Tag: Rivers State
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NNPCL disobeys court order on cluster establishment, says Rivers community
The Bukuma community in Rivers has decried the alleged refusal of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations Limited’s (NNPCL) to implement a 2021 court judgement on cluster issue.
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Police arrest suspected killers of 34-year-old man in Rivers
The Police Command in Rivers has apprehended five suspects connected to the murder of 34-year-old Rowland Horsefall who was declared missing on Sept. 10.
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NAF denies responsibility for wellhead explosion in Rivers
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says it is not responsible for the explosion at the NNPC wellhead in Buguma Community in the Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers.
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Suspected cholera outbreak kills 9 in Rivers
The Rivers government has announced the death of nine individuals following a suspected cholera outbreak in Andoni and Akuku-Toru Local Government Areas.
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Nigerians react to killing of Dutch expatriate by kidnappers in Rivers
The death of Dutch expatriate, Gieson Reuben, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rivers State Cassava Project Limited, an expatriate from the Netherlands, who drowned in Aleto River along Eleme road, East West Road following an attack by unknown gunmen on Monday, January 13, 2025 has sparked outrage on social media. TheNewsGuru reports that…
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Ijaws fume over claim Rivers is 6th Igbo state
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) Worldwide has advised some people of Rivers to avoid statements capable of causing ethnic crisis in the state.
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Knocks as Rivers LGA chairman appoints 130 special assistants
The chairman of the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State, Chijioke Ihunwo, has come under heavy criticism following his decision to appoint 130 individuals as special assistants.
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Graphic video: Pregnant woman, 15 others severely injured as Gas explosion rocks Rivers
Aleast 20 persons have suffered severe burns, including a pregnant woman and four children after a gas explosion in the Orazi axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
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Seven injured as 3-storey building collapses in Rivers
Mr Evans Bipi, Rivers Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development says no death was recorded in a collapsed three-story building that occurred in Ikwerre Local Government Area.
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Rivers new Police Commissioner assumes duty
Mr Olugbenga Adewole assumed duty as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in Rivers on Friday.