…leaders demand public apology. Leaders of the South-South geopolitical zone have demanded public apology from the Federal Government over botched stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Governors of the South-South led by its Chairman and Governor of Delta, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, who were in Port Harcourt for the meeting, had informed the stakeholders comprising…
Wike to Review Oyigbo Curfew, Doles Out N200m to Families of Murdered Security Men
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said he would meet with the State Security Council on Tuesday to review the 24-curfew imposed in Oyigbo Local Government Area in the wake of disturbances that followed the #ENDSARS protests. This followed calls on the governor to review the curfew, which has caused untold hardship on residents of the…
#EndSARS, police charge 21 IPOB members for murder, arson
21 persons arrested by Rivers State Police command in connection to the killing of three policemen and burning down of police stations in Oyigbo Local Government Area on the 21 of October have been charged for murder and arson before a magistrate court in Port Harcourt. Some of the suspects, who the police said were…
Wike Places N50m Ransom on #Endsars Protest Leader, Clamps Down on IPOB
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Friday night ordered the full enforcement of the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Rivers State. In a broadcast to the people of the state, the governor said the state government could no longer tolerate the destructive activities of the organization after three days…
#EndSARS Protest at Onne Ports Complex Ends in Disaster as Youths Burn Hotel
The siege laid by youths on the Nigerian Ports Authority complex, Onne ended violent on Friday when some youths set fire on a hotel owned by a chief in the community. The youths had on Monday under the #EndSARS protest blocked the roundabout leading to the NPA complex, regarded as the second largest port in…
Hoodlums defy curfew in Rivers burn down trucks at Trailer Park
A band of miscreants on Thursday invaded the Trailer Park along Port Harcourt – Oyigbo road and set several trailers that loaded with foodstuff from the northern parts of the country on fire. The miscreants defied the 24-hour curfew imposed on the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area by the Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday to…
Soldiers Deployed in Port Harcourt as Violence Escalates
Armed soldiers have been deployed in strategic locations in Port Harcourt following an escalation of riots in parts of the city. The soldiers were seen at Oil Mill, Akpajo, Park, Ikoku Junction and even at Onne Ports Complex where youths of the community barricaded the gates. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike had to place the…
#EndSARS: Youths shut down Onne ports, Oil and Gas Free Zone
Operations at Onne ports in Rivers State on Monday were paralysed on Monday after youths in Onne blocked the entry points to the ports and the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone as they joined in the Nationwide protests by youths to demand the end to the Special Anti-robbery Squad, police brutality and bad governance.…
David-West, Port Harcourt Serial Killer to Die by Hanging
Gracious David-West, the young man arrested last year for the serial killing of 11 women in hotels in Port Harcourt has been sentenced to death by hanging. Justice Adolphus Enebele of the Port Harcourt court on Friday said he believed the case made by the prosecution that David-West killed the deceased and convicted him of…
Petrol Tanker Falls, Burns for Hours Without Response
For several hours a truck laden with 45,000 litres of petrol burnt at Kira Junction on the East-West Road in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State without any response from the several fire brigade offices contacted to quench the fire. One of the sympathisers at the scene said the Rivers State Fire Service was…
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