Police officer, vigilante killed as Rivers LG crises deepens
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the deaths of a police officer and a vigilante during a clash between two political groups in Omuma Local Government Area (LGA) of…
11 governors bag ISSS Security Excellence Awards
By NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Eleven governors have been selected for the Institute of Security and Strategic Studies (ISSS)’s Excellence Award. The Registrar of the Institute, Dr Sunday Idakwoji, in…
Why Rivers lawmakers can’t impeach Fubara – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the 27 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers at the Rivers House of Assembly can’t impeach Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, because they are no longer members…
Rivers Crisis: Edwin Clark seeks IGP’s intervention to restore peace, order
By NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Dr Edwin Clark, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to intervene and…
TETFund will no longer fund non performing centres of excellence
Minister of Education Prof Tahir Mamann OON SAN (3rd R) , Minister of State Education Hon Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu (3rd L) Permanent Secretary Education Mrs Didi Walson-Jack OON mni…
19 passengers die in Okene bypass fatal accident
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said 19 persons were killed in a fatal road crash on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Okene bypass, on the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi…
Tik Toker lambast Pastor Ibiyeomie for demanding 20% of Tithe as offering
A video of a Nigerian woman criticising famed Port Harcourt-based preacher, Pastor David lbiyeomie has stirred outrage on social media. The lady, named as Onyinyechi Blossom, chastised pastor lbiyeomie on…
Military destroys illegal refining sites, boats in aerial bombardment Rivers
The air component of Nigeria’s military’s special taskforce, “Operation Delta Safe’’ bombarded several illegal oil refining sites and other bases of economic saboteurs in Rivers on Friday and Saturday. Director,…
NDLEA arrests 295 suspects, seize 562.239kg of illicit drugs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Rivers State Command has in 2023 arrested 295 suspects comprising 237 males and 58 females, and also seized a total of 562.239kg of…