Tag: RIVERS
Resident doctors end strike in Rivers
Resident doctors at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital have called off their one-week old strike.
Chairman of the association at the hospital Dr. George...
Rivers deputy PPRO dies after slumping
Deputy spokesman of Rivers State Police Command Christian Udogu has passed on, the police announced on Thursday.
The command’s spokesman Nnamdi Omoni confirmed his deputy’s...
Police disband Eagle Crack Squad in Rivers
Rivers State police commissioner Friday Eboka has scrapped a special police team codenamed the Eagle Crack Squad with immediate effect.
The squad recently came under...
Rivers pastor who cancelled wedding over lateness dies
Founder of Rivers-based Fulfilling-Word Foundation Church Essa Ogorry has passed on aged 55.
The cleric went viral for refusing to join an intending couple over...
NTA reporter abducted in Rivers
A Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) reporter has been abducted in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital.
Chidiebere Onyia had only recently resumed work after giving birth...
Wike threatens fresh lockdown in January
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says he might re-impose lockdown from January 2021 following the rising cases of coronavirus in the state.
According to a...
Wike buys 29 SUVs for Rivers customary court judges
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has presented 29 new Renault Koleos 2020 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to chairpersons of the state’s customary courts.
The governor...
Policemen strip motorist in Rivers, vandalise vehicle
A group of policemen stripped a bus driver identified as Emenike in Ada George area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday over alleged...
Rivers APC suspends Magnus Abe, three others
The caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress, Rivers State chapter, has suspended Senator Magnus Abe and Igo Aguma.
The Isaac Ogbubula-led committee, whose faction...
Police confirm two killed in Rivers stampede over Christmas package
Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that two persons died in a stampede on Tuesday when members of a non-governmental organisation Inksnation besieged one...