Tag: Rivers State
Ogoni leader drags FG, Rivers govt to UN over $300m fund
A former President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, has dragged the federal and Rivers State...
Police demote Inspector over assault in Rivers
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has demoted an officer, Inspector Adejoh Siaka, for assaulting a man at Emohua, the headquarters of Emohua Local Government...
Police officers face trial for extorting Rivers resident N620,000
The Rivers State Police Command says it is investigating some policemen alleged to have forcefully abducted and extorted a resident of N620,000 at gunpoint.
The...
5 men erecting billboard electrocuted in Rivers
No fewer than young men have reportedly been electrocuted while trying to mount a billboard with a metal frame in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor Local Government...
Rivers gov gives slain police officer’s family N20m
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, presented a cheque for N20 million to the widow of the slain police officer,...
Gunmen kidnap NPC commissioner, aides, demand N500m ransom
Gunmen have abducted the Bayelsa State Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC), Gloria Izonfuo, in Rivers State.
The Rivers State Police Public Relations...
Gunmen abduct ex-NBA President Wali in Rivers
Gunmen have abducted a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Okey Wali, SAN, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
It was...
Police reveal officers who assaulted man in Rivers
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has revealed the identity of the police officers who assaulted a man at Elibrade junction, Emohua Local Government Area...
Rivers CP orders arrest of officers assaulting man in viral video
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, has ordered immediate identification and arrest of officers in a trending video assaulting a yet-to-be-identified man...
VIDEO: Police probe officers beating man in Rivers
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has vowed to take action against the officers who assaulted a yet-to-be-identified man in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State...
