The cultists, alleged to be on a reprisal, first invaded Okwale Community on Tuesday evening, killing at least four persons and injuring several others.
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The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has sacked the Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University, Prof. Blessing Didia, and the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Magnus Oruwari, with immediate effect.
Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers and immediate past Minister of Transportation on Saturday says poverty alleviation at all levels of government is panacea to lingering insecurity in the country.
A new security outfit, Operation Sting, has been inaugurated in Port Harcourt by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
Prince Tonye Princewill, a former governorship candidate in Rivers, has advised the ministerial nominees to hit the ground running after their inauguration and not expect a honeymoon period.
Adegoke said this in Port Harcourt on Monday when he paid a courtesy visit to Rivers Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists.
The Police in Rivers said it had adopted new strategy to end perennial kidnapping along East-West road and Elele-Owerri road in the state.
The command’s spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, in a statement he issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, said Dandaura becomes the 40th police chief in the state.
The National Pension Commission on Tuesday said it had begun verification and enrolment for Federal Government workers in Rivers and Bayelsa states retiring in 2020.
Speaking during a courtesy visit by the Governor of Oyo State, Oluseyi Makinde, at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday, Governor Wike stated that he is purely a party loyalist who believes in the ideals of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The Senate on Wednesday set up an investigating committee to look into circumstances around the pipeline explosion that killed 15 people in Komkom community of Rivers.
Abbo had in 2004 applied for admission into the Nigerian Naval Training College, Onne, Port Harcourt, Rivers State and had passed the examination.
They were killed on Monday when armed gunmen attacked the bullion van they were escorting.
Shell Petroleum Development Company says it is disposed to peaceful resolution of the disputed OML-25 oil and gas facility in Belema community in Rivers.
State-owned primary and secondary schools in Rivers State have been directed to stop collecting fees and levies from pupils and students with immediate effect.
The Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team has arrested a fleeing dismissed policeman, Ogwu Christian, over the alleged killing Blessing, his fiancée’s mother, Veronica Obiejieogo.
Dr Tammy Danagogo, Secretary to the Rivers State Government on Thursday, said the state was among the most secured 10 states in Nigeria.
The Obio Akpor Local Government Area council in Rivers has expressed its determination to sustain ongoing staff audit and verification exercise to expose suspected payroll fraud in the council.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria LNG Limited, Tony Attah, on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State called on Chief Executive Officers of contractors to NLNG to be more visible in promoting safety in their operations, especially with regards to work done for the company.
A soldier and two operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps were shot dead on Sunday following a gun duel with suspected militants in Rivers.