The Rivers State Police Command said it has arrested one suspect, Emeka, who was suspected to have raped a pregnant woman, Mrs Chigbewejim Steward, to death. The suspect was said to have come with a gang of men who raped the victim to death in Abarikpo community of Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that …

The Rivers State Police Command said it had begun an investigation into an incident of alleged abduction and extortion of N1 million from a man identified as Uzoma Godswill by operatives at the Eleme axis of the state on Wednesday. This came as activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, on his Twitter handle, disclosed that policemen armed with AK-47 rifles abducted the man …

Police in Rivers State have arrested a witch doctor and 25 others suspected to be linked to the snatching of 79 cars in the state. The police also confiscated a shrine believed to be used by the “juju-priest” in fortifying the criminals for their operations. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Olatunji Disu, paraded the suspects at the Police …

There was outrage as a 16-year-old student openly defiled his 11-year-old female colleague at a school in the Rumukwurusi area on the outskirts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, last Friday. It was gathered that while the student carried out the act, his friends watched the scene. Shortly after committing the act, the boy was said to have scaled the school …

Six months after he was murdered by the suspected cult gang, the Rivers State Police Command said it has made significant progress in the investigation into the tragic killing of Superintendent Bako Angbashim, a former Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Ahoada Division in Rivers State. The command said its unwavering commitment to resolving the heinous crime and ensuring justice for …

Operatives of the Rivers State Command have traced and exhumed the remains of Gift Okpara, aka, 2Baba, the suspected killer of former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Ahoada Division, Late Bako Angbashim, a Superintendent of Police. 2Baba and his gang had on 8 September 2023, allegedly killed Angbashim in an ambush in Odiemudie Community, Ahaoda East Local Government Area of the …

The Rivers State Police Command said its men arrested 10 suspected kidnappers during a raid of a criminal hideout in Igwuruta, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. The command said the feat was achieved after the state Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, led operatives to comb bushes and destroy suspected kidnappers’ camp behind the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium …