Tag: RIVERS
Soldier, two NSCDC operatives killed in Rivers —Army
The Nigerian Army
has said that a soldier and two operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil
Defence Corps (NSCDC) were shot dead on Sunday following...
NPA approves 10% discount at Calabar, Delta, Rivers ports
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has approved a ten per cent discount on harbour dues in all concession terminals at eastern ports in the...
Nation newspaper driver kidnapped in Rivers
Suspected gunmen have kidnapped a driver of the Nation newspaper, Port Harcourt zonal office, Godknows Longjohn.
The paper said Mr Longjohn was reportedly abducted at...
Student reportedly releases teargas in Rivers school
A student of Community Secondary School (CSS), Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State has allegedly sent the school scampering after detonating teargas in class.
The incident...
Wike threatens to unseat monarchs over kidnapping, cultism
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to dethrone
traditional rulers whose communities encourage cultism and kidnapping.
Wike, visibly upset with rising insecurity in the state,...
Two Shell workers kidnapped in Rivers regain freedom
Two employees of Shell Nigeria in Rivers State
who were kidnapped last Thursday along Ahoada-Ndele-Rumuji-Emohua axis of
East-West road, Rivers, have been freed.
Police in the state...
Again, gunmen kidnap two expatriates in Rivers
Two expatriates suspected to be Scottish and Canadian have been kidnapped from an oil rig in Abua-Odua local government area of Rivers State.
Spokesman of...
Policemen killed as gunmen kidnap two Shell workers in Rivers
Gunmen have kidnapped two employees of Shell Nigeria in Rivers State, killing two police escorts in the process.
The incident is said to have...
Three policemen, community chief murdered in Rivers
Three policemen and a community chief have
lost their lives in Iriebe, Oyigbo local government area of Rivers State.
Also killed by suspected gunmen is the...
Four NEMA staff kidnapped in Rivers
Suspected gunmen have kidnapped four members of staff of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Abua-Odual local government area of Rivers State.
South South zonal...