Some gunmen have shot dead the Chief Security Officer of Rivers State-owned Adokiye Amieseimaka International Stadium, Omagwa, in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Mr Timothy and his son. The Rivers State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, said the tragic incident occurred on January 31,…
A fresh clash between rival cult groups in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, has left three people dead, while three suspects have been arrested. Although the names of the cult groups remain unidentified, sources indicated that one group initially launched an attack on the other on Friday, killing two members. This led…
The Rivers State Police Command has paraded two pastors, Prophet Bassey Umoren (60) and Prophet Elijah Anietie (50), who were caught with fetish items, including caskets, monkey skulls, carved skeletons, and other spiritual materials, in their respective churches. The duo, who were apprehended by youths of Rumunduru community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the…
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), visited Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. This auspicious occasion afforded the esteemed Man of God the opportunity to offer heartfelt prayers for the well-being and prosperity of the Governor, his family,…
Chairman of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area (LGA) in Rivers State, Chijioke Ihunwo, has appointed an additional 100 special assistants, just weeks after naming 130 new appointees to his team. I have appointed an additional one hundred persons as Special Assistants to help me achieve my plans for my people,” Ihunwo announced on X (formerly Twitter)…
A fire broke out at a wellhead in OML15, located at the Bukuma/Buguma flow station in Asari-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State. The fire, which lasted for four days, is believed to have been caused by security agencies shelling the area to prevent oil theft, which led to an oil spill. Civil society groups have…
The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police Command, CP Olugbenga A Adepoju, has visited the scene of a gruesome attack on the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rivers State Cassava Project Limited, Mr. Gibson Reuben, an expatriate from the Netherlands. The incident occurred on Monday, 13th. January, 2025, at about 2030hrs. at Aleto Eleme…
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga A. Adepoju, psc, mnips has today the 9th. January, 2025 at the Police Officers’ Mess, Old GRA Port-Harcourt, decorated about One Hundred and Nineteen (119) Senior Police Officers. The officers who were recently promoted comprising Forty Superintendents that were promoted to Chief Superintendents of Police (CSPs), Twenty…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Chijioke Ihunwo, chairman of Obio-Akpor LGA of Rivers state, has appointed 130 special assistants. Ihunwo, who announced the appointments in a post on X on Wednesday, said the new hires “must serve diligently”. Some of the appointees are Helen Nyekwere, Josephine Wogu, Daisy Worgu, Wagwu Hilda, Ogbonna Stella, Goodness Ogbonna,…
Some of the less privileged and needy in Rivers State were yet to exhaust their joyous mood from the cheerful visitation by the Operatives of the C4i Strike Force when the same Unit led by its Commander CSP Julian W. Igbudu in fulfillment of his promise, kicked off the year with a heartwarming and cheerful…