Tag Archives: Rivers State

The Rivers State Government has begun the distribution of relief materials to victims of the floods stationed at Internally Displaced Persons camps in Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local Government Areas of the state. Chairman of the state task force on flood management, George Nwaeke, while addressing the victims, said …

A man simply identified as James, has allegedly arrested a girl, 17, in Rumuokwuta Obio’Akpor, local government area of Rivers State, for refusing his sexual advances after giving her money severally. Trouble started when the man was said to have brought policemen from Kala Police Division to effect the girl’s …

In the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, a 21-year-old woman has described how she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted along the Obiri-Kwerre Airport Road. The victim (name withheld) told journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital, that the incident happened around 10 p.m. on Monday while she was on …

Gunmen have killed one person and set ablaze three houses, including one belonging to a widow after invading Rundele community in the Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. The attackers were said to invaded the community following the daily arrest of some of them who engaged in illegal refining …

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has portrayed as unfortunate unguarded public comments credited to respectable party members against him after the conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential primaries on May 29 and 30, 2022. Wike insisted that the right thing such persons should have done, particularly the former …

Gunmen have killed a member of a local vigilante group, Ote Wosu, and a youth, Gift Augustine in separate attacks in Elibrada community, Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. The state police spokesperson, Grace Iringe-koko, who disclosed this in Port Harcourt also said four suspects in connection with the …

A young man, simply identified as Chigozie, reportedly killed himself with knife and shovel in Rumuolumeni Community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Chigozie, who was in his early 30s, reportedly used a knife and a shovel to cut open his stomach to remove his intestines. The landlord of …

A fire incident has reportedly killed three person with several others missing at Oru-Amaboko community in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Several houses, shops, goods and other property worth millions of naira were also burnt . According to PUNCH, some of the affected residents said the fire …

Police in Rivers State have arraigned one Preye Harry for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old minor. The 38-year-old accused was arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Choba Community, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, on two counts of defilement and unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor. In the charge, Harry …

Unidentified woman searching for accommodation allegedly fled with three siblings in Igbo-Etche, in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The middle-aged lady reportedly visited the compound of the children’s parents to rent a one-bedroom apartment. She was alleged to have lured the children, aged three, six and seven, …