THE Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Saturday announced a N100 million bounty on one Gift David Okpara Okpolowu, a.k.a. 2-Baba and members of his gang over the gruesome murder of a Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim. Newsextra24 recalls that the DPO was killed on Friday night while in an …
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THE Police in Rivers State have arrested four operatives for allegedly assaulting three men and extorting the sum of N6.5m from them. The arrested officers were said to have picked the men from Omoluwabi in the Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of the state, tagged them ‘Yahoo boys’ and took them …
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Men of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a middle-aged man, Patrick Essien, for allegedly stabbing his landlord in Rumuiprikon, the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state on Monday. Reports gathered that trouble started when the landlord identified as Iheanyichukwu America went to rescue Essien’s wife from him …
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As part of efforts to combat crimes and make Rivers State a safe haven for both residents and investors, the State Police Command has decided to flag off ‘Operation Zero Crime’ in the state. The one-week programme, initiated by the state commissioner of police, Emeka Polycarp Nwonyi is to ensure …
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Two entertainment centres, the CSKR Hotels and Priscy’s Bar and Suites both in Elekahia, Port Harcourt, Rivers State were early on Monday morning sealed by armed policemen. Staff and lodgers at the two sealed facilities were forcefully ordered out of the premises by the security operatives who stormed there in …
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Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three suspected cultists in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. According to the police, the cultists died during a gun duel following a supremacy battle between the rival groups. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who …
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THE Rivers State Police Command said its operatives arrested a child trafficking syndicate, including three women, operating within and outside the state. The command stated that the arrests followed a complaint lodged by a woman in Ubima, in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state, that her child was …
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There was pandemonium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, after hoodlums invaded some streets in the area, attacked residents and robbed passersby and shop owners. Our correspondent leant that the gang, numbering about 50, ransacked Eagle Island, Timber Street and Echue stretch of Illabouchi, all densely populated areas of …
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No fewer than five passengers were killed along the waterways by suspected Sea pirates on Friday morning while traveling from Bille community in Degema local government area of Rivers State, to Port Harcourt, the state capital. An indigene of the community, Bebe Oyibo Jacob, who disclosed this on Friday while …
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Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested four suspected kidnappers involved in the kidnapping and eventual murder of a commuter, Onyekachi Obioma Chukwuagu, along East/West Road to Rumuodogo 1 Community in Emohua Local Government Area of the State. Acting spokesperson of the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement …
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