Gunmen kill seven police officers in Rivers State
Unknown gunmen have killed no less than seven police officers in Rivers State. This is despite a night-time curfew imposed on the the state by Governor Nyesom Wike. The gunmen attacked the Rumuji police station in Emohua Local Government Area, shooting one officer dead and beheading another. They also attacked a C4i checkpoint along the […]
Rivers state announces deadline for NECO registration
INEC commences expansion of access to polling units in Rivers state
In line with the guidelines issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters, Abuja, INEC Rivers State has commenced activities for the expansion of access to Polling Units in Rivers State. In a statement signed by Mark Usulor for the state’s Electoral commissioner, he disclosed that staff of the Commission have been deployed to […]
Rivers Police deploy 17000 officers ahead of LGA election, restrict movements
The Rivers State Police Command has rolled out directives ahead of the forthcoming Local Government Elections scheduled to hold on Saturday, April 17, 2021. This was issued in a press release, yesterday, by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nnamdi Omoni. Omoni said that a total of seventeen thousand five hundred personnel have been […]
Man beats six months pregnant wife to death
A lady identified as Barr. Adaeze Destiny Ikpeama has reportedly lost her life to domestic violence. Adaeze was 6 months pregnant when she was beaten to death by her husband, Mr Anthony Ikpeama. A source told TPCN that, since the couple got married in 2014, Mr Ikpeama turned his wife to a punching bag and […]
Rivers state government confiscates imported kpomo container
Two persons have been arrested by the Rivers State Government for the possession of substandard animal hide popularly called Kpomo or canda. It was gathered that government officials intercepted a truckload of suspected substandard kpomo in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of the state. Addressing journalists on the arrest, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Fred […]
Amaechi acts like he owns Rivers State, can’t singlehandedly produce governor – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders in the State will meet at the appropriate time and decide his successor. He stated that no one single person has the monopoly to decide where the Governorship position of the party will be zoned to. Governor Wike made the assertion during the grand finale […]
Justice Simeon Amadi confirmed as Rivers Chief Judge
The Rivers state House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Justice Simeon Amadi as the state’s Chief Judge. This is coming after some stakeholders expressed their displeasure that the most senior judge, Justice Joy Akpughunum was overlooked for the position. The house of assembly made this confirmation after the Governor, Nyesom Wike sent in […]
CCTV footage shows moment a lady steals a phone in Port Harcourt
NDDC to commission residential quarters for security officers
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it will soon commission a 64-flats residential quarters and administrative block for security personnel in Rivers State. Speaking while inspecting the residential quarters built for senior security personnel, the NDDC Interim Administrator, Mr. Efiong Akwa, stated that the project would add value to the living conditions of security […]
Ten expatriates abducted in Gabon, released in Rivers State after ransom
Appeal Court vacates order stopping Rivers APC from conducting revalidation exercise
Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt has vacated an order of interim injunction against APC which was granted by Justice Ben Whyte of Rivers State High Court in favour of One Obuloh Messiah and two others. The three-man panel of the appeal court in their unanimous judgment said the decision to stay […]