Tag: Rivers State
Just in: Mob attack police station, appeal court in Rivers
Mobs have set ablaze Afam Divisional Police Office in Oyigbo Local Government Area (LGA), Rivers State, hours after hoodlums also razed the Police Are [...]
Police arraigns 21 year-old for indecent dressing in public in Rivers
One Blessings Levi has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Choba Community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on a th [...]
Man abducts baby in Rivers, dumps nursing mother in septic tank
A man identified simply as Chinedu has abducted a baby and mother and later dumped the woman in a septic tank at Igwuruta, Ikwerre Local Government Ar [...]
Man arrested for raping, impregnating his teenage daughter in Rivers
Men of the Rivers state police command have arrested a 47-year-old man, Eromosele Mahmud, for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old teenage daughter [...]
Rivers, Kwara get 6 ambulances, N100m each from BUA
BUA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of BUA Group, has donated six ambulances and N100 million to Rivers and Kwara states, each. Food supplies were a [...]
Rapist arrests victim’s relations for putting him behind bars in Rivers
A rapist got his victim's mother, uncle and neighbour arrested for reporting the incident to authorities and getting him arrested earlier. The suspect [...]
Ogoni women go topless, protest detention of demolished hotel manager
Women in Ogoni on Tuesday, rallied topless in protest at Zaakpon community, Khana Local Government Area, demanding the release of arrested Dr. Azoroh [...]
Rivers converts site of demolished hotel to primary school, announces death of attacked task force member
The Rivers State Government has announced the death of a member of its Taskforce on COVID-19 attacked by hoodlums at the demolished Prodest Hotel in P [...]
Here is what the law says concerning Wike’s hotel demolition
On May 4, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State gave an executive order that every hotel in Rivers State should suspend operation as a way of curbing t [...]
Wike orders auction of cattle for breach of lockdown
Governor Nyesom Wike has ordered the prosecution of 14 persons who moved cattle from Adamawa State into Port Harcourt in breach of Rivers State border [...]