Just starting though, 2025 has shown early signs of a year to be noted for worrying incidence of rape, with minors emerging as targets of perpetrators. Within the first three weeks of the year, law enforcement agencies have arrested and launched prosecution of suspects in court in different states. The trend, from the reports of … Read more
On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu assured Ogoni leaders that his administration would prioritise peace, justice, and sustainable development in the area. Mr Tinubu, who gave the assurance at a meeting at the State House in Abuja, urged the Ogoni people to set aside historical grievances and work together to achieve peace, development and a clean … Read more
The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested 90 illegal immigrants for cybercrimes allegedly perpetrated to swindle innocent Nigerians. Following credible intelligence, the suspects were arrested in collaboration with other Nigerian security agencies at their hideout in Rivers State. The Rivers State Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, YI Abdulmajeed, said 94 … Read more
A State High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congresses held last year, handing a major setback to former Governor Nyesom Wike’s quest to control the party structure in the state. Punch newspaper reported that the judge, Stephen Jumbo, gave an order on Monday restraining the executives who emerged from … Read more
Nigerian investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo, who was arrested by the Nigerian Army, has been released. Mr Soyombo was released on Friday evening. His colleague, Daniel Ojukwu, confirmed his release to PREMIUM TIMES. This newspaper learnt that he was released after a Nigerian committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) intervened in his case. The … Read more
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, announced a new minimum wage of N80,000 for state government workers. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Ini Ememobong, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Uyo. Mr Ememobong said the governor has constituted a committee, headed by the Head of the Civil … Read more
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, said the police would have been accused of taking sides in the post-election crisis in Rivers State if they had not unsealed the council secretariats after the local election in the oil-rich state. Police operatives took over the 23 local government council secretariats in the state in June following … Read more
Two Nigerian communities in the oil-rich Niger Delta have secured a pivotal legal victory against Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), in the Court of App Court of Appeal, as reported by Leigh Day. The communities, Bille and Ogale, both in Rivers State in the Niger Delta, South-south of Nigeria, commenced the legal … Read more
Chijioke Ihunwo, the newly inaugurated chairperson of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State has ordered that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike’s name be blotted out of a building in the council secretariat. Mr Ihunwo, who visited the council secretariat on Monday, ordered that the administrative block hitherto named after Mr Wike be renamed “Obi … Read more
The local council secretariats in Ikwerre and Eleme in Rivers State have been set ablaze on Monday morning by hoodlums, a few hours after the police announced the unsealing of the secretariats of the 23 local government areas of the state. The attacks on the secretariats of the two local government areas occurred almost simultaneously … Read more
