The Rivers State Police Command on Monday said an investigation had commenced to track down the suspects who killed a mother of two, Chigbewejim Steward, in Abarikpo community, in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. Sources claimed that suspected members of the Iceland cult group abducted Chigbewejim to an undisclosed location in
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…the state’s CP condemns the mob action on the accused lady Operatives of Rivers State Police Command have arrested two suspects, Samuel Matthew and Emmanuel Iweruma, for allegedly leading a mob to brutalise a lady, Ruth Tamuno, in the Port Harcourt area of the state. Sources claimed that during the mob action on Tamuno who
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…says Ayu has already finished N11 billion from the party’s primaries Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has claimed that the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, does not want to resign because he wants to continue overseeing the party’s finances. Wike stated this over the weekend at a media parley
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…the convicts were arraigned on three counts of kidnapping, conspiracy and possession of illegal firearms following the abduction of the octogenarian in 2015 Three men have been convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment without an option of fine by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for kidnapping an 83-year-old woman identified as
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…I feel proud to say if the ruling party can say you have done well, who is that person? Let them come and campaign here – Wike The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed joy over an award bestowed on him by President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike who disclosed this in Port Harcourt, the State
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…members of the disbanded local security outfit were ambushed Two men believed to be members of a disbanded vigilante group called OSPAC in the Ompovan Ibaa, Emouha Local Government Area of Rivers State have been killed. Sources claimed that the members of the disbanded local security outfit were ambushed at a narrow path in the
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‘It was also gathered that the hoodlums were members of a suspected cult‘ There was pandemonium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, after hoodlums invaded some streets in the area, attacked residents and robbed passersby and shop owners. Sources claimed that the gang, numbering about 50, ransacked Eagle Island, Timber Street and Echue stretch
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‘Political rallies in schools will disrupt effective learning activities in the state’ Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has advised political parties and candidates standing for election in 2023 in the State against holding political rallies in schools. The governor also enjoined them to avoid acts or conduct that could instigate political tensions. Wike drew
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The people of Rumuekpe community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State are now living in fear and apprehension following the invasion of the area by the Nigeria Air Force and Army operatives. Sources claimed that a combination of the military men come into Nvakohia Village in Rumuekpe on air and on land shooting sporadically.
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The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has made a promise to pay a compensation fee of  N20 million to each of the families of the eleven policemen killed by the unknown gunmen in the state. According to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Friday hits back at Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, saying he is reaping the evil he planned against Rivers State. Wike alleged that the APC had mismanaged the opportunity Nigerians gave them to make a difference and deserve to be voted out in 2023. The governor also alleged that
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, vowed on Saturday he would not leave behind any uncompleted project for his successor. The governor, according to a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, stated this at a reception organized in honour of the former governor of the state, Celestine Omehia, who was conferred with
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Wednesday announced his donation of N500 million to the Sokoto State Government to support the rebuilding of the Sokoto Central Market which was ravaged by fire on Tuesday. This was disclosed by Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s special adviser on media and publicity, Malam Muhammad Bello, in a statement made available to
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Three suspects in connection with the attack on the Christian Universal Church International that belongs to the father of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, the state capital, were arrested on Thursday, 3 December and paraded by the police command in Rivers State. The suspected IPOB members pertaining to the information gathered from them
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The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), has denied involvement in the explosion that rocked a church said to be owned by the father of Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt. About five youths had invaded the church identified as Christain Universal Church International in Port Harcourt and detonated an explosive suspected to
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