Dozens including women are feared dead following an explosion from a crude oil tapping point in Rumuekpe community in of Rivers State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 2 am on Friday when one of the buses loaded with crude went up in flames while trying to navigate to an Continue Reading
Gunmen have killed a commercial bus driver and abducted eight of his passengers in the Abonema/Degema/EmuohaEmuoha/Kalabari area of the East-West Road in Rivers State. It was gathered that the killed driver, identified as Salvation Harry, who ferried his passengers from the Mile One park in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, was travelling to Buguma […]Continue Reading
A monarch and Chairman of the Abissa Council of Chiefs in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, High Chief Matthew Opoto, has been kidnapped by gunmen on the high sea. High Chief Opoto was abducted on Friday on his way to his community in the Abissa waterway by a group of gunmen driving in […]Continue Reading
A man simply identified as Chima and his female lover have reportedly hacked the man’s wife with a machete in Omerelu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that trouble started when the man’s wife identified as Nwakaego confronted him for bringing his female lover into their home on Monday. The […]Continue Reading
Former representative of Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, has dumped the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Rivers State. Abe in a statement signed by his spokesman, Parry Benson, on Wednesday afternoon, however, pledged his continued support to the presidential bid of APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. The statement Continue Reading
The police in Rivers State have smashed a child trafficking syndicate and rescued a five-year-old girl sold for 600,000 naira to an undisclosed buyer in Imo State. The child was said to have been kidnapped from Omagwa community in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State after she went missing on May 20, 2022. […]Continue Reading
No fewer than 31 persons have been confirmed dead in a stampede at a church event in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday. A new generation church, known as ‘Kings Assembly,’ located in the GRA area of the metropolis, was organising a programme at the Polo Club in the Rivers State capital to accommodate the […]Continue Reading
Five children were abducted by a woman from their homes after she disguised as a teacher in the Rukpakulus axis of Eliozu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Three children aged between 18-months and four years old were said to have been kidnapped from one family and two others snatched from another family. The mother of […]Continue Reading
The State Employment and Expenditure for Results Project, SEEFOR says the intervention agency has provided employment for over nine thousand youths in Delta State and has recorded impressive ratings in the four participating SEEFOR states comprising Rivers, Bayelsa, Edo, and Delta State. The National Project Coordinator of the SEEFOR, Dr. Greg Onu, stated this in […]Continue Reading
Ogunlọ́gọ̀ àwọn obìnrin ni wọ́n yan bí ológun lọ sílé ìjọba nílu Port-Harcourt láti lọ fi ẹ̀húnú hàn lórí ìsekupa àwọn ọ̀dọ́bìnrin ní àwọn ilé ìtura ọ̀tọ̀tọ̀ n’ípinlẹ̀ Rivers. Àwọn obìnrin shún ni wọ́n wọ asọ dúdú, tí wọ́n sìn késí ìjọba láti gbé ìgbésẹ̀ burúkú náà. Wọ́n tọ́kasi wípé gbogbo èyàn pátápátá lái yọ […]Continue Reading