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Headlines, Oyo, Rivers, State News
Saturday, March 18th, 2017
Journalist and blogger, Kemi Olunloyo, says she has been charged with cybercrime for her post about Pastor David Ibiyeomie. Olunloyo, who was arrested by the police on Tuesday, said in an Instagram post that she was driven to Port Harcourt and detained in a prison there after the pastor complained that she had defamed him […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Saturday, March 18th, 2017

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | March 18, 2017 – The Rivers State Government recently advised churches and business operators in the state to desist from generating noise pollution. The Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike on Pollution Control, Mr Nwuke Anucha, gave the warning at a meeting on pollution control and religious matters […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja A vicious kidnapper and armed robber, Henry Chibueze a.k.a Vampire, has been killed by in a gun battle with the Police Special Forces led by the IGP intelligence Response Team. He was gunned down at about 1am this morning in Omu Awa Forest, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Chibueze […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, October 27th, 2016

Former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili Chukwudi Akasike A Rivers State High Court has adjourned till November 29, 2016 the N6bn defamation suit brought before it by a former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili, against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 election, Dr. Dakuku Peterside. Odili had […]
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Headlines, Judiciary, Rivers, State News
Sunday, October 9th, 2016
Why I stopped judge’s arrest –Wike — 9th October 2016 From: TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Security was beefed up around the residential area of the Federal High Court judge, where there was a failed attempt to arrest a judge yesterday, by security operatives in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is even as the state governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
8 reasons you should live in Port Harcourt at least once in your lifetime News By: Okogba Thursday, October 6, 2016 A Different Culture advertisement TOP HEADLINES I can think of a million and one reasons to live in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Aside from the fact that the city is […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Ahead of the re-run elections for the state ad national assembly seats in Ogoniland, five persons were Sunday morning arrested in Yeghe Ogoniland, including a strong loyalist of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. John Sorbarikor Gbarazia. Also arrested is the wife of John S. Gbarazia, Mrs Gloria Gbarazia. John Gbarazia is a member of the […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 28th, 2016
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have killed a notorious kidnapper known as General Igbudu in Ahoada East Local Government. The kidnapper, who is also an armed robber, was gunned down in the early hours of Sunday after a shootout with the police at Ihuike, along the East-West Road in […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 14, 2016 – Barring unforeseen circumstances, residents of Port Harcourt will soon witness the return of the city to its former ‘Garden City’ status. Before his exit from office, the immediate past caretaker committee chairman of the Port Harcourt Local Government Council, Mr. Samuel Soni Ejekwu, began […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt GUNMEN on Wednesday night killed three mobile policemen in Choba community, Obio/Akpor Local government Area of Rivers State. The gunmen that struck at the community kidnapped two brothers, who were suspected to be the target of the attack. The PUNCH gathered that the hoodlums had attacked a newly established boutique in […]