PUNCH NEWS The Bayelsa State Government has appealed the December 26, 2019 judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which revoked its ownership of Soku oil wells and gave them to neighbouring Rivers State. A statement on Sunday quoted…
PREMIUM TIMES As it drizzled one October morning in Port Harcourt, Samuel Tamuno stepped out of an office where he had been meeting with his community school’s head over mounting concerns about the students’ number outgrowing available classrooms. “This set…
THE TIDE Miffed by the over-reaching reports in both social and conventional media on the serial killing of women in hotels in recent times, the Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that only eight cases of such murders occurred that…
VANGUARD …Calms frayed nerves in CAN By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – RIVERS State Government, on Thursday, described as “weird and unfounded”, reports alleging that it has vowed to start taxing churches. Chairman, Rivers Internal Revenue Service, RIRS, Adoage Norteh,…
VANGUARD BILLE-pirates dressed in military camouflage have taken over the waterways of Bille Kingdom in Degema Local Government Area, Rivers State, killing, maiming and robbing natives and travellers, including security operatives and politicians, on the waterways with impunity in the…
THE TIDE A family of seven, including the husband and wife have been found dead in Elele Town, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Tide gathered that the tragic incident happened in their apartment within an Estate known…
DAILY POST Mr. Mustapha Dandaura has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) for Rivers State in the latest reorganisation by the police high command. The command’s spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt…
VANGUARD PORT HARCOURT- three persons were feared killed, yesterday, following a clash between youths and some policemen at Nkpolu Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State during the burial of a youth in the area. It was gathered that…
PUNCH The General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, has accused communities experiencing a high rate of cult-related killings of refusing to give information to the Nigerian Army and other relevant security agencies. Sarham stated that residents of such…
PUNCH Scores of youths and some elders from Belema, Offoin Ama and Ngeje communities in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Tuesday, embarked on a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt over alleged plan to resume oil production…
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