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Author Defends Graphic Textbook Approved for Rivers State JSS 1 Students
A controversy is growing in Rivers State over a textbook approved for use by Junior Secondary School 1 students after excerpts showing explicit...
Rivers State Assembly Initiates Impeachment Proceedings Against Governor and Deputy
The Rivers State House of Assembly has begun impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu. The assembly alleges...
Nigeria: Tinubu Regime Suspends Illegal State Of Emergency Rule In Rivers State
The Bola Tinubu-led regime has suspended the illegal state of emergency rule in Rivers State, effective midnight Thursday, after a six-month standdown order...
Tinubu’s Sole Administrator in Rivers State Suspends All Political Officeholders
The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has ordered the suspension of all political officeholders in the state in a...
Explosion Rocks Soku Gas Pipeline in Rivers State, Despite Fubara’s Suspension
An explosion has been reported along the Soku-Elok (Abua)-Rumuji-Bonny export terminal pipeline late Saturday, March 22. Christian Otiasah, an environmental manager in the...
Rivers State Records Another Pipeline Explosion in ONELGA After Gokana Blast
Another pipeline explosion has hit Rivers State, marking the second incident within 24 hours. The latest explosion occurred Tuesday evening at a manifold...
Tinubu Dismisses Rivers State Governor, Deputy, and Appoints Caretaker Govt.
President Bola Tinubu has declared a six-month state of emergency in Rivers State. This announcement, made during a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday evening,...
Explosion and Fire Hit Trans-Niger Pipeline Amid Rivers State Political Crisis
On Monday night, an explosion struck the Trans-Niger Pipeline at Bodo in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The cause of the blast...
NSIB Recovers Black Box from NNPC Helicopter that Crashed in Rivers State
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has recovered the black box from the helicopter that crashed in Rivers State on October 24. The...
Thugs Kill One, Set Local Government Secretariats on Fire in Rivers State
Unidentified thugs have killed one resident in Khana Local Government Area in Rivers State and set two other local government secretariats on fire...
Nigerian Govt. Arraigns 10 Suspects Over Importation of 844 Firearms, 112,500 Cartridges in Rivers State
A federal high court in Abuja on Monday arraigned 10 suspects arrested in Onne Port Harcourt, River State, for alleged illegal importation of...
Rivers State Shuts Down Two Hospitals For Unlicenced Operations, Unqualified Staffing
The Rivers State Government has shut down two hospitals for employing unqualified staff and operating without proper registration and licencing. Adewon Hospital in...