthcare facilities. Fubara who disclosed this while...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has knocked local government chairmen and other political appointees who disrespect him, saying they are digging a pit they will fall...
A former Rivers State governor, Peter Odili, has expressed support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara, amid the political crisis between him and FCT minister Nyesom Wike. ...
“During a visit to the widow and family of the slain community leader, the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State, CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, directed a...
Former candidate of the National Rescue Movement in the 2023 general election in Rivers State, Sobomabo Jackrich, has been arrested. Channels TV reported that Jackrich...
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have killed a vigilante, Uche Orukwo at Obidanso waterfront, Mile 1, Diobu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident...
Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have taken a swipe at Governor Siminalayi Fubara, days after he threatened to surprise those daring him. ...
A suspected homosexual, Chigozie Okpara, has been arrested for allegedly having carnal knowledge of an underage boy in Okujagu community in Trans-Amadi, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. ...
27 Rivers state assembly lawmakers have again renewed threats of impeaching Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Reading a briefing after a meeting in Port Harcourt on Saturday,...
Men of the Rivers state police command have arrested a witch doctor and 25 others suspected to be members of a car-snatching syndicate responsible for the...
A man simply identified as Prince allegedly abducted and defiled a 13-year-old girl (names withheld) in Ogbogoro community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Control NAFDAC has closed down ten bakeries and eight table water factories found to be producing fake and unwholesome...
A Rivers State High Court has ruled that Celestine Omehia is not a former governor of Rivers State and as such not entitled to the pensions...
The Rivers State Police Command has refuted claims of the death of two suspected car snatchers who were severely beaten by a mob in Port Harcourt. ...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has uncovered a massive illegal oil bunkering site at Odagwa community in Etche Local...
Natives of Ahoada East and West Local Government Areas of Rivers State were in a jubilant mood after operatives of the state police command gunned down...
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command foiled a armed robbery attempt along Prisigbara/Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic Road in Bori, headquarters of Khana local government area of...
Rivers State House of Assembly has enacted the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) Service Commission Law after overriding Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Lawmakers in the...
The people of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) yesterday, March 21, celebrated their annual fishing festival in Rivers State. The festival took place at the...
The Rivers State Police Command said its men have arrested a notorious cultist, Samuel Nwokoma, over alleged involvement in a series of killings and armed robbery...
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday, convicted and sentenced five people to death by hanging for the murder of Umezuruike Alex,...
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old SS2 student who raped his 11-year-old female colleague at a school in the Rumukwurusi area on the...
Gunmen shot dead a printer identified as George Johnson Sopruchi at Abakiliki Street, close to Emenike, Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The shooting...
The remains of former Bank MD, Herbert Wigwe, his wife Chizoba and son, Cizzy, arrived Isiokpo, Ikwerre local government area of Rivers state today March 9. ...
The remains of former Bank MD, Herbert Wigwe, his wife Chizoba and son, Cizzy, arrived Isiokpo, Ikwerre local government area of Rivers state on Friday, March...
A man identified as Michael Chidozie has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly beating his wife and strangling her to death in...
The governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, has said that no sacrifice is too big for him to make for the greater good of his state...
Some men were spotted selling a huge python at Abua Junction in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. Facebook user, Joy Oyaghiri-Fagbemi posted the photo...
40 crude oil wells have been discovered by the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt, in Rumuekpe community, Emohua local government area of Rivers state. ...
A premature baby was found dead at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to Punch, the male child was...
Gunmen have killed a police inspector along the Eliozu axis of the East-West Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that the...
The Rivers State Police Command has recovered the decomposing corpse of notorious cult leader, Gift Okpara, also known as 2Baba, from a shallow grave. ...
Rivers State Ministry of Health has confirmed a fresh outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Oreh said...
The police in Rivers state have arrested a man simply identified as Bro. Joe for allegedly abducting and defiling a 12-year-old girl. According to reports,...