The Rivers State Police Command has debunked claims of an influx of suspected herdsmen into the state and alleged attacks on some communities, describing the reports as false. This follows a viral social media video purporting to show an attack by herders in an undisclosed location, which was said to have been repelled by some…
The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has made history as a 53-year-old man, Mazi Alex Onu, has emerged as the president of the Students’ Union Government (SUG). According to reports, Onu, a 400-level student of Political Science, was declared the winner after defeating his opponent in the election held on Wednesday,…
Pastor Ifediorah Joseph who was caught in a viral video flogging children in his in Rivers State has said his actions were a directive from the Holy Spirit and not a personal action. He disclosed this after he was arrested by the police he was caught flogging children under the guise of spiritual cleansing. The…
The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned one Dr. Nekabari Dambere Nathan, a Port Harcourt-based medical doctor before Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for fraud. Nathan was arraigned alongside his Global Horizons Academy Ltd on a…
The United Kingdom has announced the resumption of its visa application services in Enugu and Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is coming months after its centre in the cities were closed down. Last November, the UK shut down its visa application centres (VACs) in Enugu and Port Harcourt following the launch of its largest facility…
A local vigilante group in Aluu Clan, Rivers State, has apprehended a suspect believed to be behind the brutal murder of a Reverend Sister, Miss Maureen Wecheonwu. The suspect, identified as Mr Kelvin Okoro, was tracked down by the vigilante team led by Hon. Kingsley Wali, the Vigilante Commander of the Aluu Clan and Chief…
The Police Inspector who shot himself in the head on Tuesday reportedly sent a chilling message to his family members before taking his own life. Inspector Maxwell Zabu, a security aide of former of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State, Victor Ihunwo, committed suicide with his service pistol at his duty post on Eagle…
A Police Inspector, Maxwell Zabu, has allegedly shot himself dead at the Eagle Island residence of a former Chairman of Port Harcourt Local Government Area, in Rivers State The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday, April 22. The Guardian learned that the incident was reported at the Police post at Eagle Island, under…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has fired back at former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, saying that “an elder statesman should not be a trader and a sycophant all the time.” Wike, who was speaking at the Special Thanksgiving Service organised by factional Speaker of the Rivers State House…
