On the 17th of November, 2024, at about 2023hrs. Operatives of the Command received a distress call from the Command’s Control Room indicating that a gang of armed men numbering about four (4) operating in a Black colour Toyota Corolla car shot sporadically and kidnapped one Madabuchi Julius ‘m’ at Sabbath Filling Station, Oyigbo. Operatives…
The Rivers State Police Command has made a significant breakthrough in combating crime, neutralizing a notorious cultist and kidnapper, Gbarani Bume, a.k.a. Pelele, a native of Bere Community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. He was a member of the Iceland Cult Group, which has been terrorizing Beree/Tabaa axis of Khana Local Government…
A middle-aged man, simply identified as Nnanna, has reportedly stabbed his neighbour, Mr Monday Reuben, 65 years old, over allegations that the victim was a wizard. The incident happened, Wednesday, at 37 Okwelle Street, Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the suspect stabbed the victim…
There has been an outbreak of violence in the Obele community of Emohua LGA in Rivers State. Our correspondent gathered that a member of the OSPAC vigilante was shot and killed on Wednesday by suspected cultists. Four other people have reportedly been shot at Omuwhoke Ngbume village, Obele in what is believed to be a…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has revealed and insisted that the current political crisis rocking the state is for the sole control of the state resources. This is as the governor assured Rivers people that he will continue to utilise the state resources judiciously for the betterment and overall interest of the people. Fubara made…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, clarified its stance on the ongoing crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly, attributing its silence to conflicting court judgments on the matter. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting with media executives at INEC headquarters in Abuja, INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu addressed calls for the commission…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Rivers state has threatened to withdraw services over the court order stopping disbursement of financial allocations to the state. On Wednesday, a federal high court in Abuja restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN ) from further disbursing financial allocations to the Rivers state government….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigerian Police Force, Rivers State Police Command has arrested three of its officers for alleged involvement in extortion of motorists in Port Harcourt. The three female officers, Inspector Sarah Anendei, Inspector Caroline Promise, and Inspector Christiana Jatau, were arrested under the Rumuokoro flyover in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers state government. The court held that the receipt and disbursement of monthly allocations since January this year by governor Siminalayi Fubara is a Constitutional sommersault and aberration that must not be allowed…
Three bodies have been recovered following reports that an aircraft, with eight persons on board, ditched into the waters near Bonny Finima in the Atlantic Ocean. The accident occurred on Thursday 24th October 2024 around 11:22 am along the waterways in Port Harcourt. The helicopter, a Sikorsky SK76 with registration 5NBQG and operated by East…