Rivers State Local Government workers across the 23 Local Government Areas of the state have threatened to embark on a solidarity strike on Monday, September 21. They are demanding the…
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Gunmen storm funeral, shoot top politicians, kidnap guests in Rivers
Banigo Isile-Ogono community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State was thrown into coarse on Saturday after yet to be identified gunmen, stormed the area, shot sporadically and abducted…
2023: Music executive, Soso Soberekon declares to succeed Wike as Rivers Governor
Music executive, Soso Soberekon, has put his name on the short list of entertainers who have indicated interest to serve the people via political venture. He declared interest to run for…
NAPTIP shuts Port Harcourt brothel harbouring underage sex workers
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has raided and closed down a popular bar called 24 Hours Bar which also operates a brothel in Rumukurushi, Port Harcourt.…
See the Marriage Monitoring Team spotted in Rivers State (Photo)
A lady has expressed astonishment after spotting a man believed to be a member of the Marriage Monitoring Team in Rivers State. The lady known on Twitter as Kirikenu Toku…
Wike goes on suspension spree, suspends one LG boss and top officials of two LGs
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike seems to be on a suspension spree following his approval of the immediate suspension of the Chairman of Port Harcourt Local Government Area, Victor Ihunwo,…
Man nabbed in Rivers for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter after years of raping her
A 47-year-old man, Eromosele Mahmud, has been arrested by the Rivers state police command for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old daughter after raping her over a period of five years. According to…
NDDC: Let no harm come to our daughter, Rivers govt warns Akpabio, others
Rivers State Government has warned that it would not tolerate any harm coming the way of a Rivers daughter and former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission…
Over 100 cult groups in Rivers spilling blood of residents
More than 100 cult groups in Rivers are fueling violence which has led to the loss of numerous lives, according to a report by SB Morgan (SBM) Intelligence. SBM said the…
Breaking: Governor Wike imposes lockdown on Bonny, Onne
Bonny Local Government Area and Onne Community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers state will from tomorrow, June 21 be on total lockdown as a measure to check the…
Sad: Watch as 3 little boys confess to robbing homes after they got caught in Port Harcourt
Three little boys were caught by members of a neighbourhood where they went to steal in Port Harcourt. In the video that has been shared online, the residents who allegedly…
FG releases N78 billion to Rivers State, warns governors on future projects
The Federal Government has released the sum of N78billion to the Rivers State government as a refund for the money spent in fixing of federal roads in the State. The…
Corps member slumps, dies in Rivers State
A corps member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Rivers state, identified as Atiye Florence Aduke, has died after she slumped. Atiye Florence Aduke who was a member of the…
Wike shuts down Elele Hausa Goat market, Oginiba Slaughter, Oil Mill market
The Rivers State Government has ordered the immediate shutdown of the nascent goat market along the Elele-Ahoada stretch of the East-West Road by Hausa herders who bring the animals from…
Rivers Govt reacts to report that late LGA chairman’s body was exhumed by gunmen
Very late on Friday night, news filtered that the body of Princewill Odiari, the late chairman of Asari-Toru Local Government Area in Rivers was exhumed by gunmen who stormed the…
Gunmen storm PH Cemetery, exhume body of LGA chair who died of Covid-19
Information reaching Expressiveinfo now has it that gunmen stormed Port Harcourt Cemetery Friday night and exhumed the body of late Chairman of Asari Tolu LGA in Rivers state. The late…
LGA chairman in Rivers, Princewill Odiari dies from COVID-19 (Exclusive details)
Hon Princewill Odiari, the Chairman of Asari Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State and a strong loyalist of Governor Nyesom Wike, has died from Covid-19 complications. The council boss passed…
“No part of Rivers State is or will be under any lockdown from this moment” – Wike
Rivers State Governor has canceled the total lockdown on Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas. However, according to the governor, all markets, clubs, cinemas, and border points will remain…
Just in: Governor Wike relaxes lockdown for 6 days (Read Full Broadcast)
My Dear Good People of Rivers State, We reinstated the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas as part of our measures to contain the spread of…
Gov Wike wins in court as owner of demolished hotel is tried in absentia, fined N50k
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has found Promise Gogorobari, owner of demolished Prodest Hotel in Eleme, guilty of contravening the State Executive Order on COVID-19. In…
62-year-old woman dies while struggling for Covid-19 palliatives in Rivers
