An attempt by an unidentified man to steal an armoured cable from a transformer in the Mgboaba/NTA axis of Ohio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State ended in tragedy as he was electrocuted. The man was said to have gone for the operation at about 3 am on Thursday near a popular Pentecostal Church when there was a blackout but …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has dismantled an illegal refining site containing over 100,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Adobe settlement, Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State. The Commander of the CG’s SIS, Dandaura Appolos, said the success resulted from credible intelligence indicating that suspects had vandalised a multinational company’s wellhead. He …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared full control over Rivers State, asserting that Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the party now dominate the state’s political landscape. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Saturday, the party claimed that all legislators who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have forfeited their seats, citing constitutional provisions. It …

The air component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed seven illegal refining sites at different locations in Rivers State. Equally, a total of four boats loaded with illegally refined products heading southwards were bombed by military aircraft deployed for the operations. The Director of Public Relations and Information for the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, in a …

The Rivers State executive council has approved N80.886 billion for the construction of the 33.5-kilometre-long Elele-Omoku road project, which would traverse three local government areas of the state. The local government areas include: Ikwerre, Emohua and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, according to a statement on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Nelson Chukwudi in Port Harcourt and made available to …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said that its officials shut 10 unregistered bakeries and eight table water factories in Bonny Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State. The agency said the move was meant to rid the state of fake and unwholesome products, saying the shutdown was done during an operation which lasted three …

The Rivers State Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of one person in a fresh outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Oreh, who disclosed this in Port Harcourt, said the incident followed four cases presented at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Oreh said while one of the cases was …

The Rivers State Police command said its men killed a wanted cult leader, identified as Silas Oderereke, and his accomplice during a shootout in Oderereke community, Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state. The command said Oderereke, also known as ‘general’ is the leader of the Greenlanders’ cult group in the Ubie clan in Ahoada West had been on …

The wife of Rivers State Governor, Mrs Valerie Fubara has said that she would continue to pray for peace in the state so that there will be accelerated growth and development. She also said the administration of her husband, Siminalayi Fubara, will continue to give priority to issues of children and youths to make life better for them. At the …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting by-elections for the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers, whose seats had been declared vacant by the state’s party chapter, include the factional Speaker …