In a devastating incident that unfolded at an illegal oil refining site in the Ibas community, located in the Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State, over 17 lives were…
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Rivers LG workers threaten strike over 13-month unpaid salaries
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…
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…