Browsing: Rivers State

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control stated that it uncovered a fake bottled water network at the Pipeline Road area of Eneka in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The agency said the discovery on Friday morning was a result of a warning from concerned members of the public, to which its staff […]

A Magistrate Court sitting in Rivers State has remanded one Saviour Robert in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre for allegedly attempting to murder the Leader of Conscience of Ogoni People, Chief Gani Topba, in 2023. Chief Magistrate Sotonye Harry gave the remand order following an experte application contained in a remand warrant by the prosecution. […]

Gunmen believed to be members of cult groups, on Saturday, killed a printer named George Sopruchi at Abakiliki Street in the Mile 1 area of Diobu in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. It was reported that the gunmen followed their target to Abakiliki Street around 8:30 pm and fatally shot him while he was…

The Nigerian Medical Association in Rivers State reported that they have arrested a man named Echi Michael, who has been pretending to be a medical doctor in the state for over two years. The NMA, in a statement signed by the State Secretary, Dr Hope Avundaa, in Port Harcourt on Saturday, stated that Michael, a graduate of Banking […]

A yet-to-be-identified man was on Thursday night shot dead by gunmen suspected to be cultists along the Nanka/Lumumba Diobu axis between Mile 2 and Mile 3 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that about three gunmen had trailed the deceased to a location where he went to buy noodles and shot him in […]

A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced three persons, including two women, to 12 years imprisonment for conspiracy, abduction, and trafficking […]

The Rivers State Police Command has initiated the process of destroying some explosive materials in the possession of Baker Hughes Company Limited, an independent oil and natural gas firm. The spokesperson for the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, mentioned in a statement that the exercise is being carried out by the Explosive Ordnance […]