A video clip showing how a group of policemen brutalized a man in Graceland, Oyibo, Rivers state has gone viral on the social media.
The clip, shared on instablog9ja on Sunday revealed two policemen torturing a man without his shirt on and uttering ‘Enter this motor’ while the man refused...
Aluu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, has yet suffered a brutal attack as gunmen suspected to be members of a cult group allegedly gunned down 23 persons, including a nursing mother.
According to Vanguard, the gunmen reportedly members of Greenlanders cult invaded Aluu...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will conclude the suspended elections in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and Kano states not later than July, 31, 2016.
This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, the INEC Director, Voter Education and...
The Executive Governor of Rivers state, Barrister Nyesome Wike has told the residents of Rivers state that there is more to come on the dividends of democracy in his administration. The governor made this statement on May 29, democracy day, in reflection of his one year in office.
On his...
Rivers State Governor, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has declared that the state is not celebrating democracy day because the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has destroyed the foundation of democracy by plotting to allocate legislative seats in the state. The governor also...
Chisom Okafor, 11, has been rescued by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command from four men suspected to be ritual killers.
Chisom’s abductors had taken him away on May 1, 2016 after a friend to his father, Okorie, sent him on an errand. Chisom, who hails from Ndimoko community in...
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The Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools Board has suspended the principal of Community Girls Secondary School, Ogbakiri Chibuzo Enyinda indefinitely for allegedly diverting WAEC registration fee meant for thirty-five students to his personal use.
Chairman of the Board, David Briggs...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has approved the sponsorship of 200 less-privileged Rivers youths to Israel for vocational training.
Speaking at the launch of the ‘Win A Trip to Israel, WATTI, promo organised by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC, on Friday, Wike said that...
Unknown gunmen have killed about 17 persons at Ula- Upata and Edoha in Ahoada west local government area of Rivers State.
According to DailyTrust, An eye witness said the gunmen invaded Ula-upata community at about 1.00pm and killed 12 persons and later came back at 9.00pm to killed another two...
Nigerians are reacting to the death of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, who was murdered during last Saturday’s Rivers legislative election.
Okonta Samuel Dumebi , an orphan, who hailed from Illah in Delta State, was on duty at Ahoada West Local Government Area where he and two of...
According to the Chairman, Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bro. Felix Obuah, Nigeria's Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Senator Magnus Abe and Dr Dakuku Peterside should be immediately arrested and prosecuted over Saturday’ s poll fiasco in the state.
In a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has suspended electoral processes in the last Saturday's re-run parliamentary elections in Rivers state owing to various electoral violence.
Director of Voter Education Publicity of INEC, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, gave the following reasons for the...
The Acting National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Segun Oni said on Monday appealled to President Muhammadu Buhari to help tackle the state of insecurity in Rivers state.
Oni spoke during a visit by the National Working Committee of the party to Omoku, in Rivers, to...
The Supreme Court, yesterday, gave reasons it reversed the concurrent judgments of both the Court of Appeal and the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which nullified the election of Governor Nyesom Wike.
The apex court, in the lead judgement delivered by Justice Kudirat...
Common sense Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, representing Bayelsa East constituency at the National Assembly has reacted to the recent comment of the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), John Oyegun concerning the party's lost of an oil rich state, Rivers and the probe of the...
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The minister for Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that he suffered a lot in the hands of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the governor of Rivers State.
“I suffered a lot about corruption without any proof against me by anti graft agency.”
He made the disclosure...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the redeployment of nine Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) among whom is the controversial Mrs Gesila Khan, who was the REC in Rivers state.
In a circular tagged INEC/SEC/402/I and dated 27 January, 2016, Secretary to the...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
Here are two good reasons why the verdict was in favour of Nigerians:
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1. It has saved some money: The judgement has saved not...
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, early on Friday morning, sacked his embattled Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah.
Opunabo, who is also the Publisher of Port Harcourt-based Hard Truth newspaper, on a local radio at 10 a.m., claimed that he resigned...
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