The Police Command in Rivers has dismissed one Insp. Michael Odey, accused of kidnapping and extortion of 3,000 US dollars from two persons at gunpoint in Rivers.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, struck out an application filed by the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, Edison Ehie seeking an order to strike out the charge against him and others for want of jurisdiction.
The Rivers Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 295 drugs suspects in 2023, its commander, Mr Ahmed Mamuda, has said.
Mr Patrick Tonye-Cole had aproached the Supreme Court against the November 28, 2023 decision of the Appeal Court, which observed that his appeal against the judgement of the governorship election tribunal, lacked sufficient and convincing evidence against Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
The Rivers State House of Assembly is to re-screen and re-confirm nine former Commissioners who resigned from the state executive council on Wednesday.
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the death of 11 passengers from a boat mishap on the Andoni-Bonny coastal waters in Rivers on Tuesday.
The paramount ruler, Asarama-ija community in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers, Mr Inwon Urang says coconut farming is a veritable investment capable of enhancing employment and the local economy.
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has officially reacted to President Bola Tinubu’s eight-point intervention agreement aimed at solving the political crisis in the state.
Rivers, a state so rich because God blessed it with an abundance of crude oil and gas, is named after the many rivers that border its territory. Forty per cent of Nigeria’s output of crude oil is produced in the state. It also has deposits of silica sand, glass sand and clay.
Nigeria’s human rights lawyer, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has argued that it is outside the provision of the constitution for President Bola Tinubu’s intervention to result in reinstating the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).