A 62-year-old woman has died while struggling for COVOD-19 palliative shared by the Rivers state government in Elele Kingdom, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State. According to Vanguard, the deceased, Mrs.…
Governor Wike shocked at death of media aide, Nwakaudu
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has expressed shock over the death of his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu. According to reports, Nwakaudu suddenly took ill and was…
Wanted Rivers PDP Youth leader shares own side of the story, says Wike was told lies about him
Princewill Osareojiji, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth leader for Eleme Local Government who was declared wanted by the Rivers state government has shared his own side of the story…
Photos from PDP Event in Rivers spark outrage as Gov. Wike’s hypocrisy is exposed
Many have taken to Twitter to react to new photos of PDP members conspicuously violating the social distancing order which is part of the COVID-19 prevention guidelines. The party members…
“I’ve read Wike’s Executive Order, no where did it allow demolition” Falana blows hot
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Rights activist, Femi Falana, has revealed that he has read the Rivers State Executive Order and no where was it mentioned that buildings of alleged…
“I didn’t break lockdown order” Owner of demolished Rivers hotel speaks up
Promise Gogorodari, a Lagos-based businessman and owner of Prudent Hotel, Eleme, one of the two hotels demolished by the Rivers state government, says he did not breach the lockdown order…
Governor Wike temporarily lifts lockdown
Governor Nyesom Wike has announced the temporary lifting of the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt City Local Government Areas for two days only, with effect from Tuesday 12th…
Nyesom Wike: Our Governor Has Gone Mad Again
By Fredrick Nwabufo If the gods want to punish a people, they either invoke plagues on the land or deploy agents of slaughter as leaders. The gods are not happy…
Watch Moment Gov Wike arrested police officers and a VIP they were escorting
Rivers State Government has arrested some police officers and residents, including VIPs, for violating the lockdown orders. This is coming barely 48 hours after a deputy commissioner of police was…
Breaking: Gov. Wike carries out threat, demolishes hotel that flouted lockdown order
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has carried out his threat of demolishing Prodest (Prudent) Hotel at Alode in Eleme Local Government Area of the state after they were caught…
Wike orders demolition of 2 hotels for flouting lockdown order, declares PDP Youth leader wanted
Governor Nyesome Wike has issued an order for the demolition of two hotels in the state after they allegedly flouted the lockdown order imposed to check the spread of coronavirus…
A deputy commissioner of police sabotaged our effort to check spread of Covid-19 in Rivers – Gov. Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike has accused a deputy commissioner of police sabotaging Rivers state government’s effort to check the spread of Coronavirus in the state Speaking in a statewide broadcast on…
Popular Lebanese who acts in Nollywood movies rescued in Rivers, after kidnap in Imo
A popular Lebanese actor who frequently features in Nollywood movies, Bilal Nosser simply known as ‘Mr B’ has been rescued in Etche Local Government area of Rivers state. According to…
Just in: Wike orders auction of Adamawa trucks, cattle over breach of lockdown
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has ordered the prosecution of 14 persons who moved cattle from Adamawa State into Port Harcourt in breach of the state borders’ closure and…
Lockdown: How Rivers State police made pregnant lady lose her baby – Kofi Bartels
Port Harcourt based On Air Personality, Kofi Bartels has taken to social media to narrate how the operatives of Rivers state police enforcing lockdown allegedly made a pregnant woman lose her baby.…
Governor Wike directs the auctioning of all vehicles impounded during lockdown
Governor Nyesom Wike has warned residents of the Rivers state against defying the lockdown order his government imposed in some areas following the outbreak of Coronavirus. Residents of Port Harcourt…
Peter Odili donates 3,000 COVID-19 testing kits to Rivers State Gov’t
Dr Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers State has donated about 3,000 COVID-19 testing kits and reagents to the Rivers State Government. The donations were officially handed over at…
Children of dead COVID-19 patient & the pastor praying for him test positive in Rivers
Two children of a deceased COVID19 patient and his pastor who was praying for his recovery, have all tested positive for the novel virus in Rivers state. This was disclosed…
Police begins search for officers in Rivers who caused woman’s death over N20k bribe
The Nigerian Police Force has begun the search for officers in Rivers state who insisted on taking N20,000 cash bribe before a dying woman would be taken to the hospital.…
My mum died in the car as Police insisted on N20k bribe to let us pass – Man in Rivers state cries out
A man has cried out after his hypertensive mum whom he was rushing to the hospital died in the car while the Police allegedly insisted on taking N20,000 cash bribe…
