Eight arrested for pipeline vandalism in Rivers
Eight suspected pipeline vandals have been arrested in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. This is as the operation to end oil bunkering and illegal refining of petroleum products is intensified by the State Government. The suspects were arrested by a special anti-bunkering taskforce set up by the council chairman, Rowland Sekibo to fight […]
Mortuary where dead kidnap victims are kept discovered in Rivers community
Group asks Wike to support riverine governorship interest
I’m yet to decide on 2023 – Abe
Former senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Sen Magnus Abe, says he is yet to decide whether to contest in the 2023 governorship elections in Rivers State following the plea of students in the state urging him to show interest. Speaking in Port Harcourt on Monday at the official inauguration of […]
Soot: Wike blasts police over inability to arrest illegal bunkering cartel
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has frowned at the inability of the Nigerian Police to arrest Chief W. J. Wocha, Fubara Ohaka and other members of the illegal bunkering cartel operating at Ibaa community in Emohua Local Government Area. He also charged monarchs in the state not to allow illegal crude oil refining activities […]
Kidnapped Uniport students regain freedom
Success Nwanedo Four students of the University of Port Harcourt who were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday have regained their freedom. TPCN gathered that the students were attacked and whisked away by gunmen while returning from the Ahoada area of Rivers State on Saturday, where they went to collect samples for their research project. It […]
Soot: Wike orders council chairmen to destroy illegal bunkering, refining sites in Rivers
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has ordered council chairmen to destroy every identified illegal crude oil bunkering and artisanal refinery site. The governor had, on Friday, January 14, 2022, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the 23 local government area chairmen to provide a comprehensive list of all illegal refinery sites and their operators within […]
Court remands Rivers monarch for sponsoring cult group
A Rivers State Magistrate Court has remanded the paramount ruler of Kono Boue community in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre over alleged involvement in conspiracy and cultism. His Royal Highness, Taalor Nwidea Tornwe, is being held on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and playing sponsor […]
Subsidy protest: Rivers NLC begins mobilisation
The Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Rivers State chapter has said its planned protest against the removal of fuel subsidy, scheduled on 27 January, will hold. In a meeting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, the state leadership of the NLC said the action is in compliance with the directive of the union’s national […]
$130m fraud: Saipem MD, one other granted N500m bail
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted a 500 million naira bail each to the Managing Director, Saipem Nigeria Contracting Limited, Walter Peviana and Kelechi Sinteh Chinakwe. The duo had, on January 11, been remanded in Port Harcourt Correctional Centre over an alleged conspiracy to cheat and with intent to defraud the Rivers […]
OSPAC arrest man for allegedly beheaded woman in Rivers
Operatives of the Onelga Security, Peace Advisory Committee (OSPAC), on Monday, arrested a 36-year-old physically challenged man for allegedly beheading and dismembering the body of a yet-to-be-identified lady in a creek in Omoku, Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni council of Rivers State. It was learnt that the suspect identified as Chinedu Okoro, who is said to be deaf and […]
Dikio throws weight behind Wike’s war against illegal bunkering, refineries
The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has thrown his weight behind Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over his decision to unleash a war against illegal bunkering and artisanal refiners. Dikio, who spoke during the 50th-anniversary dinner and award night of the Port Harcourt Polo Club in […]