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One person has been killed following an alleged attempt by some unknown gunmen to assassinate the Amanyanabo of Okochiri Kingdom in Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Royal Majesty, King Ateke Tom. It was gathered that Ateke, an ex-Niger Delta freedom fighter, had visited...

Two police officers have been killed in an attack launched on a police patrol vehicle in Ada George area of Port Harcourt. The attack which took place on Wednesday, May 30, at about 12.10 am was carried out by some unknown gunmen......... Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷...

One of the political stakeholders in the Southern part of Nigeria has escaped death with his exotic SUV mangled. Former deputy leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Hope Ikiriko escaped death after surviving a ghastly motor accident............ Read more via Tori News –...

Hearing on the divorce case of Daddy Freeze’s baby Mama, Benedicta Elechi, resumed in Rivers State High court, Portharcourt Wednesday 23rd of May, 2018. The case was earlier scheduled for hearing on Monday 21st of May, 2018 but court proceedings were suspended due … via Naijaloaded |...

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi Adewale, has stormed out of a public function. This was at the grand finale of the week-long Yoruba Community Week held at the Civic Centre, Port Harcourt............ Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2kp1xAq Get More Nigeria Metro News

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has mocked the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. The Governor told Vanguard that the politicians planning to make the state ungovernable for him ahead of the 2019 elections were already fighting themselves and having sleepless...

A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has declared that there were no congresses of the party in the state. This is as the senator called on Nigerians, to always remember that no matter how difficult things …...

The governors of Ekiti and River States, Ayodele Fayose and Nyesom Wike respectively, yesterday said the deployment of soldiers and police won’t save the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2xe6oO3 Get More Nigeria Political News

Wike emerges Leadership Newspaper Governor of the Year Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has been named Leadership Newspaper Governor of the Year 2017 for his outstanding developmental strides. " Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2KV67lh -- Get More Nigeria Political News

A 41-year-old man, Michael Akpan-Isaiah, was yesterday remanded in prison custody by the Rivers State Chief Magistrates’ Court in Port Harcourt, for allegedly defiling his four daughters. The minors are aged between two and 17 years. Isaiah, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State, allegedly committed...

The Commander of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, F-SARS, in Rivers State, Mr. Akin Fakorede, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, is asking N2 billion damages from Rivers State government. He has given seven days ultimatum to the government to retract the libellous publications...

Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani and a politician, Mr. Samuel Okposo were docked today in Port Harcourt for a six-count charge of money laundering. The amount involved was N750million, part of the $115million pilfered … Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA –...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Kenneth Kobani, and a Rivers politician, Samuel Okpoko, before Justice B. Bilikisu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a six-count charge bordering on...

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has raised an alarm of plans to assassinate him. During a thanksgiving service to mark his administration’s third anniversary in Port Harcourt on Sunday, he alleged that security reports available to him indicated that the assassination was to be executed in a...

The nationwide state congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for May 19 are yet to start in the four South-South states of Edo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers. In Edo, accreditation had not started at about............... Read more via TODAY.NG –...

The rescheduled ward and local government congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state will hold today and tomorrow. The post APC holds fresh Ward, Local Govt Congresses in Rivers today appeared first on PM NEWS Nigeria. Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria –...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike addresses PDP faithful ahead of the state’s Local Government polls on June 16, 2018 in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced campaigns ahead of the Rivers State local government elections on June 16, 2018. The event which...

The All Progressives Congress on Saturday held local government congresses across the country as the party continued its quest to pick new leaders. Three states – Imo, Rivers and Oyo – are, however, not participating in the congresses for various reasons. In Imo State, the LG congresses …...

A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has described his disagreement with leader of the party in the state and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, as political. Abe, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt...

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said Friday’s attack on the State Judiciary, is an attempt by the Police and the All Progressive Congress (APC ) to overthrow his government. Wike stated this on Friday after he inspected the Rivers State High Court Complex vandalized by … Read...