Tag: CRIME, News, Nigeria, NNL, POLICE, RIVER STATE, Security
Policeman arrested for attacking Rivers lady with burning stove
A police inspector, Eze Akpoelu, has allegedly attacked and injured a lady, Jane Amos, after she reportedly turned down his request for a relationship. The...
Three nabbed over beheading of Rivers schoolboy for ritual
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three suspects, including a herbalist linked to the beheading of a nine-year-old boy, Destiny Peter, who went...
2 arrested over murder, beheading of 9-yr-old boy
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two persons in connection with the murder of a nine-year-old boy in Isiokpo clan, Ikwerre Local...
Civil servant’s daughters held for 12 years over N1m ransom
Twelve years after the disappearance of his two daughters on farmland in Deeyor community, in the Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, a man,...
Woman, 51, claims self-defence, kills husband with machete
The Rivers State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested a 51-year-old woman, Gladys Amadi, from Chokocho, in the Etche Local Government Area of the...
Boss burns nine-year-old housemaid with iron over alleged stubbornness
The family of a nine-year-old girl, Favour Anigbogu, has demanded justice after she was allegedly brutalised by her boss, Ginika Nebafe, who reportedly...
Man in police net for sexually assaulting underage boys
A 27-year-old suspected homosexual identified only as Ekpeye has been arrested for allegedly fondling the private parts of two boys on Ekwulobia Street,...
Police kill two notorious cultists in Rivers
Rivers Police Command said its men have killed two notorious cultists terrorising parts of the state during a gun duel. The Police Public Relations Officer...
How internet photo landed me in police detention for three years – Entertainer
Godwin Stephen, also known as Steve Winners, a 27-year-old entertainer and event planner based in Rivers State who was arrested and remanded in prison for...
Why we demolished ‘Slaughter Market’, Wike explains
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has explained that the government decided to demolish the Oginiba abattoir, popularly known as “Slaughter Market”...
Police arrest six suspects over Rivers varsity killing
The police said it has arrested six persons in connection with the killing of a 400-level student at the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt a...
Cultism: Rivers varsity expels student over murder
The Rivers State University has expelled Suanu Wisdom Nwiyaara for shooting and killing a 400-level student, Uzondu Chimena. Chimena, a 400-level student...
Sex-for-grade: Rivers varsity suspends senior lecturer, cuts salary
The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said one of its senior lecturers, Dr Samuel Abiye, has been suspended for three...
Gunmen invade community, kill Okada rider, five others
Six persons, including a commercial motorcycle rider, were on Monday killed by gunmen suspected to be cultists in Gwara and Kono-Boue communities, in the...
LG chairmen protest over CVR
THE 23 local government chairman in Rivers State have staged a protest at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, alleging that the ...
Secondus attacks Wike as court suspends PDP chair
THE crisis of confidence between some members of the Peoples Democratic Party and the National Chairman, Uche Secondus, took a turn for the worse on...
Traders in tears as fire razes shops, destroys goods
Heartbroken traders have counted their losses following a midnight inferno that destroyed over 10 shops at the T-junction area of Rumuagholu Town,...
APC pledges level playing field for aspirants
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has denied claims that it has a preferred gubernatorial aspirant ahead of the 2023 elections. The...
Lecturers suspended over alleged sexual harassment, corruption
The Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology has suspended one of its lecturers, Mr Princewill Chikakpobi, for three months for...
How kidnappers killed, buried pastor after collecting ransom
The police in Rivers State have exhumed the decomposing remains of a 56-year-old cleric, Friday Olakada, who was killed by his kidnappers after they...
