Tag: Rivers State

Rivers State Government discovers missing aircraft in Germany after 10 years
Rivers State Government discovers missing aircraft in Germany after 10 years

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he has discovered an aircraft belonging to the state government, which was abandoned in Germany. Governor Wike said the Rivers State government discovered the Legacy 600 aircraft through detailed investigation, adding that there was no record of the movement of the plane. Wike alleged that aircraft was flown to Germany and…

Rivers state police parades 18 illegal artisanal refiners
Rivers state police parades 18 illegal artisanal refiners

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, has paraded eighteen suspects allegedly involved in illegal refining of crude oil. C.P. Eboka paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Port Harcourt, a day after Governor Nyesom Wike declared nineteen persons wanted in Obio-Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas. The Commissioner of Police told newsmen that the…

Police arrest vigilante over killing of NAF officer in Rivers State
Police arrest vigilante over killing of NAF officer in Rivers State

Police in Rivers State have arrested one PROGRESS AMECHETA for allegedly killing of a Nigerian Air Force man. The victim was identified as KASIKE EUGENE, and the incident happened at Omuanwa community in Ikwerre Local Government Area. The Acting Police Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, GRACE ARINGE KOKO, confirmed the arrest of the…

Police find decomposing corpse of kidnapped ex-army officer
Police find decomposing corpse of kidnapped ex-army officer

The police in Rivers State have exhumed the corpse of a retired Army captain who was kidnapped, killed and buried in a shallow grave in Igbo-Etche, near Port Harcourt. The victim, Geofrey Zwallamark, was abducted from his residence in Agbonchia, Eleme Local Government Area of the state in September 2021 by a four-man gang who shot him…

Gunmen kill 2 police officers in Rivers State
Gunmen kill 2 police officers in Rivers State

Gunmen have shot dead two policemen in Rivers State. The officers were killed at a checkpoint on Okija Street in Mile 2 Diobu, a densely populated area of Port Harcourt, the state capital. The Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers State, Nnamdi Omoni confirmed the attack to newsmen, saying that the hoodlums also went away with an…

Security operatives arrest 2 persons for producing & selling fake drinks
Security operatives arrest 2 persons for producing & selling fake drinks

Security operatives have arrested two suspects in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for allegedly producing and selling fake alcoholic drinks to unsuspecting members of the public. The suspects are Akhayera Collins and Christian John, who were arrested at their hideout around the Rumuokoro axis of the Rivers State capital. The spokesman of the state police command, Nnamdi Omoni,…

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