Tag: Rivers State
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Corpse of premature baby retrieved from drainage in Rivers
The corpse of a premature baby was discovered at a gutter outside a building located at Ogbuagu Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
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Police neutralise 3 kidnap suspects in Delta, Rivers
Operatives of the Police Command in Rivers have neutralised a suspected notorious kidnap kingpin believed to be responsible for several abductions and killings across the state.
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BREAKING: Senate endorses Rivers 2025 Budget for second reading through voice vote
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, endorsed the Rivers State 2025 budget for its second reading. The budget, amounting to ₦1,480,662,592,442 trillion, was passed for the second reading following its presentation by the Senate Leader, Senator Michael Bamidele Opeyemi. Senator Opeyemi stated that the Senate has taken on the responsibility of legislating for Rivers State due…
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Popular pastor nabbed for raping 10-year-old girl in Rivers
A vigilante group known as Organized Security Planning and Advisory Committee, OSPAC, formerly known as ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee has arrested Mr Lucky(surname withheld), a Pastor of one of Nigeria’s largest pentecostal church with National headquarters in Lagos, for allegedly defiling a ten-year-old girl in Ihuaje community in Ahoada East LGA, Rivers State.
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Nigerian mother, son arrested for defrauding US-based man of N64.4m in spiritual scam
A mother and her 34-year-old son have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for defrauding a Nigerian living in the United States (U.S) of ₦64.4 million through a fake spiritual intervention scheme.
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Why I sent Rivers State 2025 budget to National Assembly – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday cited Regulation 4, Sub-section 2 of the Emergency Rule, 2025 in the letter transmitting the 2025 budget of Rivers State to the National Assembly (NASS).
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BREAKING: Tinubu presents Rivers State 2025 budget to NASS
President Bola Tinubu has requested the National Assembly (NASS) to approve the 2025 budget of Rivers State.
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Love making gone awry as woman bites off man’s genitals in Rivers
A woman has bitten off her lover’s genitals during a sex argument in Rivers. The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old woman identified as Gift for allegedly biting off the tip of her lover’s penis during a domestic dispute in the Mile 3 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt. The incident, which occurred on…
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Woman detained for chopping off lover’s penis in Rivers
peratives of Nkpolu Police Division in Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State have arrested a woman simply identified as Gift for chopping off the cap of her male lover’s penis, Mr Sunday, at Bishop Okoye Street, Mile 3, Diobu, Port Harcourt, on Thursday, 15th May, 2025.
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Rivers: NASS kicks against PDP govs’ suit, wants dismissal by Supreme Court
The National Assembly has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the suit filed by 11 Peoples Democratic Party, [PDP] governors, challenging the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. The federal legislature, in its response, contended that the plaintiffs’ suit was procedurally flawed and lacked merit. The National Assembly, in a preliminary objection…